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Goldsboro
On April 9, 1865 the Confederate Army was reorganized. Deas old brigade was consolidated with M. L. Woods as Colonel and Ezekiel S. Gulley as Lieut. Colonel and attached to Brigadier Gen. E. W. Pettus' brigade.
On the 10th the Army of Tennessee moved from Smithfield to Raleigh, then Gen. Pettus' brigade was sent to Greensborough, NC to protect President Davis and the cabinet. On the 12th Gen. Pettus was sent to Salisbury by rail to stop an enemy raid on stores there, driving the enemy off. The men ended the war there, guarding the town. Col. Kyle was in command
On May 26th Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Gen. Sherman Deas old Brigade started the move from Salisbury to Charlotte, NC on May 4th and thence to Union Point, Ga. where they were disbanded.
General Deas and Littleton Hooten were left sick in the hospital at Goldsboro.
From Postcards of Old Wayne County, The Wayne County Historical Association
Published with permission
Built in 1854 on William Street, this four story brick building housed the Wayne Female College until 1862. It was closed that year because of the outbreak of the War. It became a Confederate Army hospital, and in 1865, a hospital for the Union soldiers after the Battle of Bentonville and during the occupation of Goldsboro. In 1868, it was returned to its owners, and reopened in the fall of 1868 as Goldsboro Female College. After 1881, it became the first Goldsboro Public School. The building was used for various school grades until it was closed permanently in 1827 and torn down. The adjacent buildings, constructed in 1903, have been restored and are still in use in the 300 block of North William Street.
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