Executing Daniel Bright : Race, Loyalty, and Guerrilla Violence in a Coastal Carolina Community, 1861-1865 /

On December 18, 1863, just north of Elizabeth City in rural northeastern North Carolina, a large group of white Union officers and black enlisted troops under the command of Brigadier General Edward Augustus Wild executed a local citizen for his involvement in an irregular resistance to Union army i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Myers, Barton A., 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wild, Edward Augustus, > 1825-1891
Bright, Daniel, > -1863
Wild, Edward Augustus, > 1825-1891.
Bright, Daniel, > -1863.
War > Underground movements.
Military campaigns
Guerrillas
Executions and executioners
HISTORY.
Executions and executioners > North Carolina > Pasquotank County > History > 19th century.
Guerrillas > North Carolina > Pasquotank County > History > 19th century.
United States
North Carolina > Pasquotank County
North Carolina
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Campagnes et batailles.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Campagnes et batailles.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Mouvements de resistance.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
Pasquotank County (N.C.) > History, Military > 19th century.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The roots of Civil War loyalty : black labor and Whig politics in Pasquotank County
  • "The work of evil minded citizens" : divided loyalties and the origins of guerrilla war in the North Carolina no-man's-land
  • "An Elysium and an asylum to the buffaloes and Union men" : Edward Wild's raid and the execution of Daniel Bright
  • "Without aid or protection from any source" : negotiating neutrality for Pasquotank County
  • Epilogue : the problem of verifying loyalty in the no-man's-land.

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