May 27, 1862: Military Governor of NC Appointed By President Lincoln

[struggle4progress]

On May 27, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Edward Stanly appointed military governor of North Carolina.

Born in New Bern, Stanly served in the state legislature and practiced law in Beaufort County before being elected to Congress in 1837. After losing his third bid for re-election he returned to the state legislature, briefly served as state attorney general.

He moved to California after losing the Whig nomination for governor in 1848.

Stanly fiercely opposed the secessionist movement in California and believed that North Carolina was tricked into joining the Confederacy, so he volunteered to return to the Tar Heel State to work for peace ...

http://www.wfmynews2.com/features/may-27-1862-military-governor-of-nc-appointed-by-president-lincoln/217560904

[1939]

1. Coastal enclaves in North Carolina and South Carolina fell to the Union very early in the war.

A very good book on this is "The Civil War in North Carolina" by John G. Barrett (who I was fortunate to have as my freshman US History prof in college). He wrote the book after I graduated. While there were no large battles in North Carolina until Sherman marched through in 1865, there was constant fighting involving brigade size forces along the coast. The Union had full administrative control over Tidewater Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina through most of the war. The Confederates only controlled Wilmington and Charleston which didn't fall until close to the end of the war.