Camp Fisher remembered as High Point drill ground origin
Local historians trace Camp Fisher to a knoll on Washington Street near William Penn High School in High Point. The 28th North Carolina Regiment cited the site in a September 1861 letter from Camp Fisher, High Point, N C, confirming the post name and honoring Col James H Lane's leadership.
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High Point
Fisher
High
Clark
North Ma
Washington Street
William Penn High School
Day
Yearly Meeting
Soof Friends
Affin
City of
Morrisith
The
Hoal
Allen Austin
Army of Northernia
Gettysburg
Chica
Appomattox
North Carolina
Dave Gurley
Camp Fisher
N. Stowe
D. H. Milton
Wheeler
Stanly County
Bethel
11Th
Collett Leventhorpe
Raleigh
Virginia
Old Bethel
Wilmington
Joseph R. Anderson
New Bern
Kinston
Pender
High Point’s Civil War Role and Home Front Details
The piece recounts High Point North Carolina as a Confederate supply hub in 1861 65, its regiments including the Bethel and 11th North Carolina, local factories and a Wayside hospital in the Hotel Bellevue, and deeds of residents such as Laura Wesson highlighting the town’s wartime contributions and hardships.
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Charles C. Lee
Old Bethel
High Point
North Carolina
Camp Fisher
Raleigh
Virginia
Greensboro
Guilford County
Washington
Manliel Jarrell
Jarrell
Jamestown
Bush Hill
Archdale
Salisbury
Trinity College
Braxton Craven
Locking
Weldon
North Carolina Railway
Davis
Danville
Piedmont Railway
Randolph
Davidson
Forsyth
Forsyth County
Sherman
Stoneman
Deep River
Oakdale
Hotel Biltmore
West High and
Willowbrook Streets
Barbee Hotel
Hotel Bellevue
War Department
A. J. Sapp
Betty Sapp Kirkman
Wilmington
Laura Wesson
Farm group forms Graham Production Credit Association charter
A photograph shows 10 members reading from left to right including S. E. Boswell D. Lacy Alston C T Hall James Bishop Jr L L Garrison and George Neal. The Graham Production Credit Association serves eight counties with short term loans for crops livestock machinery and repairs. Laura Wesson a 20 year old nurse who died in 1865 is honored by a bronze tablet and portrait in High Point. The piece recounts Confederate losses near Bush Hill and the surrender at Durham with local regiments and paroled soldiers noted. Julius C. Smith will speak at Wake Forest tonight with W L Poteat and Robert Campbell also on program.
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E. Boswell
Guilford County
D. Lacy Alston
Chatham County
C. T. Hall
Person County
James Bishop, Jr
Graham
L. L. Garrison
Alamance County
George ©. Neal
Caswell County
Graham Production Credit Association
Alamance
Caswell
Chatham
Durham
Guilford
Orange
Person
Randolph
Rockingham
Laura Wesson
Virginia
High Point
William Hill Wesson
Oakwood Memorial
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
High Point Public Library
Lee
Appomattox
Sherman
Clark
Eli Mendenhall
Sth
College Acquires Notable Library Collection at Wake Forest
Wake Forest, Sept 26. Mrs Ethel Taylor Critten, head librarian, announced Wake Forest College has acquired the personal library of the late Judge Thomas M Pittman. The collection is reputedly one of the Souths most important North Carolina holdings, including nearly complete sets of North Carolinans from 1701 and 3000 volumes focused on North Carolina and Baptist subjects.
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Wake Forest
Ethel Taylor Crittenden
Wake Forest College
Thomas M. Pittman
North Carolina
South
Rubber-tired steam locomotives seen on English highways
Rubber-tired steam locomotives may operate on England roads to haul freight trucks, showcasing an unusual transport method. The eye catching arrangement uses steam power adapted for road use, highlighting a novel approach to distribution and logistics.
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England
Planes to Move Motors Inside Wings to Cut Drag
It is believed future aviation will reduce air resistance by mounting engines within the wings, a design shift aimed at improving efficiency and performance.
State May Get New Industry in North Carolina
Governor Ehringhaus chaired a conference with TS Henry of TVA ceramics board and NC State officials on a proposed state funded ceramics survey. The plan involves the Tennessee Valley Authority ceramics division, NC State College and the state department of conservation and development to study western North Carolina.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Tennessee Valley Authority
N. C. State College
State Department of Conservation and Development
8S. T. Henry
TVA Authority
R. E. Gould
J. W. Harrelson
N. ©. State College
H. J. Brysin
J. L. Stukey
Harry Tucker
State College
Funeral Service Held for John Dawson 77
Funeral services for John Dawson 77 were held Saturday at 2 30 p m at Mitchell's Grove Methodist Protestant church. Rev BE W Jones and Rev J H Hanes officiated with choir singing Where We'll Never Grow Old Gathering Home and Home of the Soul. Pallbearers included C C Moran Jr Harvey Tate Cod Patton John Kersey Arnold Cox and Walter Cox. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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John Dawson
Jamestown
Mitchell's Grove Methodist Protestant Church
BE. W. Jones
Bales Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church
J. H. Hanes
Oak Grove Baptist Church
C. C. Moran, Jr
Harvey Tate
Cod Patton
John Kersey
Arnold Cox
Walter Cox
Tucker to Speak at Raleigh Founder’s Day
Irvin Tucker of Whiteville president of the General Alumni association of North Carolina College will be the principal speaker at the 47th annual founder's day celebration to be held at the college Thursday.
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Tucker
Raleigh
Irvin Tucker
Whiteville
General Alumni Association of
N. C. College
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Federal Writers Project
DOTUS
Certified Master Cleaners and Dyers
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First
North Carolina Regiment of Volunteers
Fayetteville Light Infantry
Thomasville Rifles
Davidson County
Daniel H. Hill
North Carolina Military Institute
Charlotte
West Point
Mexico
Military Institute
James H. Lane
Virginia Military Institute
Hoke
Hill
Yorktown
Henry Wyatt
Tarboro
O Volunteers
Bethel Regiment
Thomasville
Mount Zion
Direct Farm Organization
Directors of Production Credit Associations
Edgewater Club
Morehead City
James Bishop
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