Spanish-American War

by . "Moving pictures" were brand-new technology in 1898, and films of the Spanish-American War gave most Americans their first “live” look at battle. But this film, of course, was only a [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Ingram, Charles M. Lyman Atkinson Cotten, naval officer and diplomat, was born at Wilson but grew up at Cottendale, the family plantation, in Pitt County. He was the son of Colonel Robert Randolph Cotten and Sallie [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Ensign Worth BagleyA portrait of Ensign Worth Bagley of Raleigh (1874–1898), the only U.S. Naval officer to be killed during the Spanish-American [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

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by Long, Joe O'Neal. Edmund Jones, soldier, attorney, and public servant, was born into a life of ease on his father's plantation, Clover Hill, situated about six miles north of Lenoir in Caldwell County. The family name [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Knocking at the door Cartoon shows Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines knocking at the door of the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

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by . Map of Greater America, 1899 Map shows the extent of U.S. territories and possessions after the Spanish-American [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Johnston, Hugh B., Jr. Josiah Solomon Pender, poet, artist, army officer, and Confederate blockade-runner, was the son of Solomon and Mary Batts Pender of the Tarboro area of Edgecombe County, both of whom were descended [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gohdes, Clarence. Carl August Sandburg, poet, journalist, biographer, and folk song recitalist, was a national celebrity long identified with the Midwest when he moved to North Carolina in 1945 after purchasing the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J., Norris, David A., Voigt, Robert C. The Spanish-American War, fought over Cuban independence and lasting less than six months in 1898, afforded North Carolinians a brief interlude in a period of intense political confrontations. In [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Statue of Worth Bagley in Raleigh This statue of Worth Bagley, the only U.S. Naval officer killed during the Spanish-American War and a native of Raleigh, stands in front of the State Capitol in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Mcwilliams, Tennant S. Hannis Taylor, lawyer, scholar, and diplomat, was born in New Bern, the son of Susan Stevenson and Richard Nixon Taylor, a merchant. He was the grandson of Mary Hannis and William Taylor, Scottish [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Towles, Louis P. The Union League of North Carolina was an affiliate of the Loyal League of America, which is believed to have been created in early 1862 by Judge James M. Edmunds of Philadelphia as a patriotic club [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wegner, Ansley Herring. William McBrayer by Ansley Wegner Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History, [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)

by . Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine The wreck of the U.S.S. Maine in the Havana harbor angered the American public and sparked the war with [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)