N.C. Events June, 1864: Skirmishes and Violence in the Western Part of the State

JUNE 28--  Skirmish at Kinston.

JUNE 28--  Skirmish near Murphy

JUNE 28--  Capture of Camp Vance (WEST)

JUNE--  Unionist marauders target Flat Rock (in Henderson County), and the 64th North Carolina (headquartered at the Farmer Hotel) is assigned to protect the area.  (WEST)

JUNE--  Marauders, after being treated to a meal and hospitality, kill Andrew Johnstone (a rice planter from South Carolina) at 1840  Beaumont estate.  Johnstone's young son fights back, killing two and injuring a third.  This incident illustrates the wholesale violence in the region.  (WEST)

--Old B-Runner