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Charlotte was then a small town, with two main roads crossing at the town center, where the Mecklenburg County courthouse dominated the intersection. The southern facade of the courthouse had a series of pillars, between which a stone wall about 3.5 feet (1.1 m) high had been constructed to provide an area that served as the local market. [ 1 ]
Battle of Fort Charlotte: March 2–14, 1780: West Florida: American -Spanish victory Siege of Charleston: March 29-May 12, 1780: South Carolina: British victory: British recapture South Carolina following the battle Battle of Monck's Corner: April 14, 1780: South Carolina: British victory Second Battle of Martinique: April 17, 1780: Martinique ...
In 1953, the theatre installed a panoramic screen to accommodate CinemaScope films. In 1961, it was further renovated to accommodate Cinerama films. [3] The Sound of Music would premiere at the Carolina Theatre on March 31, 1965, and run a record 79 weeks. The 398,201 [1] people who saw the movie were more than the population of Charlotte, at
The campaign culminated in the defeat of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army at the Battle of Bentonville, and its unconditional surrender to Union forces on April 26, 1865. Coming just two weeks after the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army at the Battle of Appomattox Court House, it signaled that the war was effectively over.
Willcox, W: Portrait of a General, Sir Henry Clinton in the War of Independence, New York, 1964, Wilson, David K (2005). The Southern Strategy: Britain's Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775–1780. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-573-3. OCLC 232001108.
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Kings Mountain was only about 35 miles (56 km) from Charlotte, within Cornwallis's range to assist. [70] The defeat, combined with other failures to raise Loyalist militia and ongoing Patriot activity in South Carolina, prompted Cornwallis to retreat to Winnsboro, South Carolina, where he set up a winter camp. [71]
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