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Thomas Ruffin was born in Virginia in November of 1787, and moved to North Carolina early in his life. He attended Princeton University and later studied law in Rockingham County and eventually passed the bar in 1808. After practicing law for a few…

At the time of this photograph, taken in 1858, Thomas was 53 and had become, perhaps next to Zeb Vance, the most influential man in western North Carolina.

The 1,600-foot structure across the Holston River at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, was the scene of frequent skirmishing between the Federals and the Confederacy. For more than a year, Colonel Thomas and his Legion guarded the bridge. It was…

TEXAS AND WAR WITH MEXICO

Throughout the 1820s, Americans settled in the vast territory of Texas, often with land grants from the Mexican government. However, their numbers soon alarmed the authorities, who prohibited further immigration in 1830.…

Photo of a Confederate deserter being discovered.

This is a chart showing the rates per linear of foot of vessels traveling the Cape Fear river, either northbound or southbound divided by how much draft the vessel carries and by the type of vessel (open decked or stacked deck)

L. Leon

A photograph of the Colonel D. H. Hill

A photograph of James Henry Lane, although at the time the photograph is taken he is actually a general. James H. Lane was a major, and was one of the people in charge of the First North Carolina Regiment.

Returning to the evidence we propose to offer, it will, we believe, satisfy the minds of the court, that there existed secret associations in the counties of Alamance and Caswell, having a common purpose and design to subvert the laws by threats,…