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A History of Fort Caswell, North Carolina

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1965

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Baptist Student Union, North Carolina State University

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A brief history of Fort Caswell, near Southport, North Carolina, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River.

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Fort Caswell, North Carolina, Southport, North Carolina, Civil War, Cape Fear, North Carolina Baptist Assembly, Cape Fear Minute Men, Wilmington Militia, secession, Fort Fisher, Fort Campbell, Fort Holmes, Oak Island, Bald Head Lighthouse, Smith Island, General Richard Delafield, General Bragg, Caswell Battery, Madison Battery, Shipp Battery, Bagley Battery, McDonough Battery, McKavett Battery, William Taft, U.S. Coast Artillery Band, Cape Fear Coastal Defenses, Charles Bennett, World War I, World War II, Baptist, Christian, Swift Battery

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