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- Antebellum and Civil War · 1800–1865
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Peter Dromgoole disappears from Chapel Hill
Peter Pelham Dromgoole came to Chapel Hill in January 1833, failed the university's entrance examination and studied under a tutor. That spring, after bitter letters with his father, he vanished from his lodgings, leaving most of his belongings and a debt to a Chapel Hill merchant.
- Reconstruction and the New South · 1866–1899
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Students found the Order of Gimghoul after hearing the Dromgoole story
Five undergraduates founded a secret society after hearing university president Kemp Battle tell the Dromgoole story. They first called it the Order of Dromgoole and later shortened the name to Gimghoul.
People: Kemp Plummer Battle
Subject: Gimghoul Castle and neighborhood
- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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The Order of Gimghoul completes its castle at Piney Prospect
The Order of Gimghoul completed a gothic castle at Piney Prospect, the spot where legend placed Dromgoole's fatal duel and burial.
Subject: Gimghoul Castle and neighborhood
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