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Box 1

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Capture of Forts, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Confederate plans to occupy forts below Wilmington, NC.

Dates: 1861

Civilian Life, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of original letters

Dates: 1861

Civilian Life, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3

Civilian Life, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4

Early Blockade, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Excerpts of letters, diaries, papers, and published materials comprise the body of this research collection, which relate specifically to Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear (LCF) during the Civil War. Subjects include troop movements, civilian life, shipping, prisoners of war, and military engagements. Wilmington was the last Confederate port to be captured; blockading and blockade runners and the defense and capture of Fort Fisher are especially well represented. Items of local...
Dates: 1861

Events between April 16 - May 20, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Muster roll (Item 3) of Bladen Light Infantry, dated April 26, 1861; communications to and from Col. John L. Cantwell, who was in charge of Wilmington Confederate forces at the capture of area forts.

Dates: 1861

Fort Fisher, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Excerpts of letters, diaries, papers, and published materials comprise the body of this research collection, which relate specifically to Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear (LCF) during the Civil War. Subjects include troop movements, civilian life, shipping, prisoners of war, and military engagements. Wilmington was the last Confederate port to be captured; blockading and blockade runners and the defense and capture of Fort Fisher are especially well represented. Items of local...
Dates: 1861

Fort Sumter Reaction, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Excerpts of letters, diaries, papers, and published materials comprise the body of this research collection, which relate specifically to Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear (LCF) during the Civil War. Subjects include troop movements, civilian life, shipping, prisoners of war, and military engagements. Wilmington was the last Confederate port to be captured; blockading and blockade runners and the defense and capture of Fort Fisher are especially well represented. Items of local...
Dates: 1861

Movement Through Wilmington, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Excerpts of letters, diaries, papers, and published materials comprise the body of this research collection, which relate specifically to Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear (LCF) during the Civil War. Subjects include troop movements, civilian life, shipping, prisoners of war, and military engagements. Wilmington was the last Confederate port to be captured; blockading and blockade runners and the defense and capture of Fort Fisher are especially well represented. Items of local...
Dates: 1861

North Carolina Secession, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Excerpts of letters, diaries, papers, and published materials comprise the body of this research collection, which relate specifically to Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear (LCF) during the Civil War. Subjects include troop movements, civilian life, shipping, prisoners of war, and military engagements. Wilmington was the last Confederate port to be captured; blockading and blockade runners and the defense and capture of Fort Fisher are especially well represented. Items of local...
Dates: 1861