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Plymouth in Washington County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

85th Redoubt

 
 
85th Redoubt Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012
1. 85th Redoubt Marker
Inscription. Union fort built by the 85th New York Regiment. It was taken on April 18, 1864, in one of the heaviest assaults of the siege.
 
Erected 1961 by Archives and Highway Departments, Confederate Centennial Commission. (Marker Number BBB-6.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesWar, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1968.
 
Location. 35° 50.889′ N, 76° 45.583′ W. Marker is in Plymouth, North Carolina, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of Wilson Street and Campbell Street, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Plymouth NC 27962, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,
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one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hoke's Final Line (approx. one mile away); Fort Williams (approx. 1.1 miles away); Union Earthworks (approx. 1.2 miles away); Battle of Plymouth (approx. 1.3 miles away); Roanoke River Lighthouse (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hampton Academy (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ausbon House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Why Plymouth? (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plymouth.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Plymouth (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Wilson St & Campbell St image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012
2. Wilson St & Campbell St
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 755 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
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