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Evans, William McKee was born on September 17, 1923 in St. Pauls, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Browne and Alfreda Pittard Evans.
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To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerillas of Reconstruction (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors)
(The dramatic and exciting story of Indian guerilla warfar...)
The dramatic and exciting story of Indian guerilla warfare against the Confederates during the Civil War. During the Civil War many young Lumbee Indians of North Carolina hid in the swamps to avoid conscription into Confederate labor battalions and carried on a running guerilla war. To Die Game is the story of Henry Berry Lowry, a Lumbee who was arrested for killing a Confederate official. While awaiting trial, he escaped and took to the swamps with a band of supporters. The Lowry band became as notorious as their contemporaries Jesse and Frank James, as they terrorized bush-whacked leaders of possses and military companies. For more than five years, with the support of local Indians and Negroes, they eluded capture. In 1872, Henry disappeared and some of his other followers were eventually hunted down and killed by bounty hunters.
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William McKee Evans
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy in History, University North Carolina, 1965.
Career
Assistant professor to professor history California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1968—1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. With United States Army, 1943-1946.
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To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerillas of Reconstruction (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors)
(The dramatic and exciting story of Indian guerilla warfar...)
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To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerillas of Reconstruction (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors)
Membership
Member of Southern History Association (membership/program committee), Organization American Historians, American History Association.
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Children: Owen Thomas, Katherine Ann Smith, Daniel George, Laura Ellen.
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1965