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George was born in Cherokee, North Carolina, and was a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.He entered service at Whittier, North Carolina.At the time of George's death in battle, he held the rank of Private First Class in Company C of the 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.
He served for Tryon County as a delegate to the North Carolina Provincial Congress in 1776 and representative to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1778. He also served for Washington County (Washington District, North Carolina) (1782) and, Greene Co., Tennessee East District, NC (1788). Hardin was a signer of the Tryon Resolves in ...
Military personnel from Raleigh, North Carolina (10 P) Pages in category "Military personnel from North Carolina" The following 176 pages are in this category, out of 176 total.
Lucas was born in Plymouth, North Carolina, on February 14, 1928. [2] After his father, a tobacco farmer, died when he was 11, his mother sent him to nearby Edwards Military Institute in Salemburg. He rose to be a cadet captain, and was the captain of a football team.
James Moore (c. 1737 – c. April 15, 1777) was an American military officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.Moore was born into a prominent political family in the colonial Province of North Carolina, he was one of only five generals from North Carolina to serve in the Continental Army.
The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders. The base’s original namesake, Gen. Braxton Bragg, was a Confederate general from Warrenton, North Carolina, who was known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles ...
But in a memorandum signed Monday, Hegseth instructed the Army to rename the North Carolina military installation in honor of a different Bragg: Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II veteran who ...
Thomas Polk (c. 1732–January 25, 1794) was a planter, military officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1781, and a politician who served in the North Carolina House of Commons, North Carolina Provincial Congress, and Council of State.