Record #:

14919

Author(s):

Moore, Louis T.

Abstract:

The Cornwallis House built around 1770 in Wilmington functioned as a meeting house for military men in three different historic conflicts. During the Revolutionary War, Lord Cornwallis and his British officers established headquarters there after Wilmington's capture. Federal officers frequented the place for entertainment during the Civil War, especially after Wilmington's capture in 1865. Lastly, World War II brought American Army servicemen from Camp Davis, Fort Fisher, and Camp LeJeune as an officers' meeting place.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 28, Dec 1943, p6-7, il

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History