Union Soldiers of Eastern NC
Forgotten to History

My ancestor, Edward Nash Phillips enlisted in the Union Army in North Carolina. 

Richard Phillips Sr. (my father)
"I am proud of his service in the Union Army"

Grover C. Phillips Jr. (my uncle)
"Edward was a damn traitor"  


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 The War Within the Confederacy: White Unionists of North Carolina
 Americans probably know more about the Civil War than about any other event in our history. Yet one of the most interesting facets of the war remains the least researched by historians and almost unknown to the general public: the war within a war which helped defeat the Southern Confederacy. During the Civil War draft evasion, desertion, peace movements, and even armed resistance threw whole regions of the South into anarchy.

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Fort Macon as a Shelter for Buffaloes
 This rather curious title refers to an interesting series of events that involved Fort Macon in the Civil War. The events in question took place in eastern North Carolina during the first months of 1864 and ended with Fort Macon receiving a controversial new garrison of Union soldiers called "Buffaloes".



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 North Carolina During the Civil War
 Chronological list of Civil War events.  Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion:
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You know in my line of work you've got to be able to sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic or Dixie with equal enthusiasm.  (Outlaw Josey Wales 1976)

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