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At this site on 1 June 1861, soldiers of the 6th NC State Troops, commanded by Col. Charles Fisher, president of the NC Railroad, drilled before departing for the war front. In July 1861, they became the first troops ever carried by rail into battle. Their first conflict was 1st Manassas, where Col. Fisher was killed. The 6th NC fought bravely in all major battles as members of the army of Northern Virginia. They were paroled by the Union in April 1865 at war's end in Appomattox, Virginia.
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Burlington, North Carolina · United States
