Sweetwater Mansion
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Charles Davis Jameson
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Pelham A. Barrows
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Beriah Magoffin
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John Milton Thayer
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Millbrook, North Carolina
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Minden Cemetery
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John Yates Beall
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Robert Byington Mitchell
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John Hugh Means
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Alonzo Garcelon
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Damietta Governorate
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Negaunee Township, Michigan
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Raleigh, North Carolina
After the Civil War began, Governor Zebulon Baird Vance ordered the construction of breastworks around the city as protection from Union troops. During General Sherman's Carolinas Campaign, Raleigh was captured by Union cavalry under the command of General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick on April 13, 1865. As the Confederate cavalry retreated west, the Union soldiers followed, leading to the nearby Battle of Morrisville. The city was spared significant destruction during the War, but due to the economic problems of the post-war period and Reconstruction, with a state economy based on agriculture, it grew little over the next several decades.
John Stawell
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Die Fälschung
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James Milton Smith
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Zebulon Baird Vance
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Mohammed Goni
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Millbrook, Alabama
Millbrook is a city in Autauga and Elmore counties in the State of Alabama. The population was 14,640 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.
What county is Millbrook in the death state of the governor during the Civil War located?
Who was the governor during the Civil War?
Zebulon Baird Vance
In what city did #1 die?
North Carolina
What state is Millbrook, #2 located?
Wake County