Which city was named after the Union Army colonel and the president of the Cape Fear Building Company?
Abbottsburg
Abbottsburg, North Carolina Joseph Carter Abbott
Cape Fear Academy is a PK3-12 school located in Wilmington, North Carolina.  It is a coeducational day school with 600 students and is a non-profit organization unaffiliated with any other institution, group, or church.  Cape Fear Academy strives to be "a learning community sharing a commitment to respect, integrity, academic excellence, and service to others."  It was named for the original Cape Fear Academy, an independent school for boys in Wilmington that operated from 1868 until 1916.  The present school's first class graduated in 1971.
Abbottsburg is a small unincorporated community in Bladen County, North Carolina.  In 1950 it had a population of 157.  Abbottsburg was named for Joseph Carter Abbott, president of the Cape Fear Building Company.  The community incorporated in 1903, though it later disincorporated.
Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834December 18, 1902) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who eventually was appointed as the last major general of volunteers of the Union Army.  Swayne received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth.  He also was effectively the military governor of Alabama from March 2, 1867 to July 14, 1868 after the passage of the first Reconstruction Act by the U.S. Congress until Alabama was readmitted to the Union.  Robert M. Patton remained the nominal governor during this period but as the local army commander, Swayne controlled the State government.
Fort Anderson is a mid 19th century earthen fort in the lower Cape Fear Region of North Carolina, located over the ruins of the colonial town of Brunswick in Brunswick County.  It was used as a Confederate Fort during the American Civil War.  The fort was pivotal in protecting the Cape Fear River inlets and Wilmington upstream.  Earthen batteries comprise the fort and were used as platforms and shields for the Confederate cannons.  Beneath some of the earthworks were "bombproofs," shelters used by troops during enemy bombardment.  The Confederacy decided to build forts around the Cape Fear River to protect the port of Wilmington from the Union blockade.  During the Civil War, blockade runners brought supplies such as iron, guns, and ammunition to the Confederacy.  The purpose of the fort was to hinder movement of Union ships, and to serve as a dropping off point for blockade runners fortunate enough to make it up the mouth of the Cape Fear River.  Fort Anderson was built on the ruins of Brunswick Town and was originally named Fort St. Philip, after the ruins of the Revolutionary period church nearby.  The name was changed to honor Col. George B. Anderson.
The Murchison Building is an eleven-story brick and marble building in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.  It occupies the corner of Front and Chestnut Street.  Sitting on historic waterfront property, the building overlooks the "Cotton Exchange" and "Cape Fear Community College" to the north, "USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial" and "Cape Fear" to the west, "Riverfront Park" and "Chandlers Wharf" to the south and "Wilmington Downtown" including its "Courthouse" to the east.
The Brunswick River in North Carolina runs for 14 miles along the west bank of Eagle Island near the city of Leland.  The Brunswick River is a fork of the Cape Fear River; the river starts as an offshoot of the Cape Fear River at the town of Navassa and flows back into the Cape Fear River at the southern tip of Eagle Island.  Mill Creek and Alligator Creek flow into the Brunswick River.
Cape Fear Bank, formerly named Bank of Wilmington (2006), was a Wilmington, North Carolina-based financial company engaged primarily in retail banking, mortgage banking, business finance and providing ATM and merchant processing services.  The bank was established in June 1998 and Cape Fear Bank Corporation, the parent company, was formed in June 2005.  The name change in October 2006 from Bank of Wilmington and Bank of Wilmington Corporation, respectively, reflected the growth of the Bank’s business in the Lower Cape Fear region of North Carolina.  The Bank had full service banking offices serving New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties.
Joseph Carter Abbott (July 15, 1825October 8, 1881) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who was awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers and a Republican United States Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1868 and 1871.  During his career in private life he was a lawyer, newspaper editor and businessman.  He also served as collector of the port of Wilmington, inspector of posts along the eastern line of the southern coast during the Rutherford B. Hayes Administration, and special agent of the United States Treasury Department.
Charles Henry Tompkins (September 12, 1830 – January 18, 1915) was a Union Army colonel, who received an appointment to the brevet grade of Brigadier General of volunteers during the American Civil War.  He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action on June 1, 1861 in the Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861).  This was the first action in the Civil War for which a Union Army officer would receive the Medal of Honor, although it was not awarded until 1893.  He is not to be confused with another Union officer, Brevet Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins (d. 1895) who commanded the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment.
Cape Fear is a coastal plain and tidewater region of North Carolina centered about the city of Wilmington.  The region takes its name from the adjacent Cape Fear headland, as does the Cape Fear River which flows through the region and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape.  Much of the region's populated areas are found along the Atlantic beaches and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway while the rural areas are dominated by farms and swampland like that of the Green Swamp.  The general area can be also identified by the titles Lower Cape Fear, Wilmington Metropolitan Area, Southeastern North Carolina, and Azalea Coast.  The latter name is derived from the North Carolina Azalea Festival held annually in Wilmington.  Municipalities in the area belong to the Cape Fear Council of Governments.
Cape Fear Academy Abbottsburg, North Carolina Wager Swayne Fort Anderson (North Carolina) Murchison Building Brunswick River (North Carolina) Cape Fear Bank Joseph Carter Abbott Charles Henry Tompkins Cape Fear (region)
Cape Fear Academy is a PK3-12 school located in Wilmington, North Carolina.  It is a coeducational day school with 600 students and is a non-profit organization unaffiliated with any other institution, group, or church.  Cape Fear Academy strives to be "a learning community sharing a commitment to respect, integrity, academic excellence, and service to others."  It was named for the original Cape Fear Academy, an independent school for boys in Wilmington that operated from 1868 until 1916.  The present school's first class graduated in 1971.
Cape Fear Academy
Abbottsburg is a small unincorporated community in Bladen County, North Carolina.  In 1950 it had a population of 157.  Abbottsburg was named for Joseph Carter Abbott, president of the Cape Fear Building Company.  The community incorporated in 1903, though it later disincorporated.
Abbottsburg, North Carolina
Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834December 18, 1902) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who eventually was appointed as the last major general of volunteers of the Union Army.  Swayne received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth.  He also was effectively the military governor of Alabama from March 2, 1867 to July 14, 1868 after the passage of the first Reconstruction Act by the U.S. Congress until Alabama was readmitted to the Union.  Robert M. Patton remained the nominal governor during this period but as the local army commander, Swayne controlled the State government.
Wager Swayne
Fort Anderson is a mid 19th century earthen fort in the lower Cape Fear Region of North Carolina, located over the ruins of the colonial town of Brunswick in Brunswick County.  It was used as a Confederate Fort during the American Civil War.  The fort was pivotal in protecting the Cape Fear River inlets and Wilmington upstream.  Earthen batteries comprise the fort and were used as platforms and shields for the Confederate cannons.  Beneath some of the earthworks were "bombproofs," shelters used by troops during enemy bombardment.  The Confederacy decided to build forts around the Cape Fear River to protect the port of Wilmington from the Union blockade.  During the Civil War, blockade runners brought supplies such as iron, guns, and ammunition to the Confederacy.  The purpose of the fort was to hinder movement of Union ships, and to serve as a dropping off point for blockade runners fortunate enough to make it up the mouth of the Cape Fear River.  Fort Anderson was built on the ruins of Brunswick Town and was originally named Fort St. Philip, after the ruins of the Revolutionary period church nearby.  The name was changed to honor Col. George B. Anderson.
Fort Anderson (North Carolina)
The Murchison Building is an eleven-story brick and marble building in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.  It occupies the corner of Front and Chestnut Street.  Sitting on historic waterfront property, the building overlooks the "Cotton Exchange" and "Cape Fear Community College" to the north, "USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial" and "Cape Fear" to the west, "Riverfront Park" and "Chandlers Wharf" to the south and "Wilmington Downtown" including its "Courthouse" to the east.
Murchison Building
The Brunswick River in North Carolina runs for 14 miles along the west bank of Eagle Island near the city of Leland.  The Brunswick River is a fork of the Cape Fear River; the river starts as an offshoot of the Cape Fear River at the town of Navassa and flows back into the Cape Fear River at the southern tip of Eagle Island.  Mill Creek and Alligator Creek flow into the Brunswick River.
Brunswick River (North Carolina)
Cape Fear Bank, formerly named Bank of Wilmington (2006), was a Wilmington, North Carolina-based financial company engaged primarily in retail banking, mortgage banking, business finance and providing ATM and merchant processing services.  The bank was established in June 1998 and Cape Fear Bank Corporation, the parent company, was formed in June 2005.  The name change in October 2006 from Bank of Wilmington and Bank of Wilmington Corporation, respectively, reflected the growth of the Bank’s business in the Lower Cape Fear region of North Carolina.  The Bank had full service banking offices serving New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties.
Cape Fear Bank
Joseph Carter Abbott (July 15, 1825October 8, 1881) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who was awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers and a Republican United States Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1868 and 1871.  During his career in private life he was a lawyer, newspaper editor and businessman.  He also served as collector of the port of Wilmington, inspector of posts along the eastern line of the southern coast during the Rutherford B. Hayes Administration, and special agent of the United States Treasury Department.
Joseph Carter Abbott
Charles Henry Tompkins (September 12, 1830 – January 18, 1915) was a Union Army colonel, who received an appointment to the brevet grade of Brigadier General of volunteers during the American Civil War.  He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action on June 1, 1861 in the Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861).  This was the first action in the Civil War for which a Union Army officer would receive the Medal of Honor, although it was not awarded until 1893.  He is not to be confused with another Union officer, Brevet Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins (d. 1895) who commanded the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment.
Charles Henry Tompkins
Cape Fear is a coastal plain and tidewater region of North Carolina centered about the city of Wilmington.  The region takes its name from the adjacent Cape Fear headland, as does the Cape Fear River which flows through the region and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape.  Much of the region's populated areas are found along the Atlantic beaches and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway while the rural areas are dominated by farms and swampland like that of the Green Swamp.  The general area can be also identified by the titles Lower Cape Fear, Wilmington Metropolitan Area, Southeastern North Carolina, and Azalea Coast.  The latter name is derived from the North Carolina Azalea Festival held annually in Wilmington.  Municipalities in the area belong to the Cape Fear Council of Governments.
Cape Fear (region)
Which city was named after the Union Army colonel and the president of the Cape Fear Building Company?
Which city was named after the Union Army colonel and the president of the Cape Fear Building Company?