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9951
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In the summer of 1865, James Ellis Malone was thirteen years old and living in the Yankee occupied Franklin County town of Louisburg. He recorded his recollections in a journal that was handed down to his grandson, Edward L. Best. Excerpts quoted directly from the journal make up the bulk of the article, and include references to General J. E. B. Stuart, the 1st N.C. Cavalry, and Union Generals William T. Sherman and Oliver O. Howard.
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8699
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Organized by Allen DeHart, the Eighth Annual Whistlers Convention was held in Louisburg this year. Whistlers from all over the country came to entertain and instruct audiences. Awards were given to amateur whistlers in categories ranging from bird calls to loudest whistle to classical and contemporary whistling. This year's grand champion was William Sherrill of Greensboro.
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9331
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The exploits of North Carolina highway patrolman, Bobby Harris, native of Warren County, included a high-speed car chase with a bootlegger that crossed state lines into Virginia. The chase ended when both the bootlegger and the patrolman crashed through a department store window in Danville, Virginia.
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The Greensboro Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society recently held a special function for train lovers along the Carolina – Virginia special excursion. The old steam engine Number 611 departed Pomona train station in Greensboro for a round trip voyage to Roanoke, Virginia. During the trip, the train made several stops for photo opportunities. The daylong voyage took train passengers through Greensboro, Danville, Lynchburg, Ruffin, Reidsville, and Brown Summit.
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9889
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Due to a miscommunication, the Fifty-Fifth North Carolina Regiment failed to reinforce the Forty-Fourth Alabama Regiment near Suffolk, Virginia. Following the loss of the Civil War battle, Alabama generals shifted blame to North Carolina forces. Colonel John Kerr Connally and Major A. H. Belo promptly challenged Alabama Captains Cousins and Terrell to a duel. Talks ended the duel before any fatalities were claimed.
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24537
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The author presents a satire on how kudzu, Pueraria hunbergiana, was introduced to the United States. The author describes in this article how the Japanese sent the invasive species to America in the 1930s to weaken the country before World War II.
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8895
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A humorous article, Pearce argues that kudzu was developed by the Japanese during the Great Depression to take over the United States.
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10076
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A gravestone commemorating Aunt Abby House was erected deep in the woods of Franklin County where a crude wooden marker once stood. The inscription reads: “Aunt Abby House, Angel of Mercy to the Confederate Soldiers, Died April 30, 1881.†The stone was fashioned after those placed on Confederate soldiers' graves by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Abbey House of Franklinton was one of the many civilian women who voluntarily nursed the sick and wounded during the Civil War. Originally featured in Land We Love (May/June 1867), a monthly magazine edited by former Confederate General D. H. Hill, “Aunt†Abby traveled without charge on the South's railroads and hitchhiked to battlefields to offer her assistance. She was also a regular visitor to the rail yards of Franklinton, greeting the trains that brought wounded soldiers back to North Carolina.
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The Cascine plantation, built in 1750 and located three miles south of Louisburg in Franklin County, NC, was selected by the advisory committee of the Historic American Buildings Survey as possessing exceptional historic or architectural interest worthy of most careful preservation for the benefit of future generations. The 1500-acre plantation is owned today by Bennett H. Perry, a Henderson attorney and direct descendant of one of the seven Perry brothers who settled the land in 1746. The Perry brothers came from Virginia after receiving the land by grant from the Earl of Granville.
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Lieutenant Colonel Tazewell Lee Hargrove and six other officers of the 44th North Carolina Regiment were taken prisoner by the Yankees following their defense of the South Anna Bridge. Taken first to Fort Norfolk and then to Fort Delaware, these officers joined about 600 other Confederate prisoners of war. In 1863, these men were placed in a stockade outside Yankee forces on Morris Island, then under fire from the Confederates. Hargrove survived the war and was released after taking the Yankee oath of allegiance. He was elected North Carolina Attorney General in 1872, and had a successful law practice. Ravages inflicted on his body during his years as a prisoner led to his death in 1889 at the age of 59.
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Tazewell Lee Hargrove, born April 6, 1830, was the Lieutenant Colonel of the 44th North Carolina Troops. Although war reports vary, it is believed that with a company of only eighty men, Hargrove defended the South Anna Bridge for four hours against a Yankee force of 1500. The bridge was ultimately captured by the Yankees. Hargrove is buried in Townsville.
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The Civil War witnessed many fierce battles. One such battle took place on June 26, 1863 outside of Richmond, Virginia. There, Company A of the 44th North Carolina Regiment fought against Union Calvary and infantry. Their mission was to protect the North Anna River bridge which was a vital route in Richmond's railroad network. Company A was led by Tazewell Lee Hargrove of Vance County. The company held out but eventually succumbed to superior numbers. Every soldier in Company A was either killed or wounded during the battle.
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On May 21, 1840, the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad ran for the first time from Gaston to the newly completed State Capitol building in Raleigh. This article uses excerpts from two 1840 letters between fifteen-year-old Peter Foster and his father to describe the train and the excitement it stirred in the communities.
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9380
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Tiny Broadwicke, of Henderson, became a worldwide attraction as a parachutist starting with her first jump at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh in 1908. Later she became the first woman to parachute from a plane and the first person to make a premeditated “Free Fall†parachute jump.
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