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Rebel or loyalist? Sometimes it was hard to tell. On the surface, wealthy Lincolnton businessman and slaveholder John Phifer may have appeared loyal to Dixie. His textile mill on the South Fork River cranked out products much needed in the embattled South. His three sons were officers in the Confederate Army, and two died fighting […]
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May 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Categories: Civil War Individuals · Civil War Memory · Civil War on the Web · Political History · Social History
Tags: · John Phifer, reconstruction, slavery, Southern Claims Commission, William Holden, Zebulon Vance
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