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North Carolina Military Institute

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Also known as military

North Carolina Military Institute — school, appearing in the Charlotte record across 4 documented year(s).

In the record (5)

  1. 1863

    A Confederate medical laboratory in nearby Lincolnton, directed by chemist Dr. Aaron Snowden Piggott and operating from summer 1863 until its capture by Union forces on April 27, 1865, worked closely with the Confederate Navy Yard at Charlotte and received equipment from the North Carolina Military Institute in Charlotte as part of the region's wartime medical-supply production.

    Confederate Navy Yard / Mecklenburg Iron Works (site)Confederate Navy YardAaron Snowden Piggott

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  2. 1924

    Camp North End's developer states the Ford plant site was chosen in part for its proximity to railroads, which allowed efficient shipment of auto parts and, later, military supplies — a self-interested source (the site's current developer promoting its own history) whose framing is retained here for transparency but flagged as tier 5.

    Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

    Camp North EndFord Motor Company

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  3. 1943

    During World War II, Morris Field in Charlotte functioned as a repair base for military aircraft transiting the East Coast and hosted units including the 29th Air Group, 40th Matériel Group, and the 56th and 62nd Pursuit Squadrons, with the 29th Air Group eventually deploying to the Pacific Theater.

    Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  4. 1946

    After Morris Field closed, Charlotte converted some of the base's former military structures into apartments to help relieve the city's acute postwar housing shortage.

    Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  5. 1946 · 1946-05-01

    In May 1946 the Army Air Corps vacated Morris Field and, after the military had invested over $5 million in improvements there during the war, the airfield was returned to the City of Charlotte to become the basis of the postwar municipal airport.

    Source · checked 2026-08-13