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Stoneman March Era Battle Tales From Wilkesboro Raid
A Civil War reminiscence recounts General Stoneman's 1865 Tennessee to North Carolina march affecting Wilkes, Caldwell, and Alexander counties. Wade's band raids provoke armed pursuit by locals including Major Harvey Bingham and Col. Washington Sharpe, with ambushes, counterattacks, and a dramatic night river crossing near Holman Ford.
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W. R. Gwaltney
Alexander County
Raleigh News and Observer
S. J. Jennings
Wilkesboro
North Wilkesboro
Laweman
Wade
Simm
Wilkes County
Stoneman
Michigan
Lenoir
Holman Ford
Y. River
Yadkin V
Daniel Boone
Lamvy
Har By
Khown
Iny
Alexander
Caldwell
Caldwell County
Harvey Bingham
Bingham
Clark
Henry
Leavi
W. C. Green
J. R. Green
Mr. Green
Confederate Army Ag
Green
Washington Shar
Appomattox
Yadkin
James Linneyrotlur
R. Z. Linney
Brown
Enis Haynes
Conia
Sity
Sharpe
Brushy
Cove Gap
Moravian Falls
Holman’s Ford
Iredgll County
Robert V. Cowan
N. C
Leington