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SALISBURY
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Rowan county, See also:North Carolina, U.S.A., about 120 M
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W. by S. of See also:Raleigh
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Pop
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(1890) 4418; (1900) 6277 (2408 negroes); (1910) 7153
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Salisbury is served by the See also:Southern railway, which has repair shops here
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It is the seat • of See also:Livingstone See also:College (See also:African Methodist Episcopal, removed from See also:Concord to Salisbury in 1882, chartered 1885)
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There is a See also:national See also:cemetery here, in which 12,147 Federal soldiers are buried
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The city has various manufactures and is the See also:trade centre of the surrounding farming See also:country
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Salisbury was founded about 1753, was first incorporated as a See also:town in 1755 and first chartered as a city in 1770
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During the See also:Civil See also:War there was a Confederate military See also:prison here
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On the 12th of See also:April 1865 the See also:main See also:body of See also:General See also:George See also:Stoneman's See also:cavalry encountered near Salisbury a force of about 3000 Confederates under General See also:
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