CONTENTS.
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
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| Difficulties of the History—The Position of North-Carolina—The PeaceConvention—The Montgomery Convention—Governor Vance—The SalisburyPrison—Testimony on the Trial, | [13] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| Winter of 1864-'5—Letter of Governor Vance—Appeal for General Lee'sArmy—The Destitution of the People—Fall of Fort Fisher—Advance ofGeneral Sherman—Contrast between Sherman and Cornwallis—Extractsfrom Lord Cornwallis's Order-book—The "Bloody Tarleton," | [26] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| Judge Ruffin—His History—His Character—His Services—General Couch'sOutrages after Peace had been declared—General Sherman's Outrages—Hisunblushing Official Report—"Army Correspondents"—Shermanin Fayetteville—Cornwallis in Fayetteville—Coincidences ofPlans—Contrasts in Modes—The Negro Suffers—Troops Concentrating underGeneral Johnston, | [40] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| Laws of War—"Right to Forage older than History"—Xenophon—Kent onInternational Law—Halleck's Authority versus Sherman's Theory andPractice—President Woolsey—Letter of Bishop Atkinson, | [53] |
| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| Lord Cornwallis in Fayetteville—A young Lady's Interview with him—Howhe treated her—How Sherman's Men treated her Grandson—"TheStory of the Great March"—Major Nichols and the "Quadroon Girls"—Suchis NOT War—Why these Things are recorded—Confederate Concentrationin North-Carolina—A Sad Story, | [65] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| "Shays's Rebellion"—Kent on Massachusetts—Conduct of a NorthernGovernment to Northern Rebels—The "Whisky Insurrection"—HowWashington treated a Rebellion—Secession of New-England Birth—TheWar of 1812—Bancroft on 1676—The Baconists—An Appeal, | [76] |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | |
| Schofield's Army—Sherman's—Their Outrages—Union Sentiment—ADisappointment—Ninety-two Years Ago—Governor Graham—His Ancestry—HisCareer—Governor Manly, | [94] |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| Governor Graham opposes Secession—But goes with his State—Is sent to theConfederate Senate—His Agency in the Hampton Roads Interview—Remarkableand Interesting Letters from Governor Graham, writtenfrom Richmond in 1865, | [109] |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | |
| State of Parties—The Feeling of the People—The "Peace" Party—ImportantLetter from Governor Vance in January, 1864—His Reëlection—TheWar Party—The Peace Party—The Moderates—Governor Graham'sLetter of March, 1865—Evacuation of Richmond, | [121] |
| [CHAPTER X.] | |
| General Johnston preparing to uncover Raleigh—Urgent Letter from GovernorSwain to Governor Graham—Governor Graham's Reply—A Programmeof Operations agreed upon—Finally Governors Graham andSwain start for Sherman's Headquarters, | [134] |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | |
| Raleigh, when uncovered—The Commissioners to General Sherman—Theystart—Are recalled by General Johnston—Are stopped by Kilpatrick'sForces—Their Interview with Kilpatrick—Are carried to Sherman'sHeadquarters—His Reply to Governor Vance—The further Proceedingsof the Commission—A Pleasant Incident—The Commissioners returnto Raleigh—Governor Vance had left—His Letter to Sherman—TheFederal Troops enter Raleigh—Incidents, | [145] |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | |
| Johnston's Retreat—Governors Graham and Swain misunderstood—Wheeler'sCavalry—Confederate Occupancy of Chapel Hill—The Last Blood—"Starsand Stripes"—One in Death—General Atkins—Scenes aroundRaleigh—Military Lawlessness, | [165] |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | |
| Correspondence between Governor Swain and General Sherman—GovernorVance's Position and Conduct—Kilpatrick—The Conduct of theServants—"Lee's Men"—President Lincoln, | [178] |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | |
| General Stoneman—Outrages—Cold-blooded Murders—General Gillam—Progressthrough Lenoir, Wilkes, Surry, and Stokes—Stoneman's Detourinto Virginia—The Defense of Salisbury—The Fight in the Streetsof Salisbury—General Polk's Family—Temporary Occupancy ofSalisbury—Continuous Raiding, | [192] |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | |
| Iredell County—General Palmer's Courtesy to Mrs. Vance—SubsequentTreatment of this Lady by Federal Soldiers—Major Hambright's Crueltyin Lenoir—Case of Dr. Ballew and Others—General Gillam—HisOutrages at Mrs. Hagler's—Dr. Boone Clark—Terrible Treatment ofhis Family—Lieutenants Rice and Mallobry—Mrs. GeneralVaughan—Morganton, | [213] |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | |
| Plundering of Colonel Carson—Of Rev. Mr. Paxton—General Martin repulsesKirby—Gillam plunders during the Armistice—Occupation ofAsheville—Wholesale Plunder—Dispatch from General Palmer, | [225] |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | |
| Surrender of General Lee—Why North-Carolina could not have taken Measuresto send Commissioners—Review—The Coal-fields Railway—Difficultiesof Transportation—Provisions—The Last Call—Recreants—Privations—TheCondition of the Press, | [235] |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | |
| The University—Its Early History—Its Continued Growth—The Ardor of theYoung Men—Application for Relief from Conscription—GovernorSwain to President Davis—Another Draft on the Boys—A Dozen Boysin College when Sherman comes; and the Bells ring on—"Commencement"in 1865—One Graduate—He pronounces the Valedictory—Conclusion, | [251] |
| [APPENDIX.] | |
| I.—University Record, | [267] |
| II.—General James Johnston Pettigrew, | [278] |
THE LAST NINETY DAYS OF THE WAR
IN
NORTH-CAROLINA.
DIFFICULTIES OF THE HISTORY—THE POSITION OF NORTH-CAROLINA—THE PEACE CONVENTION—THE MONTGOMERY CONVENTION—GOVERNOR VANCE—THE SALISBURY PRISON—TESTIMONY ON THE TRIAL.
It will be long before the history of the late war can be soberly and impartially written. The passions that have been evoked by it will not soon slumber, and it is perhaps expecting too much of human nature, to believe that a fair and candid statement of facts on either side will soon be made. There is as yet too much to be forgotten—too much to be forgiven.