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Richard Gatlin and the Confederate Defense of Eastern North Carolina

Richard Gatlin and the Confederate Defense of Eastern North Carolina PDF Author: James L. Gaddis Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625853750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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After the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter in April 1861, North Carolina took steps toward war. Governor John Ellis commandeered Federal forts, raised regiments and enlisted the aid of Mexican War hero and Kinston native Richard C. Gatlin. Under the new Confederacy, Gatlin commanded the Confederate Department of North Carolina as a brigadier general. He was charged with the defense of the Tar Heel State, and his failure to prevent the Union takeover of the coast has been lost in the annals of Civil War history. Join author and historian James L. Gaddis Jr. for an overlooked yet harrowing tale of power, politics, tragedy and war.