Laurinburg in Scotland County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Sherman's March
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 25, 2013
1. Sherman's March Marker
Erected 1962 by Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number I-19.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.
Location. 34° 50.448′ N, 79° 27.552′ W. Marker is in Laurinburg, North Carolina, in Scotland County. It is at the intersection of Aberdeen Road (U.S. 501) and Old Wire Road (North Carolina Highway 144), on the left when traveling north on Aberdeen Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Laurinburg NC 28352, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Laurel Hill Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Laurinburg Institute (approx. 4 miles away); Original Richmond Cotton Mill (approx. 4.2 miles away); Murdoch Morrison (approx. 4.2 miles away); a different marker also named Murdoch Morrison Gun Factory (approx. 4.2 miles away); Our Confederate Heroes (approx. 4½ miles away); Quackenbush
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Murdoch Morrison Gun Factory (was approx. 4.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Photographed by Forest McDermott, September 4, 2015
2. Sherman's March Marker
Taken looking east on Route 501.
Photographed by Forest McDermott, September 4, 2015
3. Sherman's March - Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church
Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,149 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 22, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on September 9, 2015, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
