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After Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter on April, 12, 1861, North Carolina remained at peace and in the Union, having already rejected by popular vote a proposed state convention for the discussion of secession. However, when President Lincoln requested troops to quell what he called the Southern insurrection, Governor Ellis' mood and that of the general public changed. Governor Ellis replied that the Union cause \"can get no troops from North Carolina\" and he immediately ordered the seizure of U.S. Forts Caswell and Johnson at the mouth of the Cape Fear, the U.S. Mint in Charlotte, and the U.S. Arsenal in Fayetteville. He then called for an emergency convention, slated for May 20, at which all 120 delegates voted unanimously for secession.
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According to Lael, the lights were visitors from another planet intent on warning the world of a possible holocaust. According to Lael, their flying saucer headquarters is inside a rock cavern in Brown Mountain, and they made friends with him and took Lael on a visit to Venus. Mr. Brown states that the lights are from towns miles beyond the mountain tops, distorted by heat generated air turbulence rising from two great chasms below the line of sight of the lights.
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Governor John Owen challenged his opponent for a seat in the General Assembly, Richard Melvin, to a duel after losing the election. Governor Owen, who had previously been involved with a challenge to duel a Senate seat opponent, Willie P. Mangum, challenged Melvin to a duel, with tradition stating that the challenged person was allowed to make their choice of weapons. As Governor Owen was known as a crack shot and an excellent swordsman, Melvin, who was a much larger man, chose broadaxes, face to face, for the duel in an effort to level the playing field. Governor Owen declined and Melvin's honor was preserved.
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