Nestled on the banks of the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina, remains famous as a blockade-running port during the Civil War. Not as renowned is the city's equally vital role during the Rev
"Drawing upon more than 200 eyewitness accounts, this work chronicles the largest troop surrender of the Civil War, at Greensboro. The book includes a timeline, organizational charts, an order of batt
Dunkerly presents readers with an account of the various surrenders of the Confederacy that brought about the end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865. The author has organized the main body of his text in s
They were at Hanging Rock, Cowpens, Baron's Bridge. In fact they figured in almost every battle of the American Revolution, whether as camp followers, local residents, or soldiers. Dunkerly, Chief Ran
On October 7, 1780, American Patriot and Loyalist soldiers battled each other at Kings Mountain, near the border of North and South Carolina. With over one hundred eyewitness accounts, this collection
The Battle of Eutaw Springs took place on September 8, 1781, and was among the last in the War of Independence. It was brutal in its combat and reprisals, with Continental and Whig militia fighting Br
Few locations in South Carolina have figured as prominently in the early history of the state as the old town of Ninety Six. As a witness to two Revolutionary War battles, two Cherokee War battles, a
