William Horn Battle

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1. 1843 William Horn Battle moves his family to Chapel Hill and buys a house beside the campus Judge William H. Battle moved his family from Raleigh to Chapel Hill in 1843 so his sons could attend the university. He bought a house near the campus and enl…Search the index · UNC Libraries: Slaves of Faculty and Townspeople (Slavery and the Making of the University)
2. 1845 William Horn Battle becomes the university's professor of law After teaching law from his office in Chapel Hill, Battle was professor of law at the university by 1845, and the university began offering the bachelor of law…Search the index · NCpedia: Law Schools
3. March 1845 Enslaved workers build and tend the Battle household in Chapel Hill Letters between Lucy and William H. Battle in March 1845 describe enslaved men at their Chapel Hill house: Ben planted shrubs and flowers, Harry worked on the …Search the index · UNC Libraries: Slaves of Faculty and Townspeople (Slavery and the Making of the University)
4. 1851 Zebulon Vance studies law at Chapel Hill Vance entered the University of North Carolina early in 1851 and spent the rest of the year at Chapel Hill studying law under Judge William H. Battle and Samue… People: William Horn Battle, Samuel Field PhillipsSearch the index · NCpedia: Vance, Zebulon Baird (Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History)
5. 1865 Wilson Caldwell walks out with President Swain under a white flag to meet approaching Union troops When Union troops approached Chapel Hill in 1865, Wilson Caldwell walked out under a white flag with President David L. Swain, Judge W. H. Battle and others to… People: William Horn BattleSearch the index · Carolina Story: Wilson Caldwell (1841-1898), Slavery and the University
6. 1876 to 1879 William Horn Battle returns to Chapel Hill to teach law Battle had left for Raleigh in 1868 when Reconstruction politics disrupted the university. He returned to Chapel Hill in 1876, while his son Kemp was president…Search the index · UNC Libraries: Slaves of Faculty and Townspeople (Slavery and the Making of the University)