WECT TV in Wilmington, NC, reports that a Wilmington man has donated 150 years worth of letters going back 3 generations to the New Hanover Public Library. After being inventoried and preserved, they will be put on display.
The family wrote of leaving "Old Town Plantation" as Federal forces moved up the river. One wrote of hearing the Union bombardment of Fort Fisher. They were a wealthy family who lived along the Cape Fear River.
A Real Slice of Local History. --Old B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
