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12755
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Burke Davis recalls some fabulous stories about North Carolinian George Penny, horse-trader, businessman, and politician. The stories include Penny's work in the mill at Randleman as a boy, and his first experiences as a horse trader.
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12803
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A famous North Carolina Civil War battalion, the Guilford Grays, have been in existence for the past one hundred years. Currently fifteen strong, the remaining Grays participate in national musket matches of the North-South Skirmish Association. Clad in authentic Civil War uniforms, the remaining Grays are all that is left of the infamous group that saw action at New Bern, The Seven Days' Battle, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and the Petersburg Siege.
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13063
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The Southern campaign of the American Revolution came to a climax in Guilford County on March 15, 1781. Some 4,000 Americans, under the command of Nathanael Greene, waited as Lord Cornwallis approached from the west. Although some men ran from their lines, others fought hard to drive down the British ranks, who continued to push forward despite flanks of riflemen. The men often fought hand-to-hand, but Cornwallis gained the ground, losing many of his own men in the battle. Despite controversy over those who ran, a monument stands to one of the brave, Peter Francisco, at Guilford Battleground.
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13160
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Fatally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, North Carolina, 2 May 1863; Stonewall Jackson, was accidently shot by Confederate quail hunters from Alamance County.
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13784
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A Tar Heel author enjoys the ghosts, wasps, and tourists which infest the old Guilford battleground home.
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13833
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Currently housed in the State Department of Archives and History, located in Raleigh, the Old 191 cigar wrapper containing the Confederacy's intentions to attack Union troops was discovered in the late summer of 1862 in Frederick, Maryland. With this intelligence Union troops were able to stop Lee's invasion at Antietam.
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