Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Monday, May 25, 2020

Left Hampton Roads

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Thursday, March 12, 2020

James Wellborn Of North Carolina

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Source : US Army Historical Register - Volume 1 We were camped near  this marker  that profiled James Wellborn: "Served 27 y...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Value Of The Dismal Swamp Canal

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Dismal Swamp On The Map (Google) Source The canal proved to be of great value in the war of 1812 as a means of transporting war s...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Joel Leftwich's Life

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Source Papers of Joel Leftwich, 1786-1890 at the University of Virginia (and also papers at the University of North Carolina): ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Major Tatum's Journal

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Major Howell Tatum's Journal: While Acting Topographical Engineer (1814) ... : A bit of biographical information about Tatum: Af...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

A Tribute To Captain Otway Burns

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From   Captain Otway Burns, patriot, privateer and legislator ... Below is an excerpt of a tribute to Captain Otway Burns , privateer ...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Melee At Fort Macon

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Mess Hall At Fort Macon During the war of 1812 there were some 300 soldiers, mostly militia, at Fort Macon just opposite Beaufort.  O...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Captain Otway Burns In The Old Burying Ground

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Otway Burns, a Privateer from Swansboro , North Carolina: Captain Otway Burns Is Buried At The Old Burying Ground , Beaufort, North ...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Fort Macon Replaced Fort Hampton

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Fort Hampton guarded North Carolina's Beaufort Inlet during the War of 1812.  After Fort Hampton's destruction, Fort Macon replaced...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Post-War Preference For Detroit

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Source West Point, May 27th, 1815 To A. Partridge Capt. _ M. A. Sir, Being extremely desirous of commencing the duties of my ...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Artillery Roots

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The U.S. Army's Fort Bragg page concerning the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment , "...[indicated that ...
Friday, July 27, 2012

William Tom, 1812 Soldier & Texas Patriot

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At one point I thought that William Tom's wife, Kesiah Hinds, might have been related; that theory has been dispelled , but the Toms are...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Privateer Captain Otway Burns

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Correction to the original post:  Below is a portrait of Captain Otway Burns. Source Update and correction:  The portrait below is a ...