Hampstead in Pender County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Topsail Battery
Photographed by Don Morfe, August 17, 2014
1. Topsail Battery Marker
Erected 2009 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number D-100.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1862.
Location. 34° 21.351′ N, 77° 43.439′ W. Marker is in Hampstead, North Carolina, in Pender County. It is on U.S. 17 south of Washington Acres Road (County Route 1582), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hampstead NC 28443, 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, and in the Tidewater. 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Nicholas N. Nixon (approx. 5.3 miles away); George Davis (approx. 5.4 miles away); Missile Tests (approx. 5½ miles away); Prisoner Exchange (approx. 9.9 miles away); Early Drawbridge (approx. 10 miles away); James Innes (approx. 10 miles away); Myers Cottage (approx. 10.6 miles away); Alexander Lillington (approx. 10.6 miles away).
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Photographed by Don Morfe, August 17, 2014
2. Topsail Battery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,550 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 14, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
