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CIVIL WAR: Harnett got its war news by hand thanks to one man
On this date 150 years ago, Harnett County’s first journalist worked on his handwritten newspaper hinting that North Carolina was in the process of seceding from the Union.
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Civil War buffs put knowledge to the test
SANFORD — Do you know the first state to secede from the Union (South Carolina)? How about the birth place of Confederate general Braxton Bragg (Warrenton, N.C.)? The name of Robert E. Lee’s belove...
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Local historians to commemorate Civil War anniversary with Quiz Bowl
SANFORD — A fierce battle will break out in First Presbyterian Church’s Old Fellowship Hall next month, and to win, competitors must come armed to answer questions like these: When did the battle o...
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Our View: Civil War important part of our history
Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers -- if only to become the kind of country that could no longer conceive of how that was possible. — P...
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The Civil War: The area's first war 'blogger'
From the April 9, 1861, issue of The Weekly News: “We learn that Lincoln has sent troops around South. If it is to continue [to] the seceding states, we may look for warm work in a few days. Whatev...
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The Civil War: Old times not forgotten
A hush fell over the crowd filling the elegant hall in downtown Richmond, Va. The vote was about to be announced, and a young staffer of the Museum of the Confederacy balanced his laptop across his...
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Herald writers trace their Civil War genealogy
BILLY LIGGETT Going back to William B. Richardson of Moore County (my great-great-great grandfather), I found out his wife was Hannah Murphy, the daughter of the man with the greatest name I thi...
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Civil War Sesquicentennial thoughts
The Civil War has always been a part of American History that intrigued me. It is a “hinge of history” like no other in the American narrative. When you consider the scope and scale of the confli...
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Civil War: Averasboro ... the South's last stand
ERWIN — There are reminders all over the mile stretch of quiet, flat farmland in southern Harnett County that a deadly battle raged there for two days 146 years ago. A handful of historical marker...
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The Civil War: Getting to know Robert E. Lee
Most of us who study the War Between the States know a lot about the history of the Army of Northern Virginia and the generalship of Robert E. Lee. The general’s “life to legend” status is well kno...
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Central N.C.'s impact on the Civil War
Despite being located in the center of it all, North Carolina usually doesn’t earn mention when historians bring up the Civil War’s greatest battles. But the Tar Heel State — a term that actually g...
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The Civil War 150th Anniversary: Intro
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tenn., to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in it, ...
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