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The barracks were located near the small town of Shepherdsville (now Newport, North Carolina). The outpost guarded a railroad trestle bridge of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad. This bridge was a critical link [ 1 ] in the military supply line between East Coast ports and the city of New Bern, North Carolina The outpost was the site of ...
Note: This is a sublist of List of Confederate monuments and memorials from the North Carolina section. This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials in North Carolina that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War.
This list of museums in North Carolina is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Middlesex Regiment museum, formerly in Bruce Castle, closed in 1992 and was absorbed into the National Army Museum [35] The Newcastle Discovery Museum includes the regimental museum of the Light Dragoons and the Northumberland Hussars [36] The Museum of the Northamptonshire Regiment is based at Abington Park [37]
The 84th Regiment was raised from Scottish soldiers who had served in the Seven Years' War and stayed in North America. As a result, the 84th Regiment had one of the oldest and most experienced officer corps of any regiment in North America. [2] The Scottish Highland regiments were a key element of the British Army in the American Revolution. [3]
Newport is located in west-central Carteret County. U.S. Route 70, a four-lane highway, passes through the town west of the center; it leads southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Morehead City and north 7 miles (11 km) to Havelock. New Bern is 25 miles (40 km) to the north up US-70.
Seventy-First Township is a civil township in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The township was named from the Scottish immigrants who were descendants of the 71st Regiment of the British Army. The 71st Regiment of Foot was first formed in 1758 from the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Regiment of Foot.
Thomas' Legion, also known as Thomas' Legion of Cherokee Indians and Highlanders, Thomas' Legion of Indians and Highlanders, and the 69th North Carolina Regiment, [2] [3] [4] was a unit of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.