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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 9 (search)
le in her strength, the pride and the glory of the world. It is of Stephen D. Ramseur that we now propose to speak—his life, his services, and his lamented death. In the Piedmont section of our State there is a county named in honor of that Revolutionary hero, Benjamin Lincoln, who at the time was in command of the Continental soldiers in Charleston harbor, fighting for the freedom and independence of the American colonies. This county was originally a part of Mecklenburg, the Hornets' Nest of the Revolution, and her sons partook of the sturdy patriotism of their neighbors. In her territorial limits was fought the battle of Ramseur's Mill, and other stirring scenes of like nature. Lincoln, though one of the smallest counties in the State, gave to history such well-known Revolutiouary names as Brevard, Dickson, Chronicle, and others, who, though less generally known, were no less patriotic and determined in upholding their principles. The county-seat of Lincoln, with that