Executing Daniel Bright
Subtitle: race, loyalty, and guerrilla violence in a coastal Carolina community, 1861-1865
By: Barton A. Myers.
Series: Conflicting worlds
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807134757
Subjects: Bright, Daniel, -- d. 1863; Wild, Edward Augustus, -- 1825-1891; Guerrillas -- North Carolina -- Pasquotank County -- History -- 19th century; Executions and executioners -- North Carolina -- Pasquotank County -- History -- 19th century; Pasquotank County (N.C.) -- History, Military -- 19th century; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The roots of Civil War loyalty : black labor and Whig politics in Pasquotank County; title: "The work of evil minded citizens" : divided loyalties and the origins of guerrilla war in the North Carolina no-man's-land; title: "An Elysium and an asylum to the buffaloes and union men" : Edward Wild's raid and the execution of Daniel Bright; title: "Without aid or protection from any source" : negotiating neutrality for Pasquotank County.