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for "North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865"
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John Foard, president of Kluttz rings of Gastonia, likely knows more about 12-pound Gun-Howitzers than many Confederate and Union soldiers who used them during the Civil War. An old artilleryman himself, Foard has specialized in the study of weapons used during the Civil War. Foard's research included trips to battlefields, as well as obtaining information on the gun from French archives.
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Chowan County dedicated the Cannon's Ferry Civil War Marker, one of many memorials being erected at campaign sites over the southeast through the Civil War Trails project.
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Cannon have not been at Fort Macon on Bogue Banks since the Civil War ended. Now, through the efforts of organizations like Friends of Fort Macon and Carolina Power and Light Company, a replica of a 32-pounder was put in place on April 18, 1996.
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14110
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Carolinians who served in the Confederate Congress were members of an elite, and you will find many of their names still prominent in various sections of North Carolina.
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Charles Henry Foster was a minor controversial figure of the American Civil War. To the Confederates of North Carolina, Foster was a turncoat who denounced the South during the war, but returned to the state as a champion of the North Carolina Unionists.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 37 Issue 3, Jul 1960,
p348-366, f
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11581
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Appointed Brigadier General of the Southern states upon secession, West Point graduate and South Carolina native Thomas Fenwick Drayton, served the Confederacy throughout the Civil War. Moving to Charlotte upon conclusion of the conflict, Drayton assisted the community for twenty years in local insurance as well as preformed the duty vestryman at St. Peter's. Interred at Elwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina, Drayton died in 1891 and was revered for his service, kindness, and distinction.
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General Thomas Fenwick Drayton was an illustrious Confederate soldier who now lies in Elwood Cemetery in grave in Charlotte, North Carolina. This article pays tribute to the soldier’s accomplishments in life and during the Civil War.
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Christopher Columbus Bland, more affectionately known as "Kit," a Pitt County native, enlisted in Brunswick County at the age of nineteen on July 15, 1864. As Fort Fisher was assaulted by Union ships, Bland tried three times to put the Confederate flag atop the fort. However, he was caught and sent to prison at Cape Lookout, Maine on January 15, 1865. He was released on June 3, 1865. Eventually, he took up residence in Ayden and married Cecillia (Betty) Boyd (a direct descendant of Betsy Ross). Apparently, Bland had war-blood in him because several people reported that he was "chumping at the bit" to enter World War One. To commemorate his bravery in the Civil War, a monument was erected in the 1920s at Hancock's Churchyard two miles east of Ayden.
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8088
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In April of 1862 the Confederate government found itself short of metallic materials. As a result, the government appealed to churches to donate their bells. Officials calculated that one church bell could be used to construct up to three cannons. Churches in Hillsboro, Washington, Edenton, and Charlotte all contributed their church bells for the Confederate cause.
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16711
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The Civil War cannon made in 1862 from the bell of the oldest public building in North Carolina has returned home 141 years after its surrender to Edenton's Colonial Park in Edenton Bay.
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23297
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A small cemetery in Weldon dates to the Civil War and provides a testament to the history of northeastern North Carolina.
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North Carolina is home to some major Civil War military sites that are indexed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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North Carolina Historic Preservation Office Newsletter
(NoCar Oversize F 255 N48x), Vol. Issue , Summer 1991,
p7-10, il
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1853
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A system of trails connecting several of North Carolina's Civil War historic sites has been proposed as an educational method of preserving the state's role during the war.
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16718
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North Carolinians are aware of the indelible marks that the Civil War left on the State. But few realize that Union soldiers capture much of Eastern North Carolina in the early years of the war or that North Carolina provided 150,000 men to help fight for the Confederate cause. Now a path of this conflict is being put across the State on small monuments and new historical markers.
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27809
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With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War arriving soon, the effects of the war are still felt in several ways. The way the event is being celebrated angers some, but has changed to include diverse views and be more inclusive than celebrations in the past. However, some groups still celebrate the South as they believe it was and should be through hate groups. Modern connections are also drawn between the exploitation of people and the modern exploitation of the environment. Historians and archivists share their opinions on the effects of the war, what has changed, and what hasn’t.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 21, May 2011,
p22-25
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