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This Month in New Bern, April 2018 What Happened in New Bern in April
Cullen Andrews Battle was born in Georgia, grew up in Alabama, died in Greensboro, NC, and was buried in Virginia. Yet nearly three decades after his death on April 8, 1905, a temporary Army camp at Glenburnie Park, New Bern, was named in his honor – Camp Battle. What was this man’s connection to New Bern?
Cullen A. Battle was born in Georgia in 1829 and raised in Alabama, graduating from the University of Alabama. He practiced law and politics until Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861. Battle raised a company of volunteers and joined the Third Alabama Regiment, fighting valiantly in many Civil War battles. He was promoted to Brigadier General after his …

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