Wikipedia Profile Robert Strange
Strange commanded the Fayetteville
Independent Light Infantry (FILI),
an independent militia company
in Fayetteville, NC.
In this role Strange served as the escort
for the Marquis de Lafayette
when he visited Fayetteville
on the 5th of March, 1825.
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Author of Eoneguski, or the Cherokee Chief,
which has been called the first North Carolina novel: