On June 30, 1863, the 35th United States Colored Troops regiment officially mustered in New Bern.
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On June 30, 1863, the 35th United States Colored Troops regiment officially mustered in New Bern.
On June 17, 1864, Brigadier General Gabriel Rains was appointed chief of the newly created Torpedo Bureau of the Confederate army.
On May 27, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Edward Stanly appointed military governor of North Carolina.
On May 26, 1864, a deadly torpedo explosion occurred at Batchelor’s Creek, about eight miles west of New Bern.
On May 25, 1860, influential geologist Daniel Moreau Barringer Jr. was born in Raleigh.
On March 31, 1862, Vincent Colyer was appointed Superintendent of the Poor for the Union’s Department of North Carolina.
On March 14, 1862, the Battle of New Bern was fought. The Battle was second of three major engagements in an expedition led by Union Gen.
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