Whiting Appeals to Planters for Help on Defenses of Wilmington

From the July 23, 1863 Wilmington (NC) Journal.

"General WHITING, now commanding the department of North Carolina, appeals to the planters of the State to furnish him with labor.  Will this appeal be responded to or will it be slighted?

"Remember that this critical position of things on Morris Island is due mainly, if not wholly, to the neglect of planters of South Carolina to respond to the call and appeal of General BEAUREGARD."

The labor the planters were to send, of course, were slaves.  The Journal was blaming the Union forces being on Morris Island by Charleston, S.C., on the lack of cooperation from the planters.

--Old B-Runner