New Bern


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North America, South & Gulf Seaport, City New Bern

City (1990 pop. 17,363; 2000 pop. 23,128), (cap.) Craven co., E N.C., 40 mi/64 km SE of Greenville on Nuese R., at mouth of Treat R.; 35º07'N 77º04'W. Settled in 1710 by Swiss and German colonists under Baron Christopher de Graffenried and John Lawson, New Bern was the 2d town in N.C. and an early colonial capital; in 1774 it was the seat of the first provincial convention. In the Civil War the city was captured (March 1862) by Union forces under Gen. S. E. Burnside.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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