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    Robert Howe Historical Marker - Robert Howe Historical Marker

    Robert Howe Historical Marker

    3.0(1 review)
    5.6 mi

    This marker is alongside River Road between Wilmington and the Caswell/Oak Island beaches. It is in…read moregood condition and there is a grassy area where you can stop. Probably not legally, but I was only here for a minute. The marker reads, "Major General Howe was the commander of Southern Department of the Continental Line, 1776-78, and North Carolina's highest ranking officer. Lived 4 1/2 miles east." Online, there is more information. "Robert Howe, Continental army general, was born in 1732 in New Hanover County. Howe inherited a considerable fortune from his parents and grandparents, owning several large plantations in the New Hanover and Bladen counties. He served in several minor public posts in Bladen County, including as a militia captain and magistrate in the 1750s and 1760s. After Brunswick County formed, Howe was elected to the colonial assembly, a post he held for six consecutive terms. He also served as a militia officer for Brunswick County, and commanded Fort Johnston from 1769 to 1773. During the War of the Regulation, Howe commanded that artillery of Governor William Tryon at the Battle of Alamance." "At the outbreak of the Revolution, Howe served as a member of the Wilmington Committee of Safety and led the local militia that took control of Fort Johnston. On September 1, 1775, Howe was appointed colonel of the 2nd North Carolina Continental regiment. After the death of James Moore in 1777, Howe was appointed to succeed him as commander of the Southern Department and was promoted to major general on October 20, 1777." "Howe returned home in 1783 at the war's end, intent on resuming his life as a planter. In 1786 he was elected to the House of Commons, however he died on December 14, while traveling to the meeting of the body. He was the highest-ranking officer from North Carolina to serve in the American Revolution." [Review 14233 overall, 1556 of 2020, number 2676 in North Carolina.]

    Fort Caswell Historic Marker - Fort Caswell Historic Marker, Oak Island NC

    Fort Caswell Historic Marker

    2.0(1 review)
    0.2 mi

    This marker is along Country Club lane just south of the Barbee bridge…read morehttps://www.yelp.com/biz/g-v-barbee-sr-bridge-oak-island?hrid=COGYbv5UtiFQYI_yFQA9Gg on the way to the Oak Island Lighthouse https://www.yelp.com/biz/oak-island-lighthouse-oak-island?hrid=JaoQ0Zd9MwogR7_L5ZqYmA. The marker reads, "Fort Caswell. Seized by North Carolina Militia three months before firing on Fort Sumter. Governor Ellis ordered its return to Federal authority; three miles east." The marker is in front of a bank at a major intersection. For some reason, the marker is not in the state database, so here is information about the site from elsewhere. The fort is at the eastern tip of Oak Island at the entrance to the Cape Fear River. It is named after former governor Richard Caswell and the original fortifications and earthworks were completed in 1836. Over 61 gun emplacements, it provided defense of the city of Wilmington, which is 20 miles upriver. In 1861, it was seized twice by a group called the "Cape Fear Minutemen", who were subsequently ordered by Governor John Willis Ellis to return it to the keeper of the fort, the only man stationed there by the U.S. Army at the time. When the state finally seceded, the new Confederate Army made it, along with nearby Fort Fisher, one of the most elaborate defensive system in the world at that time.This system, along with swift blockade runners, kept Wilmington's port open longer than any other. The U.S. Army built a full military reservation on the site in the 1890s, complete with coastal artillery batteries, but abandoned it after World War I. Most of the buildings currently extant as well as the sea wall were built during this period. From 1937-1941, the fort was unsuccessfully converted into a resort, with the gun emplacements used as swimming pools (two artesian wells produced hot mineral water to fill the pools). In 1941, the Navy purchased the fort for use as an anti-submarine base during World War II. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina bought the property in 1949 as surplus for $86,000. [Review 13980 overall, 1302 of 2020, number 2620 in North Carolina.]

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