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- Antebellum and Civil War · 1800–1865
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Alexander Dickson becomes owner of the house later called the Alexander Dickson House
Around 1839 Alexander Dickson acquired the late-Georgian frame farmhouse of about 1790 that stood near the later junction of Interstate 85 and NC 86 outside Hillsborough. Joseph E. Johnston used it as his headquarters in 1865, and it was moved to 150 East King Street in 1983.
People: Alexander Dickson
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Five elders are ordained at New Hope
Samuel S. Claytor, Alexander Dickson, William S. Kirkland, Bryant Strayhorn and George R. Long were ordained and installed. Craig traces each to the founding families except Dickson.
People: Alexander Dickson
Subject: New Hope Presbyterian Church
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Confederate leaders gather at Hillsborough
Wade Hampton and Joseph E. Johnston used the Dickson farm on the edge of Hillsborough as a temporary headquarters while Johnston negotiated with Sherman, and Confederate officials including Secretary of War John C. Breckinridge came there to work on terms. Johnston and his staff rode from the Dickson place along the old Hillsborough to Durham road to complete the surrender.
Part of The end of the Civil War in Orange County, 1865
People: Joseph E. Johnston · Wade Hampton · William T. Sherman · Alexander Dickson
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