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There were a number of important battles fought in North Carolina both on land and on sea. Lawrence recounts the history of some of the best known ones, including Fort Macon, New Bern, Plymouth, Fort Fisher, and Bentonville.
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20760
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Clarkson was a man of various interests. He did much humanitarian service, such as a lifelong interest in the YMCA, supporting Charlotte's Florence Crittenden Home, and serving as a director of the State Hospital in Morganton, as well as other activities. He was a staunch prohibitionist. He was appointed as associate justice of the NC Supreme Court in 1923 and was reelected several times. At the time of his death in 1942 he was the senior associate justice on the court.
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20766
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Bragg was the only North Carolinian to achieve the full rank of general during the Civil War. Many controversies remain in connection with the campaigns he waged. No one could doubt his courage, but his greatest liability was his failure to follow-up his success on the battlefield and reap the fruits of victory at places like Perryville, Kentucky and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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20779
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John Haymes Mills was the leader in the work of founding orphanages in North Carolina. While he was editor of the Biblical Recorder, Mills traveled around the state and saw the hardship that the Civil War had brought to North Carolina. When the Grand Lodge of Masons met in Raleigh in the 1870s to decide what to do with St. John's College in Oxford, Mills pleaded with them to set up an orphanage on that site. With money from the Masons and the Legislature, the orphanage was established, becoming the first orphanage in North Carolina.
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20785
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Lawrence describes the Raleigh he remembers as a boy growing up in the 1880s, together with some facts concerning other interesting eras.
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20787
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Pettigrew was born in Tyrrell County in 1828, graduated from the University at Chapel Hill in 1847, and licensed to practice law. In his brief life he was a lawyer, scholar, and Confederate general. Lawrence's article describes Pettigrew's valiant fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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32685
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There are many Asbury churched in North Carolina: this particular one with the interesting minute book is located down I Robeson County. This minute book contains such entries and marginal notes as detailed accounts of the church’s parishioners and those who are no longer members.
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32969
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All the land of the Carolinas from the Atlantic to the Pacific was granted to Eight English noblemen, whose names are still reflected in current place names. When the land didn’t produce as much profit as desired, all but one, John, Lord Carteret, returned their land interest to the crown for 2,500 pounds. John was later appointed Earl of Granville; and both names are still present in the form of counties.
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32986
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The author calls to your attention some of the literary geniuses of North Carolina whose works attained national and international recognition. The list include such names as Thomas Wolfe, James Boyd and Thomas Dixon.
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32991
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The author revisites the 33 North Carolinians that have so far (1942) been elected to the US Senate.
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33668
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After newly elected Governor Russel removes the head of the Railroad Commission from office, he sends the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, “Uncle Dan” Terry to secure the offices of the Commission. When Dan finds that the commissioner is still there and refuses to leave, the Governor hands him a pistol and orders Dan to shot him out. Dan refuses even when Russel offers to pardon him.
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