Mark L. Bradley
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125077
- eISBN:
- 9780813135120
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125077.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
After General Ruger gained command of the Department of North Carolina, he initiated the transfer of authority to the civil officers of the state. However, Governor Holden articulated several ...
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After General Ruger gained command of the Department of North Carolina, he initiated the transfer of authority to the civil officers of the state. However, Governor Holden articulated several complaints regarding some black soldiers and how, military improperly interfered with various civil affairs, and how civil authority continued to persist in the Tar Heel State. In disagreement, Ruger emphasized the effectiveness of martial law and how he was capable of intervening in civil affairs to bring about his desired outcomes. As this chapter provides a brief background on Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, it is important to note that the differences between the two men had to be resolved before the civil government may be re-established in North Carolina. The chapter also illustrates the transition from a military to a civil government across the state.Less
After General Ruger gained command of the Department of North Carolina, he initiated the transfer of authority to the civil officers of the state. However, Governor Holden articulated several complaints regarding some black soldiers and how, military improperly interfered with various civil affairs, and how civil authority continued to persist in the Tar Heel State. In disagreement, Ruger emphasized the effectiveness of martial law and how he was capable of intervening in civil affairs to bring about his desired outcomes. As this chapter provides a brief background on Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, it is important to note that the differences between the two men had to be resolved before the civil government may be re-established in North Carolina. The chapter also illustrates the transition from a military to a civil government across the state.
Leonard Rogoff
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807833759
- eISBN:
- 9781469604138
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807895993_rogoff
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
Presenting a chronicle of Jewish life in the Tar Heel State from colonial times to the present, this book incorporates oral histories, original historical documents, and profiles of fascinating ...
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Presenting a chronicle of Jewish life in the Tar Heel State from colonial times to the present, this book incorporates oral histories, original historical documents, and profiles of fascinating individuals. It demonstrates that the story of North Carolina Jews is attuned to the national story of immigrant acculturation but has a southern twist. Keeping in mind the larger southern, American, and Jewish contexts, the book considers how the North Carolina Jewish experience differs from that of Jews in other southern states. It explores how Jews very often settled in North Carolina's small towns, rather than in its large cities, and documents the reach and vitality of Jewish North Carolinians' participation in building the New South and the Sunbelt. Many North Carolina Jews were among those at the forefront of a changing South, the book argues, and their experiences challenge stereotypes of a society that was agrarian and Protestant.Less
Presenting a chronicle of Jewish life in the Tar Heel State from colonial times to the present, this book incorporates oral histories, original historical documents, and profiles of fascinating individuals. It demonstrates that the story of North Carolina Jews is attuned to the national story of immigrant acculturation but has a southern twist. Keeping in mind the larger southern, American, and Jewish contexts, the book considers how the North Carolina Jewish experience differs from that of Jews in other southern states. It explores how Jews very often settled in North Carolina's small towns, rather than in its large cities, and documents the reach and vitality of Jewish North Carolinians' participation in building the New South and the Sunbelt. Many North Carolina Jews were among those at the forefront of a changing South, the book argues, and their experiences challenge stereotypes of a society that was agrarian and Protestant.
Paul D. Escott (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807832226
- eISBN:
- 9781469601649
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807837269_escott
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
Although North Carolina was a “home front” state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a ...
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Although North Carolina was a “home front” state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result. North Carolinians were divided over the issue of secession, and changes in race and gender relations brought new controversy. Blacks fought for freedom, women sought greater independence, and their aspirations for change stimulated fierce resistance from more privileged groups. Republicans and Democrats fought over power during Reconstruction and for decades thereafter disagreed over the meaning of the war and Reconstruction. This book offers new insights into all the key issues of the Civil War era that played out in pronounced ways in the Tar Heel State. Chapters address themes such as ambivalent whites, freed blacks, the political establishment, racial hopes and fears, postwar ideology, and North Carolina women. These issues of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras were so powerful that they continue to agitate North Carolinians today.Less
Although North Carolina was a “home front” state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result. North Carolinians were divided over the issue of secession, and changes in race and gender relations brought new controversy. Blacks fought for freedom, women sought greater independence, and their aspirations for change stimulated fierce resistance from more privileged groups. Republicans and Democrats fought over power during Reconstruction and for decades thereafter disagreed over the meaning of the war and Reconstruction. This book offers new insights into all the key issues of the Civil War era that played out in pronounced ways in the Tar Heel State. Chapters address themes such as ambivalent whites, freed blacks, the political establishment, racial hopes and fears, postwar ideology, and North Carolina women. These issues of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras were so powerful that they continue to agitate North Carolinians today.
