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| North Carolina (Orange County), Hillsborough — The Last Encampment — The Dickson House — Carolina Campaign | | | (Preface, upper left): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina, the Confederacy’s logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s last-ditch attack at . . . — Map (db m13972) | | North Carolina (Orange County), Hillsborough — G-4 — William Hooper — 1742 – 1790 | | | One of North Carolina’s three signers of the Declaration of Independence. His home is 150 yds. W. Was buried a few yds. W. — Map (db m1586) |
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