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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Caldwell County, North Carolina

 
Clickable Map of Caldwell County, North Carolina and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Caldwell County, NC (7) Alexander County, NC (8) Avery County, NC (11) Burke County, NC (20) Catawba County, NC (28) Watauga County, NC (24) Wilkes County, NC (21)  CaldwellCounty(7) Caldwell County (7)  AlexanderCounty(8) Alexander County (8)  AveryCounty(11) Avery County (11)  BurkeCounty(20) Burke County (20)  CatawbaCounty(28) Catawba County (28)  WataugaCounty(24) Watauga County (24)  WilkesCounty(21) Wilkes County (21)
Adjacent to Caldwell County, North Carolina
    Alexander County (8)
    Avery County (11)
    Burke County (20)
    Catawba County (28)
    Watauga County (24)
    Wilkes County (21)
 
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1North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — N 24 — Collett Leventhorpe
Confederate general, physician, author. Born in England, settled in N. Carolina about 1847. Grave is 150 yds. north. — Map (db m77562) HM
2North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — N 30 — Davenport College
For women; chartered 1859 by Methodist Episcopal Church, South; merged with Greensboro College, 1933. Two bldgs. stand 100 ft. S.W. — Map (db m77566) HM
3North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — N 1 — Fort Defiance
Home of William Lenoir, leader in Revolution & public affairs. Built 1788-92 and named for colonial fort on the site 4½ miles east. — Map (db m77550) HM
4North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — Patterson MillStruck by Stoneman's Raiders — Stoneman's Raid —
(preface) On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — Map (db m77560) HM
5North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — Raiders in LenoirSt. James Episcopal Church and Prison — Stoneman's Raid —
(preface) On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — Map (db m77565) HM
6North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — N 11 — Stoneman's Raid
On a Raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry passed through Lenoir, Mar. 28, and there again, Apr. 15-17 1865. — Map (db m20388) HM
7North Carolina (Caldwell County), Yadkin Valley — Laura FosterDied May 28, 1866 — May She Rest In Peace —
On the 28th of May 1866, Laura Foster, a beautiful but frail girl, was decoyed from her fathers house at German Hill in Caldwell County to a place in Wilkes County and was murdered. Tom Dula (Tom Dooley) was later hanged for her murder. She was . . . — Map (db m57259) HM
 
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