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The third DVD of Caldwell County history was
introduced at the September 2012 Fifth Sunday Open
House. As was the case with the earlier two DVD's, it
was produced by Main Event
Studios in Granite Falls. The title
is “War and Reconstruction,” and the focus is the Civil
War years and the immediate aftermath of the war.
Précis:
Caldwell County was created in January 1841
by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly. During
the first twenty years after the county's birth its
citizens enjoyed an almost uninterrupted period of
growth and prosperity. However, on May 20th of 1861,
North Carolina held a convention in Raleigh and voted
unanimously to secede from the Union, as the last of
eleven states to join the Confederacy. A call was put
out for soldier volunteers, which was answered
immediately by Caldwell County men. The years from 1861
to 1870 saw the county change from a prosperous and
thriving area to one devastated by war
and reconstruction.
Shooting
of this DVD began in February 2012, following the same
format as the two previous 30 minute programs. Narration
is by
Rocky Brooks, commentary by Mike Gibbons and
John Hawkins, with Fredel Reighard, Alex
Bernhardt, Anne Bernhardt, and Carroll Tuttle
reading excerpts from the writings of their ancestors or
relatives. There are also
re-enactments and photos.
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