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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLA_bayard-wootten_New-Bern-NC.html
Pioneer photographer of N. C. and the South. An advocate of equal rights for women. Began career ca. 1904 in this house where she was born.
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U. S. Senator, 1901-1931. Chaired Senate Finance Committee during World War I. U.S. House 1887-1889. Lived here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QL8_first-post-road_New-Bern-NC.html
The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QL7_baron-christoph-von-graffenried_New-Bern-NC.html
Was a citizen of Bern, Switzerland. Led Swiss and Palatine immigrants to N.C. where in 1710 he founded New Bern.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QL6_samuel-cornell_New-Bern-NC.html
Merchant, Loyalist, and Governor's Councilor. He financed construction of Tryon Palace & campaign against Regulators, 1771. House stood 2 blocks S.
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The victory of Union General Ambrose Burnside here on March 14, 1862, caused the fall of New Bern.
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Site of Fort Caswell, built by N.C., 1775-76, to protect New Bern, renamed Fort Lane by Confederacy. Taken by U.S., Mar., 1862. ½ mi. E.
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On March 13, 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside prepared to capture New Bern after seizing Roanoke Island in February. Confederate Gen. Lawrence O?B. Branch defended the city in a line of fortifications located several miles down the Neuse Rive…
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Historic Capitol and Governor's residence of N.C., 1770-1794. Burned 1798, and restored in 1952-1959. Open to the public. One block south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJ3_george-e-badger_New-Bern-NC.html
Secretary of the Navy, 1841; United States Senator, 1846-55; judge of the superior court; staunch nationalist. Birthplace was 80yds S.
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