John C. Smith home (Oak Grove) built in 1793, used as a Union Hospital in the Battle of Averasboro.
William T. Smith home, built in 1834, used as a Union Hospital in the Battle of Averasboro.
Farquhard Smith home (Lebanon) built in 1825, . . . — — Map (db m31783) HM
Battle of Averasboro March 16, 1865 --------------- [ Right of Monument: ] In memory of our Confederate Dead who fell upon that day. ---------------- [ Back of Monument: ] The hearts that were true to their country and God shall . . . — — Map (db m161953) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m210221) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m41993) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5833) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m160759) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m3741) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m210968) HM
In grateful memory of the brave men who sleep in Chicora Cemetery. They fought their last fight March 16, 1865 on this third line breastworks of Averasboro Battlefield. — — Map (db m34301) HM
Confederate Commanders at Averasboro
General William Joseph Hardee (1815 - 1891)
Nicknamed "Old Reliable", this Georgian was one of the best corps commanders the Confederacy had. Having no confidence in General John Bell Hood, who had taken . . . — — Map (db m301660) HM
The Confederate Women's Home Formerly Located on Fort Bragg Road in Fayetteville, NC, was proposed in 1908 by the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy as a home for the widows and daughters of Confederate veterans. . . . — — Map (db m301566) HM
Named for George and Hardy Draughon, brothers who came from Edgecombe County about 1795, and purchased land joining both roads. George lived near this spot. Later he moved to 9/10 mile beyond Beamon’s Cross Roads, Hwy. No. 421, died and was buried . . . — — Map (db m209546) HM
Protests and legal action taken by American Indian citizens led to school's integration, 1961. Effort sustained movement in N.C. Was 4 blocks North. — — Map (db m301570) HM
From a point 50 yards west three batteries of artillery under Major J. A. Reynolds shelled the Confederate first line of earthworks. — — Map (db m31600) HM
The 1865 home of Wm. Smith, 100 yds E., was used as a hospital for Union troops in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865. — — Map (db m211814) HM
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel:
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: Acts 2:16-17a (KJV)
On this site December 31, 1906-January 1907, a
revival was . . . — — Map (db m307321) HM
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 m161955) WM
The Model 1841 6-pounder gun was one of a "family of weapons" designed by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department in 1841. It was common to both armies in the early war year. The piece gradually fell into disfavor at the introduction of the Model 1857 . . . — — Map (db m242819) HM
The "Stars and Bars", the first Confederate National Flag, was adopted March 4, 1861 as the official flag of the Confederacy. It consisted of a blue canton in the upper corner containing a circle of white stars and a field of three lateral . . . — — Map (db m301568) HM
orth Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids, and the . . . — — Map (db m210219) HM
North Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids, and the . . . — — Map (db m301532) HM
On May 20, 1861, exactly eight-six years to the day after North Carolina formally expressed her determination for independence from the Great Britain in the Mecklenburg Resolves, the people of North Carolina once again declare their . . . — — Map (db m301567) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m15760) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m41994) HM
Moving on Goldsboro, Sherman's army was temporarily checked by Hardee's Confederates, Mar. 16, 1865, in Battle of Averasboro 3 1/2 Mi. W. — — Map (db m5835) HM
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 m161220) HM
Wagon Wheel/Carpenter Wheel
Painted by: Kathy Peede
Wagon Wheel Variation
Painted by: Elyse Johnson
A signal to the slave to pack the items needed to travel by wagon or that could be used while traveling. It could also mean to . . . — — Map (db m301674) HM
When the Civil War (also referred to by some as "The War Between the States") began, the 33 star flag was the flag of the Nation. On January 29, 1861, Kansas joined the Union as the 34th state. As required by law, the 34 star flag became the . . . — — Map (db m301569) HM
U.S. Army, 1917-1948. Pioneer in organizing Army airborne units; Major general, World War II. Home is 1 block, grave 1 mile, west. — — Map (db m210919) HM
