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Historical Marker 1A115 was erected to commemorate the incident.
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Kirk's Raiders; A Notorious Band of Scoundrels and Thieves
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Bruner, J. J. (June 30, 1864). "The Raid on Camp Vance".
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542:Yearns, W. Buck; Barrett, John G., eds. (2002).
389:List of North Carolina Union Civil War regiments
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587:"Daring Raid into North Carolina".
394:Tennessee in the American Civil War
19:3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry
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525:"Camp Vance Historical Marker"
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602:"Death of Hon. W. W. Avery".
444:Tipton, A. Christine (2000).
302:Total strength and casualties
673:Voyles, Bruce (2024-01-17).
342:Captain William B. Underwood
269:March 1865 - Stoneman's Raid
202:Department of the Cumberland
683:Retrieved January 21, 2024.
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284:Cherokee County Courthouse
128:and several other states.
376:American Civil War portal
260:December 1864 - Red Banks
252:November 1864 - Bulls Gap
242:William Waightstill Avery
226:Salisbury, North Carolina
214:Morganton, North Carolina
212:Camp Vance, located near
174:February 1864 - Formation
143:and the men were labeled
589:The Brooklyn Daily Union
435:Killian, Ron V. (2008).
330:Captain William W. Moore
321:Major William W. Rollins
619:The Weekly Conservative
324:Captain John W. Edwards
294:August 1865 - Discharge
339:Captain Stephen Street
288:Murphy, North Carolina
159:Western North Carolina
133:George Washington Kirk
87:Stoneman's Raid (1865)
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155:Blue Ridge Mountains
75:Battle of Bull's Gap
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