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  1. Aug 10, 2023 · One of the town's most notable pioneers was Robert M. Wright, a Civil War veteran who settled in Colby in 1873 and became a prominent businessman and community leader. Wright owned several businesses in town, including a general store and a hotel, and was

  2. J.R. Colby, a Civil War veteran, local land assessor, and preacher, was one of those homesteaders, and in April 1884, he obtained a patent to establish a town. The Townsite Company secured Union Pacific Railroad land approximately three miles north of the post office in March 1885.

  3. The county was named for Major General Thomas and five of the townships were named for Kansas soldiers killed under his command at Chickaumaugua during the Civil War. Colby was incorporated in 1886 and the first court house was built at 615.

  4. The North Carolina Museum of History encourages visitors to explore state, regional, and local North Carolina history. Exhibits change, so please call for current offerings. Several past exhibits can be viewed online, including North Carolina and the Civil War, the story of North Carolinians who lived, served, and sacrificed during the bloody ...

  5. Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth † Kevin M. Levin † Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019 † 228 pp. † $30.00 Reviewed by John M. Coski, historian at the American Civil War Museum.

  6. v. t. e. During the American Civil War, North Carolina joined the Confederacy with some reluctance, mainly due to the presence of Unionist sentiment within the state. [2] A popular vote in February, 1861 on the issue of secession was won by the unionists but not by a wide margin. [3] This slight lean in favor of staying in the Union would shift ...

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  8. Feb 19, 2022 · On 26 March 1867, two years after Confederate forces surrendered in nearby Durham, Milly Johnson filed a complaint with the Hillsborough, North Carolina branch of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, ...

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