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13179
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After the Civil War, Yadkin Valley (Caldwell, Alexander, and Wilkes Counties) suffered from the unlawfulness of thieves and rogues headed by a \"Captain\" Wade who established his headquarters in an old log house dubbed \"Fort Hamby.\" Men of Wilkes County came together to retaliate against the Fort. Some men escaped and some were promptly executed, but \"Captain\" Wade was never seen again.
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13690
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From 1864 to 1872, Henry Berry Lowry and his gang terrorized citizens of Robeson County. Lowry supposedly killed himself in 1872 while loading his gun, however, his body was never found.
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17237
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The Lowrie Gang, led by Henry Berry Lowrie and his brothers William, Stephen, and Thomas, was one of the most desperate and violent group of criminals ever to operate in North Carolina. Between 1864 and 1872, the gang terrorized the citizens of Robeson County committing murders, thefts and arson. Henry Lowrie accidentally killed himself in 1872 through the discharge of his shotgun, and by 1874 the remaining gang members had been tracked down and killed.
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