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Distinctive insignia. Abbreviation. NCARNG. The North Carolina Army National Guard ( NCARNG) is North Carolina 's principal military force. The force is equipped by the federal government and jointly maintained subject to the call of either. [ 1] The professional head of the North Carolina Army National Guard is the Adjutant General .
The North Carolina State Defense Militia (NCSDM) was reactivated by North Carolina Governor James G. Martin in February 1988. [ 1] The NC State Defense Militia operated under Chapter 127A of the North Carolina General Statutes, [ 2] and as such, is a distinct unit from the NC National Guard. The NCSDM participated in operations for Hurricane ...
Battle of Wilmington. The Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11–22, 1865, during the American Civil War, mostly outside the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, between the opposing Union and Confederate Departments of North Carolina. The Union victory in January in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher meant that Wilmington, 30 miles upriver ...
Historians differ on whether this unit was North Carolina State Troops or Militia. The argument in favor of being a State Troop is that the members of the unit were from all over North Carolina and not just one military district or county. Components of this unit were engaged at the following battles and skirmishes: [1] October 15, 1781, Raft Swamp
Tuscarora War. The execution of John Lawson on September 16, 1711. The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina from September 10, 1711, until February 11, 1715, between the Tuscarora people and their allies on one side and European American settlers, the Yamasee, and other allies on the other. This was considered the bloodiest colonial war ...
In August 1775, the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress of North Carolina delegates appointed Cornelius Harnett the head of the Council of Safety which oversaw resistance to British rule. They also divided the colony into six military districts for the purpose of organizing militia and arranging representation in the executive body of the ...
Fort Butler was an important site during the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears. Located on a hill overlooking present-day Murphy, North Carolina on the Hiwassee River, Fort Butler was the headquarters of the Eastern Division of the U.S. Army overseeing the Cherokee Nation. It was the military force charged with forcing Cherokee ...
Davidson's Fort. / 35.6272; -82.1789. Davidson's Fort was a Revolutionary War frontier fort and precursor of town of Old Fort, North Carolina. [ 1] It was built in 1776 to protect the white settlers from the Cherokee. [ 1][ 2] Davidson's Fort was one of dozens of similar outposts constructed along the frontiers in Georgia, North Carolina, South ...