Chronicles of The Cape Fear River.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sprunt, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (743 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Patavium Publishing!, 2023.

Summary:

James Sprunt served on a blockade runner during the Civil War, and later became one of the wealthiest residents of Wilmington, N.C. Noted for his philanthropy, Sprunt loved the Cape Fear region of the Tar Heel State with a fervor that shone through in everything he did. Sprunt was also a much respected historian of the Cape Fear region, and his Chronicles of The Cape Fear River: 1660-1916 is widely recognized as the bible for those interested in the history of southeastern North Carolina. From the native Indians and first white settlers to the American Revolution, Civil War, Reconstruction and the beginning of a new century, Sprunt has written the definitive history of the region. It is undoubtedly the cornerstone of any bookshelf devoted to the Cape Fear.-Print ed.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

Preface

Foreword

Exploration and Settlement

ORIGIN OF THE NAME CAPE FEAR.

THE CAPE FEAR RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

IMPROVEMENTS BELOW WILMINGTON.

NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER.

BLACK RIVER.

TOWN CREEK.

BRUNSWICK RIVER.

THE CAPE FEAR INDIANS.

NOTES ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY.

INDIAN MOUNDS OF THE CAPE FEAR.

INDIANS OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR.

REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS SENT FROM BARBADOES IN 1663 TO EXPLORE THE COAST.

CHARLESTOWN-THE FIRST ATTEMPTED SETTLEMENT ON THE CAPE FEAR.

SANDFORD'S ACCOUNT OF CONDITIONS ON CHARLES RIVER.

MASSACHUSETTS SENDS SOME RELIEF.

THE END OF THE SETTLEMENT ON CHARLES RIVER-THE FIRST CHARLESTOWN.

SAMUEL MAVERICKE TO SEC. Ld ARLINGTON.

CAPE FEAR PIRATES OF 1719.

Permanent Settlement

THE TOWN OF BRUNSWICK.

A VISIT TO THE CAPE FEAR IN 1734.

ERECTION OF WILMINGTON-DECAY OF BRUNSWICK.

THE SPANISH INVASION, 1747.

THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR.

THE SITE OF FORT JOHNSTON.

COLONIAL PLANTATIONS ON THE CAPE FEAR.

COLONIAL ORTON.

ORTON.

CRANE NECK HERON COLONY ON ORTON PLANTATION.

PLANTATIONS ON THE NORTHEAST RIVER.

SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

LIBRARIES ON THE CAPE FEAR.

COLONIAL GOVERNORS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

COLONIAL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

PROVINCIAL CONGRESSES.

Resistance Before the Revolution

THE STAMP ACT ON THE CAPE FEAR.

WILLIAM HOUSTON, THE STAMP AGENT-ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.

HOUSTON BEFORE 1765.

HOUSTON AFTER 1765.

RUSSELLBOROUGH-SCENE OF FIRST ARMED RESISTANCE.

SONS OF LIBERTY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

The Revolution

THE INSTITUTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.

WHIGS AND TORIES.

THE BATTLE OF ELIZABETHTOWN.

OLD-TIME CAPE FEAR HEROES.

CORNELIUS HARNETT'S WILL.

FLORA MACDONALD.

VISIT TO THE HIGHLAND SETTLEMENT.

Early Years

ALYRE RAFFENEAU DELILE.

BEGINNING OF FEDERAL FORTIFICATIONS ON THE CAPE FEAR.

FIRST STEAMBOAT ON CAPE FEAR RIVER.

THE DISASTROUS YEAR OF 1819.

OTHER EARLY FIRES.

FIRST CAPE FEAR IMPROVEMENTS.

STEAMBOAT LINE TO CHARLESTON.

CONGRESSIONAL AID TO RIVER IMPROVEMENT.

RAILROADS-THE FIRST PROJECT.

THE FIRST DECLARATION OF STATE POLICY.

THE ORIGIN OF THE RAILROAD PROJECT.

THE WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD.

THE LONGEST RAILROAD IN THE WORLD.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILROAD.

THE COMMERCE OF WILMINGTON.

WILMINGTON IN THE FORTIES.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

THE PUBLIC SPIRIT OF WILMINGTON.

ACTIVITIES ON THE RIVER, 1850-1860.

FORGOTTEN AIDS TO THE NAVIGATION OF THE CAPE FEAR.

CAPE FEAR COAL.

FAYETTEVILLE ON THE CAPE FEAR.

Notable Incidents

VISITS OF PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO WILMINGTON BEFORE THE WAR.

THE VISIT OF HENRY CLAY.

MR. CLAY IN WILMINGTON.

THE VISIT OF DANIEL WEBSTER.

THE VISIT OF EDWARD EVERETT.

RECEPTION OF THE REMAINS OF JOHN C. CALHOUN.

DEATH OF GENERAL JAMES IVOR McKAY.

GOVERNOR EDWARD B. DUDLEY.

THE WILKINGS-FLANNER DUEL.

Interesting Memories

OLD SCHOOL DAYS IN WILMINGTON.

COLONEL JAMES G. BURR.

THE THALIAN ASSOCIATION.

A FRAGMENTARY MEMORY OF JOHNSON HOOPER.

JOSEPH JEFFERSON.

IMMORTALITY.

THE JENNY LIND INCIDENT.

The War Between the States

ON THE EVE OF SECESSION.

THE RESPONSE TO LINCOLN'S CALL FOR TROOPS.

WILMINGTON COMPANIES.

THE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.

A CAPTURE BEFORE THE WAR.

EARLY WAR TIMES.

CHANGES DURING THE WAR.

THE YELLOW FEVER.

WAR PRICES IN WILMINGTON.

SOUTHERN RAILROADS IN WAR TIMES.

MRS. ARMAND J. DEROSSET.

CONFEDERATE HEROES.

ROSTER OF CAPE FEAR CAMP, U. C. V.

FORT CASWELL.

FORT FISHER.

THE LAND FACE OF FORT FISHER.

THE SEA FACE OF FORT FISHER.

THE FORT FISHER FIGHT.

Blockade Running

FINANCIAL ESTIMATES OF BLOCKADE RUNNING.

THE PORT OF WILMINGTON DURING THE WAR.

THE BLOCKADE.

THE BLOCKADERS.

THE CRUISERS.

A PORT OF REFUGE.

THE CHASE.

CAPE FEAR PILOTS.

JAMES WILLIAM CRAIG, A VETERAN PILOT.

CAPTAIN DANIEL W. LEE.

PILOT BURRUSS.

CAPTAIN STEELE.

JOHN WILLIAM ANDERSON.

NARRATIVES OF DISTINGUISHED BLOCKADE RUNNERS.

CAPTAIN M. P. USINA.

THOMAS E. TAYLOR.

RESCUE OF MADAME DEROSSET.

IMPROVED SHIPS AND NOTABLE COMMANDERS.

THE NORTH CAROLINA BLOCKADE RUNNER "ADVANCE."

OTHER VESSELS FAMOUS IN BLOCKADE RUNNING.

A CLOSE CALL.

THE KATE'S ADVENTURE.

THE BRITISH FLAG.

THE LAST DAYS OF BLOCKADE RUNNING.

THE CONFEDERATE NAVY.

WILMINGTON DURING THE BLOCKADE.

THE FIRST AND SECOND ATTACKS UPON FORT FISHER.

THE CAPTURE OF WILMINGTON.

USE OF TORPEDOES IN THE CAPE FEAR RIVER DURING THE WAR.

Peace Restored

RESUMPTION OF CAPE FEAR COMMERCE.

REPORTS ON WILMINGTON TRADE 1815-1872.

THE TRADE OF WILMINGTON, 1815.

THE TRADE OF WILMINGTON, 1843.

THE TRADE OF WILMINGTON, 1872.

CUBAN MAN-OF-WAR INCIDENT.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE.

CAPE FEAR AIDS TO NAVIGATION.

CAPE FEAR RIVER LIGHTS.

GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE COAST.

UNITED STATES REVENUE-CUTTER SERVICE.

CAPE FEAR LIFE-SAVING SERVICE.

USE OF OIL TO PREVENT BREAKING SEAS.

VISITS OF THE CRUISER RALEIGH TO THE CAPE FEAR.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENTS ON UPPER CAPE FEAR RIVER.

DISASTROUS FIRES.

FIRE COMPANIES.

THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1886.

THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT TAFT.

WOODROW WILSON'S YOUTH IN WILMINGTON.

SOUTHPORT ON THE CAPE FEAR.

FORT CASWELL AT THE PRESENT TIME.

THE PROPOSED COASTAL CANAL.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN WILMINGTON.

THE REVOLUTION OF 1898.

CAPE FEAR NEWSPAPERS.

DR. T. B. KINGSBURY.

THE WILMINGTON BAR.

HONORABLE GEORGE DAVIS, CONFEDERATE STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL.

GEORGE DAVIS-AN APPRECIATION.

THE GEORGE DAVIS MONUMENT.

ALFRED MOORE WADDELL-AUTHOR

THE BETTER LAND.

BISHOP ROBERT STRANGE.

NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA.

PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO THE COLONIAL PERIOD WHICH ARE STILL UNMARKED.

EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT.

COLONIAL FORTS.

BATTLE GROUNDS.

CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.

THE REGULATION.

COLONIAL HOUSES AND LOCALITIES OF NOTE.

BURIAL PLACES.

LUOLA MURCHISON SPRUNT-AN APPRECIATION.

THE BOYS' BRIGADE.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN WILMINGTON.

THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE.

JAMES WALKER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

WILMINGTON CHURCHES.

ST. JAMES'S PARISH.

ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

A LAYMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS.

IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

OTHER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY.

GRACE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

FIFTH AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

BLADEN STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

EARLY METHODISM IN WILMINGTON.

THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH.

ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.

ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

TEMPLE OF ISRAEL.

CHESTNUT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

WILMINGTON SCHOOLS.

WILMINGTON ACADEMY, 1812.

WILMINGTON ACADEMY.

HALSLEY'S SCHOOL, 1836.

CORBIN'S SCHOOL, 1836.

RYCKMAN'S SCHOOL, 1836.

STANLIFT'S WRITING SCHOOL, 1836.

SPENCER'S ACADEMY, 1836, ACADEMICK SCHOOL.

CROOK'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1837.

MULOCK'S ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1838.

SIMPSON'S SCHOOL, 1839.

LLOYD AND BAILEY'S FEMALE SCHOOL, 1840.

REPITON'S SCHOOL, 1840.

OTHER CAPE FEAR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IN WILMINGTON.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

DECADE OF 1850 TO 1860.

THE UNION FREE SCHOOL.

DECADE 1870-1880-THE WILMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

DECADE OF 1880-1890-ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WILMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

DECADE 1890-1900-GROWTH OF THE HIGH-SCHOOL IDEA.

1900-1914.

LOYALTY OF THE CAPE FEAR PEOPLE TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD.

THE SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD.

HUGH MACRAE'S ACTIVITIES.

THE WATER POWER COMPANY.

THE RIVER COUNTIES.

THE GROWTH OF WILMINGTON.

LOOKING FORWARD.

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ISBN:

1-80523-214-2

OCLC:

1378389788