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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Salem, N. C. (search)
Salem, N. C. A city in Forsyth county, N. C.; associated with Winston in business interests; and generally spoken of as the dual city of Salem-Winston. The Salem part of the twin cities was settled by Moravians in 1766; was the scene of several thrilling events in the Indian and Revolutionary wars; and was occupied by National and Confederate armies during the Civil War. One of the best-known colleges for women in the Southern States is located here, and still bears the name given it by the Moravians in 1802—the Salem Female Academ
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 58: (search)
of superior ability, had no sooner misled his enemy, than lighting up fires and leaving them burning, he crossed the creek, took off the planks from the bridge, and placed his men behind trees and such slight intrenchments as the night permitted to be thrown up. The loyalists, expecting an easy victory, unanimously agreed that his camp should be immediately assaulted. His force at that time amounted to a thousand men, consisting of the Newbern minute men, of militia from Craven, Johnson, Dobbs, and Wake counties, and the detachment under Lillington. The army under Macdonald, who was himself confined to Chap. LVIII.} 1776. Feb. his tent by illness, numbered between fifteen and sixteen hundred. At one o'clock in the morning of the twenty seventh, the loyalists, commanded by Donald Macleod, began their march; but it cost so much time to cross an intervening morass, that it was within an hour of daylight before they reached the western bank of the creek. There they had expected t
The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], Worthy of Imitation (search)
At a recent draft In Forsyth county, North Carolina, a man of feeble health, with a large family dependent upon his labor for a support, was drafted, when a youth stepped forward and nobly volunteered to take his place. Rev. I Bowen, author of Bowen's General Africa, formerly Captain of Texas Rangers in the war for Texas independence, has lost his reason, and is now an inmate of a lunatic asylum.
The Daily Dispatch: October 30, 1863., [Electronic resource], A Chinese Bull Run. (search)
What the meetings are composed of. --Col. Thos. M. Garrett, of the 5th N. C. regiment, offers a reward of $250 for the arrest of C. D. Sides, a deserter from that regiment. Col. Garrett says: "This man deserted on the 10th of May last, and was last heard of as figuring on the committee to draft resolutions for a meeting held in Forsyth county on the 26th August." A deserter drafting resolutions for a peace meeting! No wonder the administration of President Davis was denounced at such meetings. Deserters, of course, are opposed to sending any more men from North Carolina.
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Clothing Bureau, (search)
An affray occurred in Staunton, Va., on Thursday last, in which Capt. E. P. Sutton, of Richmond, was shot and slightly wounded by Capt. O. W. Chambers, and afterwards severely beaten by the same party. H. T. Clarke, of the Washington Artillery, has been arrested in Petersburg for stealing a gold watch from E. W. Hollins, of Richmond, and selling it at $600. C. D. Sides, lately published as a deserter figuring in a North Carolina peace meeting, is an old citizen of Forsyth county, and had not been in the army. Sumter Anderson, it is stated in the New York papers, claims to have the "old flag" of Fort Sumter still in his possession. The citizens of Florida are organizing Confederate Societies for the purpose of bringing down the price of the necessaries of life. The Presbyterian (United) Synod of Virginia has appointed the 1st proximo as a day of fasting and prayer.
The Daily Dispatch: April 28, 1864., [Electronic resource], A sure way to avoid service. (search)
A sure way to avoid service. --The Winston (N. C.) Sentinel states that Alexander Ridings, of Forsyth county, committed suicide last week by hanging himself, to keep from going to the army.