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Otway Burns (1775-1850) Encyclopedia
At an early age, Otway Burns had the sea in his veins. He later became a daring privateer during the War of 1812--one of the more famous American privateers in the nation's history. As a state legislator during the 1820s and 1830s his opinions regarding the status of African Americans and the development of western North Carolina upset his constituents.
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Tod Robinson Caldwell (1818-1874) Encyclopedia
Tod Robinson Caldwell is noteworthy in North Carolina history for at least three reasons: he was the first
lieutenant governor of North Carolina; he was the second Republican governor of the state; and he assumed governor’s duties after William Woods Holden, the first North Carolina Republican governor, was impeached.
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Cape Fear Navigation Company Encyclopedia
During the early 1800s, the state of North Carolina purchased stock in a few companies. One such company was the Cape Fear Navigation Company. It became the first state-funded internal improvement project to reap dividends. However, critics still argued that the company's finances were mismanaged.
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Carteret County Encyclopedia
Carteret County, North Carolina was formed in 1722 out of Craven County. It is named in honor of Sir John Carteret, who later became the Earl of Granville and one of the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina.
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Cherokee County Encyclopedia
Since its charter in 1839, Cherokee County has experienced economic and demographic change. The county's population has grown from 3,000 in 1839 to approximately 25,000. Today, Cherokee County is a popular destination for tourists, and mountain living is a popular choice for many retirees.
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Civil War Encyclopedia
Although most major battle engagements occurred in other states, North Carolina played an important role during the American Civil War. The fertile Piedmont region provided crops for the Confederate forces, and in 1865,
Wilmington provided the only access to European trade. The Union-occupied territories in the State provided the United States with valuable ports and land.
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Civil War in North Carolina Lesson Plan
This lesson plan incorporates Bloom's taxonomy to teach students some of the main personalities and events of the Civil War in North Carolina.
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Levi Coffin (1798 – 1877) Encyclopedia
A business owner, Quaker, abolitionist, and an organizer of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin was born in New Garden, North Carolina. According to Coffin, “The Underground Railroad business increased as time advanced, and it was attended with heavy expenses, which I could not have borne had not my affairs been prosperous.”
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Raleigh E. Colston (1825 - 1896) Encyclopedia
A Confederate general, an officer in the Egyptian Army, an author, and a founder of a private academies in North Carolina, Raleigh E. Colston battled bad health throughout his life yet influenced many in his home state and abroad.
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Confederate States Navy (in North Carolina) Encyclopedia
Students of the Civil War often overlook the contributions of the naval services in the conflict. The Confederate Navy and Marine Corps, however, played significant roles in North Carolina. They not only hampered the ability of the Union Navy to do its job, but took part in some of the state’s largest battles.
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Contraband Camps Encyclopedia
Before the end of the Civil War, as Union troops occupied more and more of North Carolina during the Civil War, more and more slaves fled to Union lines to live in what were then called contraband camps. Contrabands (freedmen) were escaped slaves from the Confederate territory into Union territory.
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CSA Arms Factory Encyclopedia
The CSA Arms Factory produced innovative technology for the Confederacy. One such example included a predecessor of the modern-day tank. The Confederate government, however, never signed a contract for the innovative products and relied on the North Carolina armory mainly for bayonets and swords.
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Battle of Deep Gully and Fort Anderson (Federal) Encyclopedia
After a Confederate victory at Fredericksburg, Lieutenant General James Longstreet was given the assignment to gather supplies and maintain supply lines for the North Carolina area. Longstreet assumed control of the 45,000 men in the North Carolina and Virginia companies on February 25, 1863 and ordered General D.H. Hill, commander of the North Carolina district, and his 12,000 men from the North Carolina division, to regain control of New Bern.
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John W. Ellis (1820-1862) Encyclopedia
Born in eastern Rowan County, in what is now part of Davidson County, on November 23, 1820 to Anderson and Judith Ellis, John Willis Ellis was a North Carolina lawyer, legislator, judge, and Democratic governor during the Civil War.
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Fayetteville and Western Plank Road Encyclopedia
“The longest and most noted of the plank roads constructed in North Carolina,” the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road stretched 129 miles from Fayetteville to Bethania, a Moravian village outside of Salem. But its size contributed to its demise as a major avenue of trade.
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