(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 crush . . . — — Map (db m222825) HM
When North Carolina passed laws in 1833 to restrict the rights of free blacks; they also limited the rights of Indians. In old Orange (later Alamance) County, many Occaneechi Indians including Dixon Corn, Jesse Jeffries, Enoch Jones, and Andrew . . . — — Map (db m168278) HM
(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began of 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 m42335) HM
On North Carolina 62 (State Highway 62), on the left when traveling south.
(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began of 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 m222726) 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 crush . . . — — Map (db m46022) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 49), on the left when traveling west.
Nathaniel Polk DeShong descended from Huguenot immigrants who settled near the Haw River about a mile and a half north of here. He enlisted on June 21, 1861, at 17 years of age under Capt. James W. Lea “for the War” in the 6th North Carolina State . . . — — Map (db m222823) HM
On State Highway 119 at Jim Minor Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 119. Reported missing.
(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 crush . . . — — Map (db m211213) HM
The Quakers (Society of Friends) were early anti-slavery supporters of the Underground Railroad. Once the war erupted and Alamance County residents chose sides, supporters of the Confederacy regarded the Friends as Unionists. Never attacked directly . . . — — Map (db m45538) HM
A mile south of here is the site of Freedom Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church, a simple frame building that measured 27 by 36 feet and was dedicated in March 1848. When local residents sent a plea for a minister to the Wesleyans in Ohio in 1847, the . . . — — Map (db m46020) HM
Micajah McPherson, a trustee of Freedom Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church and abolitionist, was lynched about a mile and a half southeast of here. Although there are different stories about his lynching, they agree that he was an innocent man lynched . . . — — Map (db m46021) HM
On Hickory Nut Gap Road (County Route 1342) west of North Carolina Highway 184, on the left when traveling west.
In 1860 Banner Elk was a small community in the mountains of Watauga County (present-day Avery County). Then called Banner’s Elk, it was named for the local Banner family and the Elk River. During the last years of the Civil War, an organized system . . . — — Map (db m77533) HM
Near Elk Park Highway (State Highway 194) at U.S. 19E, on the right when traveling east.
During the Civil War, natural resources such as salt, lead, and iron were highly prized commodities in the Confederacy. The government relied especially on small rural ironworks to manufacture cannons, swords, and firearms. Ruben White first mined . . . — — Map (db m77479) HM
On Hospital Drive 0.5 miles south of Newland Highway (North Carolina Highway 181), on the left when traveling south.
Sarah Malinda Blalock and her husband, William McKesson “Keith” Blalock, lived in Coffey’s Gap on the Watauga and Caldwell County line in 1860. Keith Blalock was an avowed Unionist, but with the passage of the first Confederate . . . — — Map (db m77492) HM
On North Market Street (County Route 1516) at East 15th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Market Street.
After the Civil War, women’s associations throughout the South sought to gather the Confederate dead from battlefield burial sites and reinter the remains in proper cemeteries, while Confederate monuments were erected in courthouse squares and . . . — — Map (db m76917) HM
On East Water Street at South Bonner Street, on the right when traveling east on East Water Street.
To protect Confederate supply lines and to gather much-need provisions in eastern North Carolina, Gen. Daniel H. Hill planned demonstrations against Union-occupied New Bern and Washington in March 1863. He acted under orders from Gen. James . . . — — Map (db m70502) HM
Near Pactolus Highway (U.S. 264) 0.1 miles west of Voa Road, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s army captured Roanoke Island in February 1862, Federal troops occupied New Bern the next month and then secured the undefended town of Washington on March 20. Although several weeks passed with only a few . . . — — Map (db m211803) HM
On West Stewart Parkway near West Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the summer of 1862, Union forces firmly controlled eastern North Carolina, with garrisons stationed at Plymouth, Washington, New Bern and elsewhere. Federal detachments raided the countryside at will, while Confederate authorities struck . . . — — Map (db m64899) HM
On South Queen Street south of East Water Street (U.S. 17) when traveling south. Reported missing.
To disrupt Confederate recruiting efforts here in Windsor, the Bertie County seat, three Federal transports steamed from Plymouth on the night of January 29, 1864, under U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles W Flusser. USS Whitehead and USS . . . — — Map (db m60627) HM
On South Queen Street south of West Water Street when traveling south.
Windsor's residents slept peacefully the night of January 29-30, 1864, unaware of what the morning would bring, as U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles W. Flusser led three gunboats their way to disrupt Confederate recruiting efforts. USS Massasoit . . . — — Map (db m226118) HM
On East Bay Street east of South Davis Street, on the left when traveling east.
On January 9, 1861, as secession fever swept the South, an armed body of civilians overwhelmed Fort Johnston’s lone occupant, Ordinance Sgt. James Reilly, and demanded the keys. Reilly quickly surrendered them and received a receipt in return. . . . — — Map (db m168569) HM
Near St. Philips Road SE 0.6 miles east of Plantation Road when traveling east.
In 1861–1862, Col. William Lamb and Maj. John Hedrick constructed Fort Anderson, one of several Confederate strongholds that protected Wilmington, a major blockade-running port. They enlarged Fort St. Philip (for St. Philip’s Anglican Church on your . . . — — Map (db m284189) HM
On Overlook Road south of Springside Road (County Route 3506), on the left when traveling south.
Early in 1861, Buncombe County farmer William Riley Powers joined the Rough and Ready Guards (Co. F, 14th North Carolina Infantry). The regiment was assigned to southeastern Virginia. There, Confederate Gen. Benjamin Huger discharged Pvts. Powers . . . — — Map (db m75532) HM
Near Victoria Road 0.1 miles south of Oakland Road, on the right when traveling south.
After John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, new militia companies were formed in the South. Businessman William W. McDowell, whose wife acquired this house from her father’s and brother’s estates, raised a company called the . . . — — Map (db m75524) HM
Near Eagle Street at Davidson Drive, on the right when traveling east.
When the war began, more than 15 percent of Buncombe County’s residents were enslaved people. James Patton housed slaves behind his Eagle Hotel (straight ahead), where they worked as waiter, maids, grooms, cooks, and trail guides. Three blocks to . . . — — Map (db m75507) HM
On O Henry Avenue at Battle Square, on the right when traveling north on O Henry Avenue. Reported missing.
Near the end of the Civil War in 1865, Confederate Battery Porter was positioned uphill to your right on Stony Hill, at that time the highest point in Asheville. The battery included four 12-pounder field pieces known as Napoleons, a model 1857 . . . — — Map (db m75505) HM
On Broadway near Mt. Clare Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Gen. Davis Tillson raised 1,700-man 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery in Tennessee and North Carolina in 1864. The unit encamped nearby while garrisoned in Asheville in 1865. Assigned to Tillson's 2nd brigade, the men participated in operations in . . . — — Map (db m294918) HM
On Campus Drive at Field Drive, on the right when traveling north on Campus Drive.
On April 3, 1865, Union Col. Isaac M. Kirby left Tennessee with 900 men including his own 101st Ohio Infantry for “a scout in the direction of Asheville.” Three days later, local resident Nicholas Woodfin spotted the Federals on the Buncombe . . . — — Map (db m209953) HM
Near Dalton Street 0.3 miles north of Wyoming Road, on the right when traveling north.
George Avery, a 19-year-old enslaved blacksmith, joined Co. D, 40th United States Colored Troops, in Greeneville, Tennessee, in 1865. According to local tradition, his master, Confederate Maj. William W. McDowell, sent Avery to enlist for a post-war . . . — — Map (db m75527) HM
Near Birch Street west of Pearson Drive when traveling west.
Two notable Buncombe County brothers are buried here. Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894) was North Carolina's Civil War governor and served as a U.S. senator from 1879 to 1894. His elder brother, Robert B. Vince (1828-1899), led the 29th North Carolina . . . — — Map (db m209950) HM
Near Montford Avenue at Hill Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the war, many large buildings such as schools, warehouses, and churches became temporary prisons in Southern cities. After Asheville's jail on Pack Square overflowed with Confederate draft evaders, deserters, Union prisoners of war, and . . . — — Map (db m59170) HM
On Charlotte Highway (Alternate U.S. 74) south of Clarke Lane, on the left when traveling south.
(preface)
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m209727) HM
On Yates Avenue north of Old U.S. 70, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
(preface) On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and . . . — — Map (db m284170) HM
On Yates Avenue north of Old U.S. 70, on the left when traveling north.
(Preface) On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and . . . — — Map (db m284171) HM
On Reems Creek Road (State Highway 1003), on the right when traveling north.
Here were born two notable Buncombe County brothers, Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) and Robert Brank Vance (1828-1899).
Zebulon Vance was a Whig and supporter of the Union who opposed secession until the last moment. At the outbreak of war in . . . — — Map (db m225431) HM
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m20348) HM
On St Johns Church Road at Mt Olive Road (County Route 2416), on the right when traveling north on St Johns Church Road.
During the Civil War, about two hundred members of St. John’s Lutheran Church served in at least eight Confederate army units. The units included companies in the 8th, 20th, 33rd, 52nd, and 57th North Carolina Infantry regiments, as well as a . . . — — Map (db m77374) HM
On Yadkin River Road (County Route 1560) 0.3 miles north of North Carolina Highway 268, on the right when traveling north.
(preface)
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m168406) HM
On Harper Avenue Northwest at Main Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Harper Avenue Northwest. Reported permanently removed.
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m301373) HM
On Harper Avenue Southwest at Main Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east on Harper Avenue Southwest.
The church that stood here in 1865 became a prison for three days when Union Gen. George Stoneman, with two brigades of raiders under Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, occupied Lenoir over Easter weekend, April 15-17, 1865. The prisoners were 900 old men, boys, . . . — — Map (db m301374) HM
On McPherson Road (State Highway 1231) 0.1 miles south of U.S. 17, on the right when traveling south.
North Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. Northeastern North Carolina, including Camden County, the Outer Banks, and the coastal rivers, saw action early in the war as Union forces occupied it. Stories abound of naval . . . — — Map (db m165188) HM
On Canal Drive 0.3 miles south of Main Street (U.S. 17), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Early in 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led an expedition to secure the coast of North Carolina and occupy strategically important sites such as New Bern and Elizabeth City. After Burnside learned of the March 9 clash between USS . . . — — Map (db m282666) HM
On Canal Drive 0.3 miles south of Main Street (Business U.S. 17), on the left when traveling south.
In December 1861, a drum's loud rattle shattered the silence here as the 3rd Georgia Infantry marched by this lock north to winter quarters in Portsmouth, Virginia. Lt. William W. Turner wrote, "The regiment took up its line of march to South . . . — — Map (db m282665) HM
Near West Fort Macon Road at Atlantic Station Shopping Center, on the right when traveling west.
In March 1862, Union Gen. John G. Parke’s brigade of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’ Coastal Division advanced from New Bern to capture Beaufort Harbor and Fort Macon. During March 22-26, Parke’s forces took possession of Carolina City, Morehead City . . . — — Map (db m77046) HM
On Turner Street north of Middle Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, local citizens formed the Beaufort Harbor Guards. These Confederate sympathizers, led by Capt. Josiah Pender, occupied Fort Mason when the sole guard, U.S. Army Ordnance Sgt. William Alexander, quietly . . . — — Map (db m77029) HM
On McCabe Road at North Carolina Highway 24, on the left when traveling north on McCabe Road.
Company K, 9th New Jersey Volunteers, built the Bogue Sound Blockhouse here in the summer of 1862 to guard the junction of the Bogue Sound Road and Newport Road. Protected by a surrounding ditch and earthworks, the log blockhouse was armed with one . . . — — Map (db m77094) HM
On Main Street at East Railroad Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
The 7th North Carolina Infantry built Newport Barracks here as a set of log winter quarters in 1861-1862. Union soldiers later took possession and added a hospital, headquarters, stables, storehouses, earthworks to protect the complex, and an . . . — — Map (db m31225) HM
On Cannon's Ferry Road 0.4 miles west of Dillard’s Mill Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island in February 1862, U.S. Navy vessels patrolled the Chowan River from its mouth in North Carolina to Franklin, Virginia, located on the Blackwater River, a tributary. The Chowan River . . . — — Map (db m231989) HM
On Broad Street, on the right when traveling south.
On May 5, 1864, the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle under Commander James W. Cooke, with gunboats Cotton Plant and Bombshell, steamed out of the Roanoke River into Bachelor's Bay and Albemarle Sound before you, bound for . . . — — Map (db m34832) HM
On Dock Street south of West Water Street, on the left when traveling south.
Now one of Edenton's most tranquil locations, during the antebellum period Edenton harbor was the town's industrial center with wharves, shipyards, and maritime activity. North Carolina's small ill-protected harbors prevented development of major . . . — — Map (db m276357) HM
On Pollock Street east of Metcalf Street, on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Like many other North Carolinians, New Bern’s residents enjoyed close economic and family ties with the North and were reluctant to leave the Union. Once the war began, however, many North Carolinians passionately supported the Confederate cause: . . . — — Map (db m294108) HM
On Pollock Street west of Hancock Street, on the right when traveling east.
When Revolutionary War officer Samuel Chapman built the 1790 core of the Attmore-Oliver house in front of your, he could never have imagined that during the Civil War the family who live in his home, by the grandly enlarged into this Greek . . . — — Map (db m310044) HM
On South Front Street east of East Front Street (Business U.S. 17), on the left when traveling east.
On March 13, 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside prepared to capture New Bern after seizing Roanoke Island in February. Confederate Gen. Lawrence O’B. Branch defended the city in a line of fortifications located several miles down the Neuse . . . — — Map (db m77003) HM
Near Battlefield Trail 0.2 miles south of Taberna Way, in the median.
On March 13, 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside prepared to capture New Bern after seizing Roanoke Island in February Con-federate Gen. Lawrence O'B. Branch defended the city in a line of fortifications that extended about a mile from Fort . . . — — Map (db m291766) HM
On Cypress Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling west on Cypress Street.
Greenwood Cemetery, established in 1882 on the grounds of an earlier cemetery, is New Bern’s second-oldest public cemetery and the first city-owned cemetery for African Americans. Thirteen grave markers are dated between 1816 and 1859. At least . . . — — Map (db m76972) HM
On George St just north of Pollock Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
This house was the birthplace of two men who fought on opposing sides during the Civil War: Edward Stanly, the Unionist military governor of North Carolina, and Confederate Gen. Lewis Addison Armistead, who was mortally wounded during the Battle . . . — — Map (db m294037) HM
On George Street north of Pollock Street, on the left when traveling north.
Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside briefly lived here, but he was not the most noteworthy resident. For seven month, nine Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy lived in the Stanly House. They worked in adjacent hospitals caring for sick and wounded Union . . . — — Map (db m294038) HM
On Eden Street at Pollock Street, on the left when traveling north on Eden Street. Reported permanently removed.
This house was built about 1809 for John Jones, owner of a local turpentine distillery, and the west wing was added about 1820. After the U.S. Army defeated Confederate troops in the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862, and occupied the town, . . . — — Map (db m294039) HM
On Eden Street at Pollock Street, on the right when traveling south on Eden Street.
Union forces commandeered private dwellings in and around New Bern. They served as barracks, hospitals, headquarters and jails. The Jones House (built ca. 1809) served as a jail. According to local tradition, Union soldiers jailed a young Carteret . . . — — Map (db m294040) HM
In 1861, Confederate authorities converted the New Bern Academy from a school to a hospital. The U.S. Army commandeered the structure to care for the wounded almost immediately after defeating Confederate forces in the Battle of New Bern on March . . . — — Map (db m23659) HM
On National Avenue at Court Street, on the right when traveling south on National Avenue.
On March 14, 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured New Bern after seizing Roanoke Island in February and moving his army inland. After the battle for the town, the Federals established hospitals in the New Bern Academy, the Masonic Lodge, . . . — — Map (db m76946) HM
During the Civil War, thousands of enslaved blacks freed themselves by escaping to Union lines. Craven County native William Henry Singleton (1843-1938) was one of them. According to his biography, Recollections of My Slavery Days (1922), . . . — — Map (db m24054) HM
On Burnett Road (State Highway 82) south of West Thornton Road (State Highway 1736), on the left when traveling north.
(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
On Arsenal Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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 m24357) HM
On Cool Spring Street at Meeting Street, on the right when traveling south on Cool Spring Street.
The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry is North Carolina's oldest military unit and the second-oldest militia organization in the U.S.
At the start of the Civil War, after North Carolina seceded, the company enrolled in active service for . . . — — Map (db m31109) HM
On Green Street at Market Square, on the right when traveling north on Green Street.
On Saturday morning, March 11, 1865, a brief skirmish took place here at the Market House as Confederate forces evacuated Fayetteville while Union Gen. William T. Sherman's army entered the town. A rear guard detachment under Gen. Wade Hampton . . . — — Map (db m24442) HM
On Dick Street south of Halliday Street, on the right when traveling north.
Duncan McLeran constructed this two-story Federal-style dwelling in 1797. In 1820, the property was sold and remodeled to accommodate the Bank of the United States, the first federal bank in North Carolina. The house is named for John Sanford, a . . . — — Map (db m70374) HM WM
On Person Street at Dunn Road, on the left when traveling west on Person Street.
(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 crush . . . — — Map (db m70380) HM
On North Cool Spring Street, on the left when traveling south.
This is the oldest public cemetery in Fayetteville, begun in 1785. Mrs. Anne K. Kyle, who served as a nurse in the hospital here during the Civil War, established the Confederate Burial Ground soon after Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his army . . . — — Map (db m30940) HM
On Franklin Street at Hay Street, on the left when traveling south on Franklin Street.
Across the street is the Hale-Williams House, notable for the variety of architectural styles it incorporates as well as for the prominence of its builder, Edward Jones Hale. Hale bought this property in 1847 and constructed the house in the 1850s. . . . — — Map (db m70360) HM
On Arsenal Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
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 m24355) HM
On Old Bluff Church Road 1 mile west of Sisk Culbreth Road, on the right when traveling west.
(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 m160940) HM
On Coinjock Canal Road north of Worth Guard Road, on the right when traveling north.
Beginning in the 1820s, "canal fever" swept the country and Americans built dozens of canals to improve transportation. Some, such as the Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal that was completed in 1859, are still in use today. As constructed, this canal . . . — — Map (db m276264) HM
Near Old Coinjock Canal Road 0.2 miles east of Worth Guard Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
After the Battle of Elizabeth City and the destruction of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in February 1862, the Confederates scuttled ships to block the North Carolina cut. The Federals had the same idea to stall Confederate traffic and sent five . . . — — Map (db m56979) HM
On Courthouse Road (Route 615) east of Caratoke Highway (North Carolina Route 168), on the right when traveling west.
The town of Currituck has been the seat of county government since 1723, and the core of the courthouse to your right and jail in front of you were here before the Civil War. By 1860, the county had 7,415 residents, of whom 4,669 were white, . . . — — Map (db m276262) HM
Near Brumley Road 0.2 miles east of South End Road (North Carolina Highway 615), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
During the Civil War, salt—essential for the preservation of meat—was vitally important to the massive Union and Confederate armies. Currituck County's location was ideal for salt works, and Knotts Island's residents made salt both here and across . . . — — Map (db m76552) HM
Near Brumley Road east of South End Road (State Highway 615), on the right when traveling east.
Salt is so common today that doctors warn against overuse, but during the Civil War, it was desperately needed to preserve meat for the massive armies. Currituck County's location was ideal for salt works, and Knotts Island's residents had long . . . — — Map (db m301906) HM
On Caratoke Highway (State Highway 168) at Maple Road, on the right when traveling south on Caratoke Highway.
Here on June 10, 1863 twigs cracked and leaves rustled in the woods around you as escaped prisoners of war moved cautiously in the dusk. Earlier that day, the troop transport Maple Leaf had steamed away from Fort Monroe, Va., carrying 97 . . . — — Map (db m208580) HM
On Caratoke Highway (State Highway 168) at Maple Road, on the right when traveling south on Caratoke Highway. Reported missing.
Currituck County played a vital role in a prisoner-of-war escape in 1863. At 1:30 P.M. on June 10, the troop-transport steamer Maple Leaf sailed from Fort Monroe, Va., for Fort Delaware, carrying 97 captured Confederate officers bound for . . . — — Map (db m56981) HM
On Shingle Landing Road (County Road 1222) west of Fire Station Court (County Road 1216), on the right when traveling west.
By 1863, Moyock and the surrounding area were under Union control, but vicious guerrilla attacks continued unabated. Peaceable local farmers and merchants who wished to sell their goods in Norfolk, Va., suffered as a result. Union Gen. Henry M. . . . — — Map (db m276257) HM
On Shingle Landing Road 0.1 miles north of Puddin Ridge Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Currituck Sound and the surrounding area were under Union control by 1863. Local farmers and merchants sought permission from Federal authorities to sell their produce in Norfolk. They followed this route to the city. Union Gen. Henry M. Naglee, . . . — — Map (db m211220) HM
Near Kitty Hawk 0.5 miles east of Caratoke Highway (U.S. 158), in the median. Reported permanently removed.
For many years before the war, Currituck Sound was a busy avenue of commerce sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks. Vessels carried produce and goods between North Carolina and Virginia. After hostilities began, the sound became . . . — — Map (db m56980) HM
On South Indiantown Road 0.4 miles north of Trotman Road, on the left when traveling south.
Indiantown, a commercial center with a shipyard, store, and mill, became a focal point for military activity during the Civil War. On June 10, 1862, U.S. Navy Lt. Charles W. Flusser led several gunboats up the North River to capture a prominent . . . — — Map (db m56814) HM
On West Center Street, on the right when traveling east.
President Jefferson Davis and his entourage paused here in Lexington on April 16-17, 1865, as the Confederate government fled south after the April 3 evacuation of Richmond, Virginia. While here, Davis telegraphed Gen. Joseph E. Johnston as to . . . — — Map (db m222581) HM
Near Yokley Road 0.6 miles east of Ridge Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
For an hour on the evening of Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865, a pine grove outside Lexington became the de facto seat of government for the Confederate States of America and the state of North Carolina. President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet, . . . — — Map (db m222585) HM
On South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Homestead was the home of Dr. William R. Holt, one of antebellum North Carolina’s most versatile and talented men, with interests in medicine, agriculture, education, religion, transportation, and manufacturing. In May 1865, when Dr. Holt . . . — — Map (db m222588) HM
On E Main Street at Memorial Park Drive, on the right when traveling north on E Main Street.
During the Civil War, Thomasville became a hospital center that treated the sick and wounded, civilian and soldier alike. From 1862 to 1865, a local doctor, D. W. Smith, operated a smallpox hospital just outside of town. In March 1865, Surgeon Simon . . . — — Map (db m34232) HM
On West Main Street at Trade Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
John W. Thomas, who represented this area in the state legislature in the mid-1800s, laid out the town of Thomasville in 1852 on the proposed route of the North Carolina Railroad. Three years later, the line was completed to the new town, and the . . . — — Map (db m208795) HM WM
Near Memorial Park Drive, on the right when traveling west.
(Preface): John W. Thomas, who represented this area in the state legislature in the mid-1800s, laid out the town of Thomasville in 1852 on the proposed route of the North Carolina Railroad. Three years later, the line was completed to the . . . — — Map (db m222596) HM
On Clement Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling south on Clement Street.
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m53207) HM
On Magnolia Extension (State Highway 11) at Mallard Street (State Highway 50), on the left when traveling south on Magnolia Extension.
Throughout the Civil War, North Carolina furnished much of the material that the Confederate armies needed to sustain field operations. Here in Kenansville, the Confederate States Army produced military supplies ranging from swords to knapsacks. . . . — — Map (db m77287) HM
On Magnolia Extension (State Highway 11) at Mallard Street (State Highway 50), on the left when traveling south on Magnolia Extension.
In April 1861, Louis Froelich, a Bavarian immigrant, began manufacturing uniform buttons in Wilmington for North Carolina soldiers. With Hungarian partner Col. Bela Estvan, Froelich operated his first arms factory for the Confederacy from November . . . — — Map (db m77289) HM
On East Hill Street at North Center Street, on the left when traveling east on East Hill Street.
During the war, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was part of a rail network that transported vital supplies north to Confederate forces in Virginia. Cutting that line became an important Union objective.
On July 5, 1863, Lt. Col. George W. . . . — — Map (db m77306) HM
Near Farrington Road, on the right when traveling north.
(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 . . . — — Map (db m284092) HM
On S Miami Blvd. (State Highway 1959), on the right when traveling north.
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 m14710) HM
On Blackwell Street north of Jackie Robinson Drive, on the right when traveling north.
(preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army 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 m286272) HM
On Blackwell Street north of Jackie Robinson Drive, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
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 m286275) HM
On Blackwell Street north of Jackie Robinson Drive, on the right when traveling north.
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 m219798) 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 m45346) 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 m3635) HM
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