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41279
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The Elmwood 1820’s long history in the community includes serving as a hospital during the Civil War. This plantation had housed just seven families before its transformation into a bed and breakfast in 2015. Today, it is a repository for local history, represented in Elmwood-related memorabilia the current owners are collecting for its 200th anniversary.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 9 Issue 1, January/February 2020,
p38-42
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Plantations--Washington NC; Plantations--Washington--Elmwood ; Tayloe, David Thomas, 1826-1884; Architecture--Greek Revival style ; Civil War--Washington NC; Civil War--union camps--North Carolina ; Elmwood (Washington)--families--Samuel Grist; Elmwood (Washington)--families--Col. Joshua Tayloe; Elmwood (Washington)--families--George Hackney; Bed and breakfast accommodations--North Carolina--Washington
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43581
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This article will be discussing the Evans Mill complex during the civil war. The Evan Mills complex consisted of a small village for the slaves that worked on the plantation, gristmill, sawmill, blacksmith shop, shoemaker shop, cotton gin, and cotton press. This subdivision was named after Peter Gustavus Evans. Peter Evens purchased the land around the year 1856. Peter Evans married Eliza Morehead who was the daughter of John M. Morehead, former North Carolina Governor, in 1850. After the unions victory Captain Evans was known to have gone to the Union supporting farms and burning down their property. In 1862 Evans was granted the tile of colonel of the Fifth North Carolina Calvary. After a failed attempt to charge the Union forces Peter Evans was shot and captured by the Union forces. Peter Evans would later die in prison in Washington D.C. in 1863. After the battle of New Bern Union forces took control over the Evan Mill complex because of the importance of the utilities there
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43582
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This article is discussing the capturing and execution of a rebel spy in the setting of the Evan Mill Complex. This explanation of events comes from Wm. H. Eaton of company B, 17th Massachusetts Regimen, stationed at the Evan Mill Complex in 1864. While protecting the plantation the company had received word about an unknown individual sneaking around the property. When trying to catch the individual they escaped into a nearby swamp. In the middle of the swamp was a small piece of land covered in tall grass and after searching this area the individual could not be found. In an attempt to look for the man two members of the company began making noise to try and scare the man out. Reports say that the man rose out of the water and was quickly captured. Found on the man was an oiled piece of silk that had a detailed drawing of the Evan Mills Complex which shoed their fortifications. The man was later brought back to New Bern and put on trial which led to his execution.
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