North Carolina Civil War Trails Historical Markers

By Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2012

Johnston Moves West Marker

1► North Carolina (Alamance County), Alamance — Johnston Moves West — Holt's Mill — Carolinas Campaign —

2► North Carolina (Alamance County), Burlington — Confederate Occaneechi — Piedmont Indians in the Civil War —

3► North Carolina (Alamance County), Burlington — Johnston Moves West — Logisticians at Work — Carolinas Campaign —

4► North Carolina (Alamance County), Burlington — The Regulators' Field — A Lesson for the Defeated — Carolinas Campaign —

5► North Carolina (Alamance County), Graham — Johnston Moves West — Ruffin Mills — Carolinas Campaign —

6► North Carolina (Alamance County), Haw River — Nathaniel Polk DeShong — The Southern Diaspora —

7► North Carolina (Alamance County), Mebane — Johnston Moves West — Hardee's Column — Carolinas Campaign —

8► North Carolina (Alamance County), Snow Camp — Cane Creek Meeting House — Suffering for Peace —

9► North Carolina (Alamance County), Snow Camp — Freedom Hill Church — No Slaveholder can be a Christian! —

10► North Carolina (Alamance County), Snow Camp — Micajah McPherson — We have Fought the Good Fight and Kept Our Faith —

11► North Carolina (Avery County), Banner Elk — Banner Elk — Unionist Haven —

12► North Carolina (Avery County), Elk Park — Cranberry Iron Mine — Iron for the Confederacy —

13► North Carolina (Avery County), Linville — A Woman of War — Sarah Malinda Blalock —

14► North Carolina (Beaufort County), Washington — Oakdale Cemetery — To Our Confederate Dead —

15► North Carolina (Beaufort County), Washington — Siege of Washington — March 30 - April 20, 1863 —

16► North Carolina (Beaufort County), Washington — Tranter's Creek — Brothers in Battle —

17► North Carolina (Beaufort County), Washington — USS Picket — Battle of Washington —

18► North Carolina (Bertie County), Windsor — Engagement at Windsor — Action on the Cashie River —

19► North Carolina (Brunswick County), Southport — Fort Johnston — Guardian of the Cape Fear River —

20► North Carolina (Brunswick County), Winnabow — Fort Anderson — One Shovelful at a Time — Confederate Lifeline —

21► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery — "Ready to Take the Field" —

22► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Asheville's Enslaved People — Wartime Servitude —

23► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Battery Porter — Napoleons on Stony Hill —

24► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Battle of Asheville — Kirby's Expedition —

25► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Landsman Riley Powers — Mountain Sailor —

26► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Private George Avery — South Asheville Colored Cemetery —

27► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Smith-McDowell House — Our Businessman-Soldier —

28► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Wartime Jail — Asheville's Prisons —

29► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Fairview — Gen. William J. Palmer — Quaker Warrior — Stoneman's Raid —

30► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Ridgecrest — Swannanoa Gap Engagement — Blocking the Way —

31► North Carolina (Buncombe County), Weaverville — Brothers In Service — Zebulon and Robert Vance Brithplace —

32► North Carolina (Burke County), Morganton — Morganton — Rocky Ford Engagement — Stoneman's Raid —

33► North Carolina (Cabarrus County), Concord — St. John's Lutheran Church — Community Sacrifice —

34► North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — Patterson Mill — Struck by Stoneman's Raiders — Stoneman's Raid —

35► North Carolina (Caldwell County), Lenoir — Raiders in Lenoir — St. James Episcopal Church and Prison — Stoneman's Raid —

36► North Carolina (Camden County), South Mills — Battle of South Mills — Fight for the Canal — Burnside Expedition —

37► North Carolina (Carteret County), Atlantic Beach — Hoop Pole Creek — Ferrying Troops and Equipment at High Tide — Burnside Expedition —

38► North Carolina (Carteret County), Beaufort — Beaufort — Union Occupation and Confederate Spies —

39► North Carolina (Carteret County), Newport — Bogue Sound Blockhouse — Vermonters' Spirited Resistance —

40► North Carolina (Carteret County), Newport — Newport Barracks — Winter Quarters Ablaze —

41► North Carolina (Chowan County), Cannon Ferry — War on the Chowan River — Buffalo Country —

42► North Carolina (Chowan County), Edenton — Edenton — Battle of Albemarle Sound —

43► North Carolina (Craven County), New Bern — Attmore-Oliver House — Under the Stars & Bars —

44► North Carolina (Craven County), New Bern — Battle of New Bern — Smoke and Flames — Burnside Expedition —

45► North Carolina (Craven County), New Bern — Greenwood Cemetery — Historic Burial Site —

46► North Carolina (Craven County), New Bern — New Bern Academy — From School to Hospital —

47► North Carolina (Craven County), New Bern — New Bern National Cemetery — Honoring the Union Dead —

48► North Carolina (Craven County), New Bern — William Henry Singleton — From Slavery to Freedom —

49► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — Burning of Clarendon Bridge — Confederates Evacuate Fayetteville — Carolinas Campaign —

50► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — Cross Creek Cemetery — Confederate Burial Grounds —

51► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — Edward J. Hale House — Civil War Publisher — Carolinas Campaign —

52► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — Fayetteville Arsenal — "Batter . . . into piles of rubble" — Carolinas Campaign —

53► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — North Carolina — Civil War Trails —

54► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — Parade Ground — Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry —

55► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — The Market House — Site of a Shootout — Carolinas Campaign —

56► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Fayetteville — The Sandford House — Barracks for Union Troops — Carolinas Campaign —

57► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Godwin — Battle of Averasboro — Confederate First Defensive Line — Carolinas Campaign —

58► North Carolina (Cumberland County), Wade — Old Bluff Church — The Muddy Road to Averasboro — Carolinas Campaign —

59► North Carolina (Currituck County), Currituck — Currituck County Courthouse — Confederate Recruiting Center —

60► North Carolina (Currituck County), Knotts Island — Knotts Island — Salts Works Center —

61► North Carolina (Currituck County), Moycock — Moycock — Shingle Landing —

62► North Carolina (Davidson County), Lexington — Lexington in the Civil War — Occupation and Fire —

63► North Carolina (Davidson County), Lexington — Pine Grove Camp — Confederate Government Seat —

64► North Carolina (Davidson County), Lexington — The Homestead — Unexpected Houseguests —

65► North Carolina (Davidson County), Thomasville — Thomasville — Caring for the Sick and Wounded —

66► North Carolina (Davidson County), Thomasville — Thomasville — A Key Stop & Refuge —

67► North Carolina (Davidson County), Thomasville — Thomasville City Cemetery — Union of Combatants —

68► North Carolina (Davie County), Mocksville — Davie County in the Civil War — Stoneman in Mocksville — Stoneman's Raid —

69► North Carolina (Duplin County), Kenansville — Confederate States Armory — Cutting the Supply Line — Confederate Lifeline —

70► North Carolina (Duplin County), Kenansville — Confederate States Armory — Determined Production — Confederate Lifeline —

71► North Carolina (Duplin County), Warsaw — The War Comes to Warsaw — Lewis's Railroad Raid — Confederate Lifeline —

72► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — Bennett Place — The End of War — Carolinas Campaign —

73► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — Brassfield Station — A Path Both Traveled — Carolinas Campaign —

74► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — Duke Homestead — Prosperity from War —

75► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — Durham's Station — Prelude To Peace — Carolinas Campaign —

76► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — North Carolina — Civil War Trails —

77► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — North Carolina — Civil War Trails —

78► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — North Carolina — Civil War Trails —

79► North Carolina (Durham County), Durham — West Point Truce Line — Waiting, Looting, and Shooting — Carolinas Campaign —

80► North Carolina (Edgecombe County), Tarboro — Civil War Cemeteries — Buried with Honor —

81► North Carolina (Edgecombe County), Tarboro — Occupation of Tarboro — "All were burned ..." — Potter's Raid —

82► North Carolina (Edgecombe County), Tarboro — Occupation of Tarboro — Daniel's Schoolhouse Engagement — Potters Raid —

83► North Carolina (Franklin County), Louisburg — Camp Site for Sherman's Army — Louisburg at the End of the War —

84► North Carolina (Gates County), Gatesville — Gates County Courthouse — Civil War Muster Ground —

85► North Carolina (Graham County), Robbinsville — Civil War in Graham County — Union and Confederate Raiders —

86► North Carolina (Greene County), Ayden — Scuffleton Bridge — Failed to Burn — Potter's Raid —

87► North Carolina (Greene County), Hookerton — Hookerton Defenses — Confederate Crossing and Headquarters — Potter's Raid —

88► North Carolina (Greene County), Snow Hill — Grimsley Baptist Church — Rest, Feed, and Forage — Potter's Raid —

89► North Carolina (Halifax County), Roanoke Rapids — Roanoke Canal — "Duly Appreciated" — Confederate Lifeline —

90► North Carolina (Halifax County), Weldon — Wilmington & Weldon RR Trestle — Lee's Lifeline — Confederate Lifeline —

91► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Third Confederate Defensive Line — Carolinas Campaign —

92► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Union Route to Bentonville — Carolinas Campaign —

93► North Carolina (Harnett County), Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Sherman’s Left Wing Departs Averasboro — Carolinas Campaign —

94► North Carolina (Harnett County), Godwin — North Carolina — Civil War Trails —

95► North Carolina (Haywood County), Canton — Locust Field Cemetery — Confederate Rendezvous —

96► North Carolina (Haywood County), Maggie Valley — Kirk's Raid — Unwanted Intruders —

97► North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — Battle House — Surrender-Role Reversal —

98► North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — Thomas's Resting Place — Greenhill Cemetery —

99► North Carolina (Haywood County), Waynesville — Waynesville Engagement — Among the Last to Die —

100► North Carolina (Hertford County), Murfreesboro — Murfreesboro — Naval Target —