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2472
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Tom Broadfoot, owner of Broadfoot Publishing Company, has re-issued a number of Civil War books. A most important one for researchers is the 40-volume CONFEDERATE VETERAN (1893-1932), containing first-hand, unpublished material by Confederate soldiers.
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In 1959, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax unit raided a moonshine still just outside Franklinton. The ATTU dumped thousands of gallons of finished whiskey into a little stream near the factory without realizing it emptied into the town's drinking water reservoir. Although many residents complained about the taste and odor of their water, there were no other adverse side effects to the spill. The smell and taste cleared up after several days.
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General Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889) published ‘The Land We Love,’ a monthly magazine that first appeared in May 1866 after the American Civil War. This article discusses General Hill’s reasons for publishing a magazine at a time when there was very little money in the country as a result of the war.
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The North Carolina Historical Marker E-5 is located near the Franklin-Warren County line and marks the grave site of Robert E. Lee’s oldest daughter. Annie Carter Lee died of typhoid fever while at Jones Springs Hotel.
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This is the first part of two part series about the Immortal Six Hundred. The second part appears in Volume 50, Number 3. In 1864, the Confederate army held fifty Federal officers in a hotel in Charleston. In retaliation, fifty Confederate officers were sent to be held in a pen outside Fort Wagner, where they would be under fire from the Confederate army. Major General Samuel Jones of the Confederate army and Federal General J.G. Foster exacted a trade of the fifty men on August 3, 1864. Six hundred more Yankee officers were sent to Charleston in order to do more trading. However, on August 21, 1864, General Grant sent a letter to General Foster instructing him against all future trades. At the same time 600 Confederate officers were selected from Fort Delaware to be placed in a two-acre pen in front of Morris Island, exposed to Confederate shellfire. Of these Confederates, 111 were from North Carolina. Housed in “A†tents in parallel rows, the captives drank water from holes dug in the ground between the tents and ate spoiled meat. In contrast, war records show that the Charleston authorities provided rations of rice, beans, and fresh meat to their Federal captives. General Foster reported that up to 389 Federal officers took the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy as a result of the exemplary treatment paid them while held captive.
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This is the second part of a two part series on the Immortal Six Hundred. The second part appears in Volume 50, Number 2. This part recounts how 600 Confederate officers were held in a pen outside Morris Island under shellfire from their own army. Survivors of Morris Island were moved to Fort Pulaski and found living conditions to be just as bad. Often they stole and ate cats from their guards. Many of the men died and many were buried in unmarked graves because the Federal commanders would not allow markers. The officers were supposed to be sent to Richmond to be traded but instead were sent to Fort Delaware to receive medical treatment because their condition was so terrible. With the exception of survivor accounts very little has been written about The Immortal Six Hundred.
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James City got its name from Captain Horace James, a former Yankee army chaplain, who established a camp across the river from New Bern, where many freed slaves settled. When asked to leave by the owner of the land, James A. Bryan, they refused, claiming the area was under martial law when they settled there. Bryan and his descendants battled in the courts for ownership of the land and finally won their case in 1893. By order of Governor Elias Carr, state troops moved into New Bern, prepared to evict the residents. The governor averted an outright war by offering the 557 families living in James City a chance to sign a lease, under which they would pay the Bryan family for the land. The only casualty of the “James City War†was Lt. Col. David Bogart, who was thrown from his horse and killed during a parade for the troops.
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Colonel Jordan Jones purchased the old grist mill at Sandy Creek in Franklin County just after the Civil War and expanded its operation to include a water-driven cotton gin and yarn spinning operation. The Laurel Mills spinning operation flourished briefly with the northern post-war demand for cotton, but soon failed because it could not compete with newer businesses that had better access to shipping. The grist mill continued to operate commercially into the nineteen sixties.
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The 1997 National Black Theatre Festival, which is held biennially in Winston-Salem, showcased over twenty theater productions and numerous playwrights, actors, producers, and directors.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 33, Aug 1997,
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Alice Person of Franklinton became interested in medicine when one of her daughters became ill with a type of tuberculosis. Doctors said that her daughter would not live, but Mrs. Person followed a stranger's directions for an herbal remedy, and three weeks later the child was cured. Mrs. Person heard a case of a similar illness, she sent a batch of the herbs, which were soon known as “Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy.â€
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Gold was mined commercially in Franklin County for almost one hundred years from its discovery in 1835. This article presents the boom and subsequent decline of gold digging in Franklin County.
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Elmo Tant owns Elmo’s Pumpkin Farm in Franklin County. He decided to grow pumpkins to diversify his tobacco farm in the late 1960s and now provides pumpkins for Halloween carving.
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Confederate armies struck fear among Union ranks with the infamous Rebel Yell. The Rebel Yell was a distinctive sound made by Confederate soldiers during the heat of battle. Letters written by Wilmington native and soldier Thomas Wood described the Rebel Yell as a noise that could not be duplicated by Yankee soldiers. Kentuckian Kellar Anderson discussed in The Confederate Veteran on what occasions the Rebel Yell was given and how it could never be duplicated beyond the heat of battle. An accurate version of the Rebel Yell can no longer be heard.
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John Braxton, a young dairy farmer in Alamance County, constructs muzzle loading flint and cap lock rifles similar to the guns used in the Revolutionary War and Civil War. His guns have been fired in numerous marksmanship competitions and battle reenactments.
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State Senator William A. Jeffreys, served from 1844-1845 and died from the ravages of typhoid fever on October 3, 1845. He was buried in tomb that was carved into a huge granite boulder. According to legend, Jeffreys had a great fear of being buried in the ground. Jeffreys' son had his father's body placed in a vault above ground while his unusual tomb was prepared. Once a vault had been carved out of the granite boulder and the body placed inside, the opening was sealed with a marble slab. The tomb can be found on US 401, approximately 19 miles north of Raleigh, where the state has erected an historical marker with the heading \"Unique Tomb.\"
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