Posted in Tar Heelia on August 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Next Wednesday, August 29, the North Carolina Collection Gallery will host two experts from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to talk about the Carolina Parakeet. The program is associated with the Gallery exhibit, “The Carolina Parakeet in Art: Images from the Powell Collection.” Details on the event are as follows: The Carolina Paraket [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged daniel oakey, lisa m brady, nc civil war, sherman's march, war upon the land on August 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“For some of Sherman’s men, like Daniel Oakey, scenes of burning forests verged on the sublime. Describing the army’s advance into ‘the wild regions of North Carolina,’ he wrote, ” ‘The resin pits were on fire, and great columns of black smoke rose high into the air, spreading and mingling together in gray clouds, and [...]
