Mission Statement:
"To advance through research, education and symposia, an increased public awareness of the Cape Fear region's unique history."
Institute Historical Essays:
The following historical essays and papers are provided by the Institute in the interest of expanding the knowledge of citizens regarding the Cape Fear region in particular; and presenting its people, culture, environment, politics, and history in general.
Wilmington's Distinguished Visitors
Timothy Bloodworth: Cape Fear Anti-Federalist
General Robert Howe of Brunswick
General James Iver McKay of Bladen County
Vice President William Rufus King of Sampson County
Uncle Moreau, the Arabic Scholar
The Bellamy Mansion: Antebellum Masterpiece
Black Soldiers in Red, Blue & Grey
Black Slaveholders of the Cape Fear Region
David Walker: Black Wilmington Abolitionist
The Underground Railroad and Wilmington
Benjamin Franklin Grady of Duplin County
Rockfish Creek: Witness to History
George Davis: Christian, Senator, Attorney General
Charles Pattison Bolles: Coast Surveyor & Engineer
Wilmington on the Eve of Secession
General William MacRae: Wilmington's Fighting Brigadier
General Thomas F. Toon of Columbus County
Colonel Thomas S. Kenan of Duplin County
Judah P. Benjamin, Senator, Statesman, Barrister
Ironclad Defenders of the Cape Fear
Wilmington's Wartime Canadian Connection
The Blockade Runners Race of 1864
The Cape Fear's "Immortal 600"
The Battle of Forks Road, 1865
Robert E. Lee Visits Wilmington In 1870
General Colston's Cape Fear Academy
Alfred Moore Waddell, Enlightened Wilmingtonian
Pender County: Born of Reconstruction Politics
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