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Commissioners of North Carolina's capital met officers of Sherman's army near this spot, on April 13, 1865, and surrendered the city.
Moving on Goldsboro, Sherman's Army was temporarily checked by Hardee's Confederates, Mar. 16, 1865, in Battle of Averasboro, 3 1/2 mi. W.
President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of N.C.S.U. and Meredith College. House is here.
Spanish-American War camp, 95 acres, named for the Confederate general, was located here. Only U.S. Army camp in the state, 1898.
Chartered 1887. Opened 1889 as a land grant college. Since 1931 campus of Consolidated University.
Important source of munitions during the American Revolution, operated occasionally since. Furnace was 100 yards southwest.
Chartered in 1835 and completed in 1840. Length 85 miles. Its southern terminus was 400 ft. W.
Est. 1833. Horses hauled granite for the Capitol over a railroad from a quarry 1 1/4 miles S.E.
Journalist, editor, and publisher. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-1918. His birthplace stood 400 yards north.
Educator and first president of what is now UNC-Greensboro, 1891-1906. Boyhood home is 200 yds. W.