THE LAST NINETY DAYS OF THE WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA

Description: THE LAST NINETY DAYS OF THE WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA BY CORNELIA PHILLIPS SPENER MINT CONDITION Brand new, unread, pristine condition book. Attractive, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, New Book Illustrated Contains a Roster of Confederate Veterans from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Contains Biographical Sketch of General Pettigrew High Quality Cloth Binding ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1866, THIS IS A NEW REPRINT PUBLISHED IN 1993 Cornelia Phillips Spencer’s work provides a compelling account of the closing days of the Civil War as well as considerable insight, with many first hand observations, into the Reconstruction Era politics and impacts. With Lee’s surrender, Sherman moving up the Carolinas, the Battle of Bentonville, the attempt to spare Raleigh from the Sherman’s destruction, and the surrender of Confederate forces at Bennett Farm, Spencer’s work is a rare account of the final days of the war, and provides ample insights into the thinking of the Southern people at the time. Union seizures, outrages, plunder, refugees, debt, destruction, politics, military matters and more are all addressed. The Last Ninety Days of the War was written at the request of her friend David Lowry Swain, LLD, who served three terms as Governor of North Carolina prior to accepting the presidency of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An ardent defender of the University from Radical Republican policies during Reconstruction, Spencer was also a first-hand observer and supporter of the war for Southern rights. When General Kilpatrick’s cavalry, a 4,000-man vanguard of Sherman’s army arrived in Chapel Hill, she had an opportunity to be and eyewitness to the conduct of a conquering army. It contains a listing of Civil War soldiers from the University that fought for the Confederacy as well as a biographical sketch of Confederate General James Pettigrew. Spencer was a historian and journalist in North Carolina, who was instrumental in reopening the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after a five-year shutdown she recommended to protect it from Reconstruction era policies following the Civil War. In 1895, she became the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the University. As part of the university's bicentennial activities, the Cornelia Phillips Spencer Bell Award was established. The award, given to a woman who has made outstanding contributions to the university, and was awarded annually until 2004, when it was retired following the discovery that Spencer opposed the admission of African-American students, based on letters found in university archives. Her book was written “to do justice to North Carolina, and to place beyond cavil or reproach the attitude of her leaders at the close of the great Southern States Rights struggle – to present a faithful picture of the times, and a just judgment, whether writing of friend or foe, has been my sold object….” This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition book. A sample book is shown in the photos; your book is brand new and comes in the original, publisher’s shrink wrap (see photo #2). This book is a reprint of the original 1866 edition written right after the close of the Civil War. It has high-quality, cloth binding, is illustrated, and contains 313 pages, and is fully indexed. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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