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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H68_franklins-confederate-soldiers-monument_Louisburg-NC.html
Side 1 In memory of Franklin's Confederate Soldiers that their heroic deeds, sublime self-sacrifice and undying devotion to duty and country may never be forgotten. Side 2 Deo Vindice. "When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made. All…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H67_louisburg-college_Louisburg-NC.html
Opened in 1857 on the site of the Franklin Academy, chartered 1787. Now a Methodist Junior College, coeducational.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H66_camp-site-for-shermans-army_Louisburg-NC.html
On May 1, 1865, five days after Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union Gen. William T. Sherman near Durham Station, approximately 12,000 to 15,000 troops of Sherman Army of the Tennessee camped in Louisburg en route to Washington…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H53_franklin-male-academy-building_Louisburg-NC.html
Chartered on January 6th, 1787, the earliest ancestor of Louisburg College. This building was first used in January 1, 1805. It was closed and moved to this site in 1905 from a location to the southwest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMROM_john-williamson_Louisburg-NC.html
Former slave. Member, legislature, six terms; newspaper publisher & advocate of education. Grave is 1/2 mile west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJR_richard-warfington_Louisburg-NC.html
Member of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-06. Led the return trip from Mandan villages. Born 1777 near here.
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