University of Virginia Library

NEW BERN OCCUPATION PAPERS, #1993-z, 1862-1864

Random papers related to the occupation of New Bern, North Carolina by the Union Army during the Civil War. The collection includes the muster roll of Company B, 1st N.C. Infantry Regiment, Colored Heavy Artillery (1864); unofficial orders concerning the management of black soldiers (1863); and a letter from a white soldier stationed in New Bern discussing his recent expedition to Plymouth, North Carolina, and his impressions of, and conversations with, Plymouth blacks. Partial microfilm available.