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SALISBURY , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Rowan county, See also:

North Carolina, U.S.A., about 120 M. W. by S. of See also:

Raleigh. Pop. (1890) 4418; (1900) 6277 (2408 negroes); (1910) 7153. Salisbury is served by the See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern railway, which has repair shops here. It is the seat • of See also:

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID (1813-1873)

Livingstone See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (See also:

AFRICAN

African Methodist Episcopal, removed from See also:

Concord to Salisbury in 1882, chartered 1885). There is a See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery here, in which 12,147 Federal soldiers are buried. The city has various manufactures and is the See also:

trade centre of the surrounding farming See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. Salisbury was founded about 1753, was first incorporated as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1755 and first chartered as a city in 1770. During the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War there was a Confederate military See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison here. On the 12th of See also:

APRIL

April 1865 the See also:

main See also:

BODY

body of See also:

General See also:

George See also:

STONEMAN, GEORGE (1822-1894)

Stoneman's See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry encountered near Salisbury a force of about 3000 Confederates under General See also:

William M. See also:

Gardner, and captured 1364 prisoners and 14 pieces of See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

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