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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YO_charles-duncan-mc-iver_Raleigh-NC.html
Charles DuncanMc Iver Educational statesman* ? ? ? ? ? * ? ? ? ? ? *Born 27th September 1860Died 17th September 1906 ( Left Side Marker : )Founder and firstPresident of theState NormalandIndustrial Collegefor women ( Right Side Marker : )…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YE_blakely-cannon_Raleigh-NC.html
Fawcett, Preston & Company of Liverpool, England, cast this 4-inch, 18-pounder rifled cannon in 1862 and sold it to the Confederacy. It was part of a "flying battery" of field artillery stationed at Fort Fisher that protected Confederate commerce …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16YB_north-carolina_Raleigh-NC.html
North Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids and the Confe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XC_henry-clay-oak_Raleigh-NC.html
Henry Clay, on a visit to this city, wrote the famous Raleigh Letter, April 17, 1844, opposing the annexation of Texas. Many authorities believe that this statement cost him the presidential election of 1844. According to tradition Clay wrote the …
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Organized 1816. Site ofConstitutional Conventionof 1835. State SupremeCourt met here,1831-40,after Capitol fire. Thisbuilding completed 1900.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WR_north-carolina-state-capitol_Raleigh-NC.html
( Preface : )The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WK_oakwood-cemetery_Raleigh-NC.html
Governors Aycock, Bragg,Fowle, Holden, Swain,and Worth, other notablesand Confederatesburied there. 3 blocks E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WJ_governors-palace-of-north-carolina_Raleigh-NC.html
On this site stoodtheGovernor's PalaceofNorth Carolina1816 - 1865whereGeneral LaFayettewas entertainedMarch 2-3, 1825.
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Completed 1816. Vancewas the last governorto reside there, 1862-5.Stood 50 yards south..
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16WH_general-grant_Raleigh-NC.html
In the Governor's PalaceApril 24-27, 1865, Grantconferred with Shermanand approved new termsfor surrender of Johnston's Confederate Army.
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