Military
Between 1861 and 1865, Gates County honored its Confederate dead and Confederate soldiers and identified Wm. P. Roberts as the youngest general officer in the Confederate States Army. Without military training, he was commissioned brigadier general at the age of 23 upon merit alone.
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Gatesville, North Carolina · United States
