On King Street, 0.1 miles Tryon Street, on the left when traveling north.
After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island in February 1862, he decided to "sweep Albemarle Sound clean of [Confederate] defenses," establish inland bases of operation, and encourage eastern North Carolina Unionists. Winton, the . . . — — Map (db m43431) HM
On King Street at Tryon Street, on the right when traveling west on King Street.
A detachment of United States troops burned Winton on February 20, 1862. The first town in N.C. to be burned during the Civil War. — — Map (db m60632) HM