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- Charlotte, during the Civil War, was home to the North Carolina Military Institute, which opened in the fall of 1859. It played a role in the Confederate cause by manufacturing armaments and other materials. Additionally, Charlotte served as a place of refuge for the Confederacy as the South was decimated.
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Though the hardships of war touched most families, Charlotte came out of the Civil War stronger than ever. Troops had cut the railroad to Columbia, but it was quickly restored. African...
Civil War – A block further down South Tryon, in front of McCormick & Schmick, find the sidewalk plaque where Confederate President Jefferson Davis stood when he heard of Lincoln’s assassination. Davis and his cabinet stopped in Charlotte as they fled the fall of Richmond near the War’s end.
During the Civil War, Charlotte became the new location of the Confederate Navy Yard, where 1,500 Mecklenburg county men and boys gathered to manufacture munitions and gunpowder.
Charlotte may look like a brand-new city, but there’s a rich history at every turn. Its roots run deep in the Old South, way back before the American Revolution. As the New South dawned after the Civil War, Charlotte took off – first as a railroad junction and then as a cotton mill hub.
The years prior to the Civil War are a period of growth for Charlotte. The gold boom of the 1820s brings a variety of related businesses to the burgeoning town. Charlotte’s first bank opens its doors.
Jul 30, 2010 · During the Civil War, Charlotte was home to the North Carolina Military Institute, which opened to young men in the fall of 1859. It also served the Confederate cause by manufacturing armaments, naval engines, and other materials in places like the Confederate Naval Yard and the Mecklenburg Gun Factory.
Charlotte's best known contribution to the active war effort was a group, mostly physicians and surgeons and nurses who composed the 38th Evacuation Hospital Unit, which distinguished itself by its surgical and medical skill under primitive and dangerous battle conditions.
