Throughout the Civil War, North Carolina furnished much of the material that the Confederate armies needed to sustain field operations. Here in Kenansville, the Confederate States Army produced military supplies ranging from swords to knapsacks. . . . — — Map (db m77287) HM
In April 1861, Louis Froelich, a Bavarian immigrant, began manufacturing uniform buttons in Wilmington for North Carolina soldiers. With Hungarian partner Col. Bela Estvan, Froelich operated his first arms factory for the Confederacy from November . . . — — Map (db m77289) HM
Grove Academy, a boarding school for boys, established in 1785 under the control of Grove Presbyterian Church, was located one mile N.W. Rev. James M. Sprunt, for whom James Sprunt Community College is named, was principal at the Academy from . . . — — Map (db m226252) HM
Plantation of Thomas S. Kenan, legislator & U.S. Congressman, whose son, Owen Rand, legislator, Confederate Congressman, & major, was born here. — — Map (db m226250) HM
Stamp master of North Carolina, 1765, resigned during demonstration in Wilmington against the Stamp Act; a physician at Sarecta, four mi. E. — — Map (db m226247) HM
