Research Catalog

Title

The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina : a history : with contemporary photographs and letters / by Frances H. Casstevens.

Author

Casstevens, Frances Harding.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [1997], ©1997.

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Details

Description

vi, 298 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Sailors > North Carolina > Yadkin County > Registers
• Registers of births, etc > North Carolina > Yadkin County
• Soldiers > North Carolina > Yadkin County > Registers
• North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Yadkin County (N.C.) > History
• Yadkin County (N.C.) > Genealogy

Note

• "New evidence regarding home guard activity and the shootout at the Bond School house; a roster of militia officers; the names of Yadkin men at Appomattox; and 1200 Confederate Army and Navy service records with parents, vital dates, and place of burial for most."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-292) and index.

Contents

1. The Influences of Geography, Politics, Economics and Religion on War Sentiment in Yadkin County -- 2. Yadkin Men on the Battlefield -- 3. On the Home Front: Civilian Life -- 4. "Conditions Are Deplorable in Yadkin": Militia and Home Guard Activity -- 5. The Counter Rebellion - The Bond School House Affair -- 6. The Yankee Invasion - Stoneman's Raid -- 7. The Aftermath - Results of the War on Life in Yadkin County -- App. A. Civil War Letters and Documents Relating to the Bond School House Affair -- App. B. Yadkin Men Present at Appomattox, April 9, 1865 -- App. C. Rank Above Private Achieved by Yadkin Confederate Soldiers -- App. D. Confederate Units in Which Yadkin Men Served -- App. E. Officers of Yadkin Militia, 75th Regiment, 18th Brigade -- App. F. Yadkin Veterans and Widows Who Drew Pensions, 1900-1910 -- App. G. Exemptions from Yadkin Home Guard Duty -- App. H. Yadkin Men in the Confederate Military, 1861-1865.

ISBN

0786402881 (casebound : alk. paper)

LCCN

97018931

OCLC

ocm36877423

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries