From the May 3rd Wilmington Star-News.
April 21, 1861 (150 years ago)-- Union President Lincoln extended the naval blockade to include North Carolina and Virginia.
Confederate Major Charles Pattison Bolles began construction on sand batteries on Federal Point (later renamed Confederate Point). These batteries were later incorporated into Fort Fisher.
May 2, 1911 (100 years ago)-- Allen kelly of Chinquapin in Duplin County died at the age 130. Known for his indistrious ways and habits. Hewed the first cross-ties for the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. (The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad became of the utmost importance to the Confederacy during the Civil War as supplies from Wilmington were shipped to Richmond and Lee's Army.)
Married three times with 26 children and 57 grandchildren
May 4, 1961 (50 years ago)-- the first time the USS North Carolina Battleship Commission confirmed that the ship was to be moored in Wilmington as opposed to some other place in the state. Also, the commission hired a chief engineer and an assitant to arrange details to move the ship from Bayonne, New Jersey, to Wilmington.
All Those Years Ago. --Old B-R'er
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