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This is a chart showing the rates per linear of foot of vessels traveling the Cape Fear river, either northbound or southbound divided by how much draft the vessel carries and by the type of vessel (open decked or stacked deck)

The hast and incosiderate section of South Carolina and other Cotton States...the border state can never live in peace with such men.

Mountain Unionists are brutally murdered in the Shelton Laurell area of the NOrth Carolina Mountains. Among the victims was a 13 year old boy. The Unionists were accused of raiding a nearby town and stealing basic necessities as well as raiding a…

"Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad." From the incendiary utterance of Butler before the Populist State committee and the threat of assassination voiced by Blackburn at Newton, down to the attempt by Lt. Gov. Reynolds, to scare…

Recounts the the role of the Southern Appalachian's in the years leading up to, during, and following the Civil War. Inscoe understands that the Appalachians are a unique place and often times their thoughts and ideas differed from many other…

At last the critical hour arrived, when, in the uncertain light of the dawn, they found that they had run near a blockader and had been see by her. The blockader opened fire on the Mary Celeste and pursued her. Like a seared greyhound she made…

Thomas Lanier Clingman was a unique man. Born and raised in western North Carolina, Clingman studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He later settled in the Ashville area where he bace a prominent politician. He strongly…

For the second time I was made a prisoner of war and under the following circumstances, which I have mentioned but once before. Before I became engaged in the Blockade Running service, I was acting as mate on the Confederate steamer Flora MacDonald,…

Some of her trips were very exciting and hazardous. on one occasion there were four steamers leaving St. George, Bermuda, including the Advance, for Wilmington. But two of these arrived in Wilmington. One put back to Bermuda badly disabled; the other…