| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Third Confederate Defensive Line — Carolinas Campaign |
| | Preface: The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina, the Confederacy's logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's last-ditch attack at Bentonville. After . . . — Map (db m3741) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Union Route to Bentonville — Carolinas Campaign |
| | (Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina, the Confederacy’s logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s last-ditch attach at Bentonville. . . . — Map (db m5091) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Phase One – March 15, 16, 1865 |
| | You are standing near the center of the first phase of fighting in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865. On March 15th the left wing of General Sherman’s Union army, commanded by General H.W. Slocum, was advancing along this road (A) from Fayetteville to Averasboro. General H.J. Kilpatrick’s cavalry division was in the lead, skirmishing with General Joseph Wheeler’s Confederate cavalry which contested the Union advance. At 3:00 P.M. the Union forces struck a heavy Confederate skirmish . . . — Map (db m5831) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Phase Two – March 16, 1865 |
| | You are standing at the center of the second phase of fighting in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15,16, 1865. On the morning of March 16th, after the fight of the preceding afternoon around John Smith’s house 2 miles south on this road, Union General H.J. Kilpatrick’s cavalry found a back road (A) circled to the rear of the Confederate position (E-2). The Union cavalry (B) attempted to use this road to flank the Confederates, but was stopped by Colonel G.P.
Harrison’s brigade of McLaw’s . . . — Map (db m5833) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Sherman’s Left Wing Departs Averasboro — Carolinas Campaign |
| | (Preface):The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina, the Confederacy’s logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s last-ditch attach at Bentonville. After . . . — Map (db m5895) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Confederate Second Line |
| | On the morning of March 16, 1865, Taliaferro’s division fell back to earthworks which crossed the road here. — Map (db m14732) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Confederate Soldiers of McLaws Division |
| | Dedicated to the Confederate soldiers of McLaws Division who fought and died during the Battle of Averasboro March 15-16 1865 In loving memory Mark St. John Clapp Dec. 5 1961 – Nov. 23, 1999 NC RLA NO. 877 — Map (db m15759) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — H 97 — Lebanon |
| | Farquhard Smith’s home was used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865. — Map (db m14743) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Men of South Carolina |
| | On this field March 15-16, 1865, men of South Carolina stood with men of other Southern states and fought bloodily and bravely for their beliefs and way of life. In doing so they wrote their names in imperishable letters in the book of glory. — Map (db m15758) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — North Carolina Troops |
| | In memory of the North Carolina Troops that so valiantly resisted the advance of a superior Federal army at the Battle of Averasboro March 15-16, 1865 Fiftieth North Carolina Regiment Seventy Seventh North Carolina Regiment Tenth Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery Left Marker: Local units engaged here 50th N.C. Regiment Co. H Harnett County Co. C Johnston County Co. D Johnston County 10th N. C. Battalion Co. B Harnett County Right Marker: First at Bethel Farthest to the front . . . — Map (db m15760) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Prelude to Averasboro |
| | Late in 1864, two large Union armies, one in Virginia and the other in Georgia, were beginning to squeeze the Confederacy to defeat. Grant held Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia immobile at Petersburg, while Sherman, with 60,000 men, captured Atlanta and began the famous March to the Sea. Savannah fell by Christmas, 1864, and in mid-January, 1865, Sherman’s invasion of the Carolinas was begun. Columbia was captured on February 17th and Fayetteville on March 11th. After leaving Fayetteville, . . . — Map (db m5830) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — H 28 — Sherman's March |
| | Moving on Goldsboro, Sherman's army was temporarily checked by Hardee's Confederates, Mar. 16, 1865, in Battle of Averasboro 3½ Mi. W. — Map (db m5835) |
| North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — H 60 — Union Headquarters |
| | Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865. — Map (db m14748) |
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