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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTB_the-fayetteville-independent-light-infantry-company_Fayetteville-NC.html
[Front]Whereas in obedience to President George Washington's Militia Act and the threat of war with European powers, the F.I.L.I. was organized on or near this spot on August 23, 1793, under the leadership of Captain Robert Adam, Lieutenant John W…
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The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry is North Carolina's oldest military unit and the second-oldest militia organization in the U.S. At the start of the Civil War, after North Carolina seceded, the company enrolled in active service for …
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Located one block to the north, on the north side of Maiden Lane, Scotch Spring was owned by two prominent citizens, Robert Cochran and John Hay, and was a major water source for Fayetteville in the late eighteenth century. Throughout the nineteen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKQ0_flora-macdonald_Fayetteville-NC.html
Near this spot theScottish heroine badefarewell to her husbandAllan MacDonaldof Kingsburgh,and his troops during themarch-out of the Highlandersto the Battle of Moore'sCreek Bridge, February 1776
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This is the oldest public cemetery in Fayetteville, begun in 1785. Mrs. Anne K. Kyle, who served as a nurse in the hospital here during the Civil War, established the Confederate Burial Ground soon after Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his army …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNZ_c-m-stedman_Fayetteville-NC.html
Last Confederate officer in Congress, 1911-1930; lawyer & lt.-governor. Grave is 2 blks. east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNU_cornwallis_Fayetteville-NC.html
Marching to Wilmington after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, stopped with his army in this town in April, 1781.
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In memory of theConfederate Dead On Fames eternal camping groundTheir silent Tents are spread.Rest on embalmed & sainted deadDear as the blood ye gave. Nor shall your glory be forgotWhile Fame her record keepsOr honor points the hallowed spo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNP_frank-p-graham_Fayetteville-NC.html
First president of Consolidated U.N.C., 1932-1949. U.S. senator; U.N. mediator, India & Pakistan. Birthplace was 50 yds. W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNN_charles-w-chesnutt_Fayetteville-NC.html
Negro novelist and short story writer, teacher and lawyer. Taught in a school which stood here.
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