Lincolnton, North Carolina
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Lincolnton is a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States within the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 11,091 at the 2020 census, with an estimated population of 12,128, as o
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Lincoln Cotton Mills, built 1813
10-year-old factory worker in Lincolnton, 1908. Photo by Lewis Hine.
Stephen Dodson Ramseur
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Stephen Dodson Ramseur was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, at one point the youngest in the army. He impressed Lee by his actions at Malvern Hill and Chancellorsville, where his briga
Lincolnton, North Carolina
…the American Civil War, Lincoln County had many residents who either joined or were conscripted to the Confederate Army. Among them was Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia. His body was returned to Lincolnton for burial. Episcopal missionary bishop Henry…
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S. D. Ramseur in the Civil War
Monument dedication to S. D. Ramseur at Cedar Creek Battlefield near Middletown, Virginia, 1920