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The "Confederate Grays"
In 1858 a twenty-one-year-old Virginian named Claudius Baker Denson moved to Duplin County and founded a military school known as the Franklin Military Institute. Denson served as commandant of cadets and as a faculty member at the school until April…
Sergeant Lewis H. Hill
Lewis H. Hill was a farmer in Duplin County, NC, when he enlisted in Company E, the “Confederate Grays,” 20th Regiment North Carolina State Troops on April 27, 1861. He mustered in as a Private, and was promoted to Corporal in January of 1863.
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