leftyhunter
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- May 27, 2011
- Location
- los angeles ca
I quoted what Williams stated including attacking railroads. The Lumbees where enslaved by the Confederates to build fortifications. To say the Lumbees only fought against the Confederate homeguards vs the Confederacy is a distinction without a difference.Did Willams mention anywhere in his book where the Lowrie gang attacked a Confederate force or installation? I would be interested in what he had to say about the important Confederate supply line running smack dab through Lumbee territory – a railroad running from about 12 miles west of Laurinburg to Wilmington. The line remained opened until Sherman came through March 8-9, 1865.
The Lumbee grievance was against the local Confederate Home Guard, not the Confederacy itself. The Lowrie gang didn't exist until the closing months of the war and never ventured far from their hiding place in Raft Swamp. Most of the gang activity didn't occur until post war --1872.'s
The Lowrie History: As Acted In Part By Henry Berry Lowrie.
https://archive.org/details/lowriehistoryasa00norm
http://www.uncp.edu/academics/libra...lmer-w-hunt-photograph-collection/strike-wind
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