Editing Morrisville, North Carolina (section)

==History==
The area was originally named in 1852 after Jeremiah Morris. Morris donated land to the [[North Carolina Railroad]] for a depot, water tower, and other buildings. The town continued to grow as a result of the rail line and its location at the intersection of roads leading to [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], Raleigh, and [[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]].

On April 13, 1865, in the [[Battle of Morrisville]], [[Union Army|United States]] [[cavalry]] under the command of Gen. [[Judson Kilpatrick]] skirmished with the retreating [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] armies at Morrisville Station. The Confederate troops were successful in evacuating their remaining supplies and wounded to the west toward [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]], but Gen. [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]'s cavalry forced the Confederates to leave the train behind and retreat toward Durham and the eventual surrender of the largest Confederate force of the war at [[Bennett Place]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mindspring.com/~nixnox/history2.html |title=Morrisville History |last=Dollar |first=Ernest |access-date=June 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512014502/http://www.mindspring.com/%7enixnox/history2.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008 }}</ref>{{Original research inline|date=June 2010}}

The town was officially chartered in 1875 but was disincorporated in 1933. Eventually the town charter was restored in 1947.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}

Morrisville History (as listed on historical marker):
<blockquote>
Morrisville Station:  "On April 16, 1865, Union cavalry under the command of General William T. Sherman, captured Raleigh and pursued the retreating Confederate cavalry west along the railroad. Rearguard skirmishes erupted at points along the Hillsborough Road until the combatants reached Morrisville. Using cavalry and artillery, Union forces attacked a Confederate train loaded with supplies and wounded. Before withdrawing, the Confederate cavalry repelled the attack long enough to allow the railcars of wounded to escape while abandoning the supplies. This was the last major cavalry engagement in Sherman's campaign. The next night, a courier from the Confederate commander, General [[Joseph E. Johnston]], rode into the Union camp at Morrisville with a truce proposal. Subsequent negotiations between Johnston and Sherman led to the largest Confederate surrender of the Civil War at the Bennett Farm in Durham on April 26."</blockquote>

The history marker notes it was given in memory of Commissioner C.T. Moore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc7/morrisville_station1a.htm |title=Morrisville Historical Marker |access-date=October 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202070255/http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc7/morrisville_station1a.htm |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On December 13, 1994, [[Flagship Airlines Flight 3379]] crashed in Morrisville, killing 15 of the 20 people on board.<ref name="ntsb final">{{Cite web|date=October 24, 1995|title=Uncontrolled collision with terrain, Flagship Airlines, Inc., dba American Eagle Flight 3379, BAe Jetstream 3201, N918AE, Morrisville, North Carolina, December 13, 1994|url=http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR95-07.pdf|access-date=December 16, 2019|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|id=NTSB/AAR-95/07}}</ref>