Built circa 1780 by Jeduthan Harper,
signer of Halifax Resolves (April 12, 1776);
Lt. Col., Chatham County Minute Men;
appointed by N.C. Provincial Congress to
supervise cannon ball manufacturing for
the American Revolution; later Clerk . . . — — Map (db m239083) HM
Stood here—Union Institute 1839; Normal College 1851; Trinity College 1859; Moved to Durham 1892; became Duke University, 1824. — — Map (db m268353) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m58259) HM
In the second half of April 1865, as Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s army
retreated west from Raleigh, his forces scattered and the army became widely dispersed.
By the time he formally surrendered on April 26, the troops under his authority . . . — — Map (db m268367) HM
Dedicated to the memory of those who served well the cause of education for the Trinity community and the State of North Carolina.
The bell, the columns, and the urns were part of the original TRINITY COLLEGE . . . — — Map (db m268424) HM
