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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AH_nat-l-rochester_Oxford-NC.html
Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NN_lamar-stringfield_Raleigh-NC.html
Musician and composer.First conductor of the N.C. Symphony, 1932-38.Boyhood home 3 blks. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM48Y_nathanael-greene_Greensboro-NC.html
[Front of monument pedestal]:Appointed Major General in command of the Southern Army October 14, 1780Born in Rhode Island August 7, 1742Died in Georgia June 19 1786
[Left Side of monument pedestal]:Guilford Court House · Hobkirks Hill &m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM48V_the-monument-and-the-general_Greensboro-NC.html
Nathanael Greene's statue, the largest in the park, looks like the monument of a victor. But by the end of the day the British had forced him from the field.
The fighting did not go according to plan for either side. After an orderly retreat, G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3W5_fort-anderson_Winnabow-NC.html
In 1861-1862, Col. William Lamb and Maj. John Hedrickconstructed Fort Anderson, one of several Confederatestrongholds that protected Wilmington, a major blockade-running port. They enlarged Fort St. Philip (for St. Philip's Anglican Church on your…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3W3_colonel-maurice-moore_Winnabow-NC.html
A memorial to Colonel Maurice Moore, gentleman and soldier of the King, who in the year of our lord 1725 founded in a wilderness The Town of Brunswick reserving for the glory of God the tract of land on which was built this parish church of Saint …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3VL_fort-anderson_Winnabow-NC.html
Begun 1861. Named in honor of General Joseph R. Anderson, then commanding military district.The Fort, under command of Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood, suffered a severe bombardment by a Federal fleet and attack by Federal army under Maj. Gen. J. M. Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3VA_john-lapierre_Winnabow-NC.html
Ordained 1707; came to America 1708. Served in many churches in area as missionary of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1732-1755.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3UV_st-philips-church_Winnabow-NC.html
Anglican, built under act of 1751. Graves of Governors Arthur Dobbs and Benjamin Smith and U.S. Justice Alfred Moore. Ruins 2 mi. S.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3UF_brunswick_Winnabow-NC.html
Founded c. 1725, long a principal port of N.C., site of Spanish attack, 1748, and of Stamp Act resistance, 1766. Later abandoned. Was 2 mi. S.E.