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Wars & Military Service

Soldiers, militia, veterans, pensions, and the county in wartime.

“Patriot general in American Revolution, was mortally wounded at Germantown, 1777. His home is 150 yds. W.”

State historical marker: G-10: Francis Nash

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Freedom's Howl

Heyes, Eileen · 2025 · Historical Research and Publications Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

"Eno River Valley, North Carolina, 1776. In a cozy, sheltered den in the woods, four red wolf puppies are born. Their parents and older brothers will nurture and teach them through the summer and fall, as they learn to …

Regulated for Murder

Adair, Suzanne · 2011

Jesse Benton Letters (1780-1790)

Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2009

Undaunted heart : the true story of a Southern belle & a Yankee general

Suzy Barile. · 2009 · Eno

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Journey to New Hope

Murphy, Barbara A. · 2006 · Chapel Hill Press

The journey to New Hope -- The five buildings of New Hope -- The land of New Hope -- The ministers who have served New Hope -- The cemeteries of New Hope -- New Hope members who served their country -- Matters of organi…

Oral history interview with Charles M. Jones, July 21, 1990: interview A-0335, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Jones, Charles Miles · 2006 · University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill

Charles Jones led the First Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill during the late 1940s. In this interview, he briefly describes his education and how he entered the ministry. He spends most of the time discussing the cont…

Challenges on the home front : World War II

The Writer's Discussion Group ; Peggy Lovelace Ellis & Sybil Austin Skakle, eds. · 2004 · Chapel Hill Press

Stories, memoirs, sketches and poems about the authors' experiences on the home front in World War II.

Carolina goes to war: a lesson from campus history, 1915-1919

Hutchinson, Glenn · 2002 · Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A look at how Carolina faculty and students viewed World War I, as seen through the local publications: The tar heel and The university magazine.

The Yackety Yack, 1918: excerpts relating to World War I

2002 · Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This issue of the Yackety Yack yearbook focuses on the University of North Carolina's contributions to the war effort. The introductory essay describes the University at work, providing "high service for a time of war, …

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