Broadfoot had interrupted his studies at the University of North Carolina to enroll as a private in the Confederate Army. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1862 and commanded a junior reserve regiment at Bentonville.
He was elected to the state legislature in 1870, served as dean of the Cumberland County Bar and was elected a trustee of UNC, the school that finally awarded him the degree he was not able to complete, in 1911.
Broadfoot had interrupted his studies at the University of North Carolina to enroll as a private in the Confederate Army. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1862 and commanded a junior reserve regiment at Bentonville.
He was elected to the state legislature in 1870, served as dean of the Cumberland County Bar and was elected a trustee of UNC, the school that finally awarded him the degree he was not able to complete, in 1911.
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Son of William G. and Frances R. Broadfoot
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