Civil War 150
New Additions: History Tourism and Guidebooks
New additions to the collections of the Government and Heritage Library:
Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook, by Barbara Duncan and Brett Riggs. Organized around 7 geographical hubs within the original Cherokee homeland, this guidebook offers a unique journey to discover the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. Travelers can find a deeper Cherokee Heritage rooted in sacred places, storytelling, folk arts and history. Featured sites include the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Kituhwa Mound, Junaluska Memorial and Museum, and the Unicoi Turnpike Trail, a part of the Trail of Tears.
In Full Glory Reflected: Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake, by the Maryland Historical Society Press. With vivid illustrations, this book recounts the war’s gripping stories of devastating raids, heroic defense, gallant privateers, freedom seeking slaves and threatened lands in the Chesapeake where much of the war occurred. Also featured is information about the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail which traces the original routes of the Americans and British and recounts the dramatic events that produced the US national anthem.
Civil War Sites in the South, 4th Ed., Insider’s Guide (publisher). This guide covers the South’s Civil War battle sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida with key sites, points of interest, and day trips. It also offers features on military and civic leaders, a glossary of Civil War terminology, and excerpts from soldiers’ memoirs. Directions, locations, lodging and meal information are also included.
Touring Virginia’s and West Virginia’s Civil War Sites, 2nd Ed., by Clint Johnson. The 18 tours described by the author guide the traveler to all significant Civil War sites in both Virginia and West Virginia – large and small battlefields, historic buildings, monuments, statues, rivers, and mountains. A histories of each location are included.
Library materials will be available for check out at the Government and Heritage Library by North Carolina State Agency employees or may be borrowed through an interlibrary loan request at your local public library. To view other new library acquisitions, click here.
Civil War 150: US Colored Troops now online
US Colored Troops in the Wilmington Campaign Members of Company E, 4th USCT
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
May 22, 2013 was the 150th anniversary of the formation of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT). Almost a year ago, I posted about U.S. Colored Troops in North Carolina (please see this post to find out which regiments of the USCT were from NC).
On May 22, 2013, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announced that all services records for the USCT have been fully digitized and available on Fold3. The records for all Infantry, all Artillery, and all Calvary are available on Fold3 to research. (more…)
The Civil War in 1862
New additions to the collections of the Government and Heritage Library:
The Peninsula Campaign & the Necessity of Emancipation: African Americans & the Fight for Freedom, by Glenn Brasher. The author recounts how the war to save the Union became a struggle for African American freedom and describes how slavery fell apart in the midst of war. In this particular campaign, African Americans participated in ways critical to the Union offensive thereby influencing Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Shenandoah Valley 1862: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign, by Peter Cozzens. From research of both Union and Confederate primary sources, this book offers one of the most comprehensive and balanced studies of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign telling the history of Stonewall Jackson’s success in diverting Union resources by defeating much larger enemy forces.
Skirmish at Pearisburg, by George Mclean. Although small by Civil War standards, the skirmish at Pearisburg, Virginia involved one of the most remarkable regiments of the Civil War, one that included two future presidents, and placed the Union within 20 miles of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.
Library materials will be available for check out at the Government and Heritage Library by North Carolina State Agency employees or may be borrowed through an interlibrary loan request at your local public library. To view other new library acquisitions, click here.
