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Col James Green Burr

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Col James Green Burr

Birth
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
Death
13 Nov 1898 (aged 80–81)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Section E, Lot 6
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Col Burr was in charge of the
7th Regiment, Home Guards,
Wilmington, NC, Companies A
& B. In the waning days of the
War, it appears Colonel Burr was
a member of Governor Zebulon
Vances Staff.
In planning a way to save Raleigh
from total devastation, a plan was
conceived to send a message to
General Sherman to surrender the
City peacefully. A party consis-
ting of Governor's Graham and Swain
along with Colonel James G. Burr,
Surgeon Gen. Warren and Major
Devereux would take a message
to Gen Sherman from Governor
Vance offering the surrender
of Raleigh. (From The Last Ninety
Days of the War-Cornelia Phillips
Spencer)
Col Burr was in charge of the
7th Regiment, Home Guards,
Wilmington, NC, Companies A
& B. In the waning days of the
War, it appears Colonel Burr was
a member of Governor Zebulon
Vances Staff.
In planning a way to save Raleigh
from total devastation, a plan was
conceived to send a message to
General Sherman to surrender the
City peacefully. A party consis-
ting of Governor's Graham and Swain
along with Colonel James G. Burr,
Surgeon Gen. Warren and Major
Devereux would take a message
to Gen Sherman from Governor
Vance offering the surrender
of Raleigh. (From The Last Ninety
Days of the War-Cornelia Phillips
Spencer)

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