The 3rd N.C. Mounted Infantry (Union) led by Col. George W, kirk, was composed of North Carolina Unionists. Their primary target was Morganton, N.C., the location of a railroad head and the Camp Vance Confederate training facility. After capturing them, they would proceed to Linville Falss on their way back.
They encountered Confederates led by William Waightstill Avery, grandson of Waightstill Avery, namesake of Avery County. The Confederates were defeated and Avery died from his wounds.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Monday, October 27, 2014
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Raid on Linville Falls, N.C.-- Part 1
From the June 3, 2014, High Country Press "Living History Event Held for the 150th Anniversary of the Raid on Linville Falls, Saturday June 28th" by Travis Miller.
June 29th will be the actual day of the 150th anniversary of the raid, but the NPS is hosting a Civil War living history event in the Blue RidgeParkway at MP 316 on June 28th.
During the Civil War, Linville Falls was an important Confederate manufacturing facility the government had created to take advantage of local resources and manufacture of war materials. A rifle component manufacturing plant was at Linville Falls which used waterwheels to harness power and iron ore mined in nearby Cranberry.
--Old Secesh
June 29th will be the actual day of the 150th anniversary of the raid, but the NPS is hosting a Civil War living history event in the Blue RidgeParkway at MP 316 on June 28th.
During the Civil War, Linville Falls was an important Confederate manufacturing facility the government had created to take advantage of local resources and manufacture of war materials. A rifle component manufacturing plant was at Linville Falls which used waterwheels to harness power and iron ore mined in nearby Cranberry.
--Old Secesh
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