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  2. List of North Carolina militia units in the American Revolution

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    In August 1775, the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress of North Carolina delegates appointed Cornelius Harnett the head of the Council of Safety which oversaw resistance to British rule. They also divided the colony into six military districts for the purpose of organizing militia and arranging representation in the executive body of the ...

  3. List of slave traders of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mary A. Livermore was a private tutor at a Virginia plantation around 1840; she commissioned this illustration for her memoir. The accompanying text reads: "Do all slave-traders look alike?"

  4. Category:Westley Richards cartridges - Wikipedia

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    .375/303 Westley Richards Accelerated Express ... .476 Nitro Express This page was last edited on 30 January 2018, at 11:29 (UTC). ...

  5. .476 Nitro Express - Wikipedia

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    The .476 Nitro Express is one of several rounds (including the .500/465 Nitro Express, .470 Nitro Express, .475 Nitro Express, and .475 No. 2 Nitro Express) developed as a replacement for the .450 Nitro Express following the British Army 1907 ban of .450 caliber ammunition into India and the Sudan, all with comparable performance.

  6. W. W. Estes - Wikipedia

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    Estes Express Lines remains in the ownership of the descendants of Estes. [15] [16] In 2015, the family was listed as No. 149 in America's Richest Families, with a family net worth US$1.7 billion. [17] Estes Road and the Estes Community Center in Chase City are both named for Estes. [18]

  7. .475 No 2 Nitro Express - Wikipedia

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    The .475 No 2 Nitro Express is one of several rounds developed in response to the British Army 1907 ban of .450 caliber ammunition into India and the Sudan which saw the development of the ballistically very similar .500/465 Nitro Express, .470 Nitro Express, .475 Nitro Express, and .476 Nitro Express. [4]

  8. 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C. C. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N. Chandler and Thomas E. Winn, and Majors Robert E. McMillan and Frederick C. Smith. After serving in the Department of North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals Howell Cobb, T. R. R. Cobb, Wofford, and DuBose.

  9. List of lynching victims in the United States - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina: February 26, 1870: Prominent local figure (no crime alleged) Sixty-three indictments, but the North Carolina Legislature, to end their cases, repealed the law they were charged with violating. [53] Offey Johnson: Monroe: Ouachita: Louisiana: March 31, 1870: None. A witness in protective custody.