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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ellis , John Willis , 1820 -1861 (search)
Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861
Governor; born in Rowan county, N. C., Nov. 25, 1820; graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1841, and admitted to the bar in 1842.
He was governor of North Carolina in 1858-61.
In the name of his State he occupied Fort Macon, the works at Wilmington, and the United States arsenal at Fayetteville, Jan. 2, 1861.
In April of the same year he ordered the seizure of the United States mint at Charlotte.
He died in Raleigh, N. C., in 1861.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Goldsboro , Junction of National armies at. (search)
Goldsboro, Junction of National armies at.
The Confederates under Hoke fled from Wilmington northward, towards Goldsboro, towards which the Nationals ruder Schofield were pressing.
It was at the railroad crossing of the Neuse River. General Cox, with 5,000 of Palmer's troops, crossed from Newbern and established a depot of supplies at Kingston, after a moderate battle on the way with Hoke.
Perceiving the Confederate force to be about equal to his own, Schofield ordered Cox to intrench an rch 10, 1865, Hoke pressed Cox and attacked hint, but was repulsed with severe loss—1,500 men. The Nationals lost about 300.
The Confederates fled across the Neuse, and Schofield entered Goldsboro on the 20th.
Then Terry, who had been left at Wilmington, joined Schofield (March 22), and the next day Sherman arrived there.
Nearly all the National troops in North Carolina were encamped that night around Goldsboro.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, with the combined and concentrated forces of Beauregar
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harnett , Cornelius 1723 -1781 (search)
Harnett, Cornelius 1723-1781
Statesman; presumably born in North Carolina, although some authorities say in England, April 20, 1723; became owner of a large estate near Wilmington, being a man of considerable wealth.
He was influential in his State, and was among the first to
Harnett's House. denounce the Stamp Act and kindred measures.
He was a leading man in all public assemblages as the Revolutionary War approached; was president of the provincial congress in 1775; and on the abdicat Robert Howe.
He was the chief constructor of the constitution of North Carolina, framed in 1776, under which Harnett became one of the council: and in 1778 he was elected to Congress.
While the British held possession of the country adjacent to Cape Fear River in 1781, Harnett was made prisoner, and died in confinement, April 20, 1781.
His dwelling was a fine old mansion, about a mile and a half from the centre of the city of Wilmington, N. C., on the northeast branch of the Cape Fear River.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hooper , William 1742 -1790 (search)
Hooper, William 1742-1790
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Boston, June 17, 1742; graduated at Harvard in 1760; studied law under James Otis; and went to North Carolina in 1764, settling in Wilmington in 1767.
He was a representative in the provincial legislature, and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress in 1774, in which he drew up an address to the inhabitants of Jamaica.
Soon after signing the Declaration of Independence he resigned his seat and returned home, where he subsequently took part in local public affairs.
He died in Hillsboro, N. C., in October, 1790.
Johnson, Fort
A former protective work on the Cape Fear River, near Wilmington, N. C. On June 14, 1775, the royal governor, Joseph Martin, took refuge in the fort, as the indignant people had begun to rise in rebellion against royal rule.
From that stronghold he sent forth a menacing proclamation, and soon afterwards preparations for a servile insurrection were discovered.
The rumor went abroad that Martin had incited the slaves.
The exasperated people determined to drive him from the fort and demolish it. A body of 500 men, led by John Ashe and Cornelius Harnett, marched to the fort.
Martin had fled on board a British vessel of war in the river.
The munitions of war had all been removed on board of a transport, and the garrison also had fled.
The people burned the barracks and demolished the walls.