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Battle of Averasboro by markers.
 
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By Bill Coughlin, August 18, 2006
Battle of Averasboro Markers
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Prelude to Averasboro —
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82) at Ross West Road, on the right when traveling south on Burnett Road.
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
2► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Phase One – March 15, 16, 1865 —
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82) at Ross West Road, on the right when traveling south on Burnett Road. Reported missing.
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
3► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Dunn — I-75 — Federal Hospital —
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82) at Ross W Road (State Highway 1801), on the left when traveling south on Burnett Road.
The 1865 home of William Smith, 100 yards East, was used as a hospital for Union troops in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865. — — Map (db m14745) HM
4► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Dunn — I 74 — Federal Artillery —
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82) 0.8 miles north of Overcreek Lane, on the right when traveling south.
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
5► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Dunn — I-73 — "Oak Grove" —
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82), on the right when traveling south.
Plantation home of John Smith, used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 16, 1865. — — Map (db m41995) HM
6► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Dunn — 20th Corps —
On Burnett Road, on the right when traveling south.
1st Division 1st Brigade         2nd Brigade 5th Conn. 46th PA. 2nd Mass. 13th NJ 123rd NY. 141st NY. 107th NY. 150th NY. 3rd Wisc 3rd Brigade 82nd Ill. 101st Ill. 61st Oh. 82nd Oh. 143rd NY. 31st Wisc 3rd Division 1stBrigade         2nd . . . — — Map (db m14737) HM
7► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Dunn — I-71 — Rhett’s Brigade —
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82), on the right when traveling south.
The brigade of Colonel A.M. Rhett was repulsed 300 yards West on March 16, 1865, by Union troops under Colonel Henry Case. — — Map (db m14736) HM
8► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Dunn — Taliaferro’s Division —
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82), on the right when traveling south.
Elliott’s Brigade 22nd GA BN         28th GA BN Hanleiter’s BN         Manigault’s BN 2nd SC Heavy Arty BN Gist Guard Arty 6th NC BN Armory Guards Rhett’s Brigade 1st SC Inf (Reg) 1st SC Heavy Arty BN Lucas’s SC BN Artillery Batallion . . . — — Map (db m14735) HM
9► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — H 28 — Sherman's March —
On Long Branch Road at South Clinton Avenue (U.S. 301), on the left when traveling west on Long Branch Road.
Moving on Goldsboro, Sherman's army was temporarily checked by Hardee's Confederates, Mar. 16, 1865, in Battle of Averasboro 3½ Mi. W. — — Map (db m5835) HM
10► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Union Route to Bentonville — Carolinas Campaign —
On Harnett-Dunn Highway (U.S. 55) at Paul Green Memorial Highway (North Carolina Highway 421), on the left when traveling east on Harnett-Dunn Highway.
(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 . . . — — Map (db m5091) HM
11► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — H 60 — Union Headquarters —
On Bryant Road (State Highway 82), on the right when traveling south.
General H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865. — — Map (db m14748) HM
12► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Confederate Soldiers of McLaws Division —
On State Highway 82, on the left when traveling south.
McLaws Division Blanchard’s Brigade 1st and 2nd   BN SC Reserves 6th and 7th   BN SC Reserves Kay’s Co SC Reserves Conner’s Brigade 2nd SC         3rd SC 7th SC         8th SC 15th SC         20th SC 3rd SC BN Fiser’s Brigade 1st GA . . . — — Map (db m15759) HM
13► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Men of South Carolina —
On McLellon Road (State Highway 82), on the left when traveling south.
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. [Back . . . — — Map (db m15758) HM
14► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Chicora Cemetery —
On McLellon Road (State Highway 82), on the left when traveling south.
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
15► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — North Carolina Troops —
On State Highway 82, on the left when traveling south.
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
16► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Confederate Second Line —
On Bryant Road (State Highway 82) at W Thornton Road (State Highway 1783), on the left when traveling south on Bryant Road.
On the morning of March 16, 1865, Taliaferro’s division fell back to earthworks which crossed the road here. — — Map (db m14732) HM
17► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Third Confederate Defensive Line — Carolinas Campaign —
On McLellon Road (State Highway 82), on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m3741) HM
18► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Phase Two – March 16, 1865 —
On State Highway 82 at Magruder Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 82.
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
19► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Sherman’s Left Wing Departs Averasboro — Carolinas Campaign —
On Norma Drive at Longbranch Road, on the left when traveling south on Norma Drive.
(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 . . . — — Map (db m5895) HM
20► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — H 97 — Lebanon —
On State Highway 82, on the right.
Farquhard Smith’s home was used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865. — — Map (db m31574) HM
 
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