Historic St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
Historic St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Occupied by Federal forces, 1865. Now in Second Century of Christian Service and Community Uplift. To the Glory of God and in loving memory of her founders.
Erected by New Hanover Historical Commission
The Story
Historic St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church was occupied by Federal forces in 1865, in the closing months of the Civil War when Wilmington fell to the Union. Now well into its second century of service, the church honors the founders who established it before the war.
Why it matters
Its wartime occupation ties a local congregation to the fall of the Confederacy's last major Atlantic port, a decisive moment near the end of the Civil War.
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Related events
- · Union occupation of Wilmington, 1865
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