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14332
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Robert R. Bridgers faced a stupendous task, following the conclusion of the American Civil War, in rebuilding what is now the great Atlantic Coast Line System.
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14335
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At the close of the Civil War, the southern states were no longer recognized as such, but became military districts; the Carolinas became District number 2, under the command of the Federal General Daniel E. Sickles.
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14389
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Richard Dobbs Spaight and his son by the same name were influential political figures with both serving as governors. This article outlines the family's early history and public service careers beginning when the elder Spaight became governor in the late 18th-century followed by the younger Spaight in the mid-19th-century.
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14424
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John Harvey did more than any other man to bring on the Revolution in North Carolina; and had he not died in 1776, there is no question but that he, and not Richard Caswell, would have been the first Governor of North Carolina after its organization as an independent commonwealth.
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Jonathan Worth's services during and following the Civil War were outstanding, and the notes that he kept reveal an interesting story concerning that period of American and North Carolinian history.
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For more than 150 years, members of the famous Haywood family have been outstanding in various fields, such as law, government, education, and religion in North Carolina and for the nation.
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Zebulon Vance was a North Carolinian the memory of whose valiant service to the State will live forever. He was not only a great soldier but also a great statesman.
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There haven't been an outstandingly large number of poets in North Carolina, but there are some who have left an indelible mark upon the literature of the nation as a whole. John Charles McNeill immortalized the Lumber River and the blooming dogwood, while Henry Stockard wrote of the inflamed Southern manhood, and John Henry Boner published works on the whispering pines.
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Member of the best-known textile manufacturing family in North Carolina, Thomas M. Holt also gave North Carolina an excellent business administration while chief executive.
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14472
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Not only was William Lenoir an outstanding soldier during the American Revolutionary War, but he also served the state as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate and a member of the state Legislature.
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14483
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For a while, gold dust itself was used as a medium of exchange in North Carolina. Then came the Bechtlers with their famous private mint.
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14486
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Richard Caswell was one of the most loyal patriots during the early history of North Carolina and rendered outstanding services as both a statesman and a solider.
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14498
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Henry Jerome Stockard was a man who lived a beautiful life. Although his writings were not many, they are regarded as being the most beautiful poetry ever composed in North Carolina.
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14501
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Robert F. Hoke has been classified as the greatest solider North Carolina ever produced. Entering the Civil War as a second lieutenant, he came out as a Major General.
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14506
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Histories of the United States give prominent place to the Boston Tea Party, and to the patriots who boarded the British ships and dumped tea into the bay. But the national histories are silent concerning much earlier demonstrations against royal misrule that occurred in North Carolina.
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