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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25P2_gen-allen-hal-turnage_Farmville-NC.html
Led U.S. Marine Corps Third Division assaults on Bougainville & Guam, 1943-44. Received Navy Cross. Born 1 block S.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GH5_burney-place_Grifton-NC.html
(preface) On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided Greenvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GGT_black-jack_Greenville-NC.html
(preface) On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided Greenvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GFX_chasing-gen-potter_Farmville-NC.html
(preface) On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided Greenv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GFW_greenville_Greenville-NC.html
(preface) On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided Greenvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GFU_otter-creek-bridge-skirmish_Greenville-NC.html
(preface) On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided Greenvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C4Y_red-banks-church_Greenville-NC.html
Federal expeditions frequently disrupted Confederate activities late in 1863. Union forces often assembled here at Red Banks Church because it was near Confederate camps. On December 17, 1863, a Federal attack near here on the camp of Co. H, 3rd N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C40_haddocks-crossroads_Winterville-NC.html
After Union forces occupied New Bern in March 1862, Confederate Maj. John N. Whitford established a camp here at Haddocks Crossroads, the intersection of the main roads from Greenville to New Bern and to Kinston. Whitford's Battalion of Partisan R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3U_fort-fisher-hero_Ayden-NC.html
A hero of the fight for Fort Fisher is buried here in the churchyard. Pvt. Christopher C. "Kit" Bland, Battery K, 2nd North Carolina Artillery, was serving at the fort, the "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," when Federal forces began their bombardmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IX_thomas-j-jarvis_Greenville-NC.html
"The Grand Old Man Of North Carolina"Captain, 8th North Carolina, CSALt. Governor & Governor of North Carolina U.S. Ambassador to BrazilU.S. Senator The Father of East Carolina University In life he embodied the mottoof the University he helped es…
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