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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dunn

 
Clickable Map of Cumberland County, North Carolina and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Cumberland County, NC (143) Bladen County, NC (18) Harnett County, NC (42) Hoke County, NC (7) Moore County, NC (21) Robeson County, NC (28) Sampson County, NC (8)  CumberlandCounty(143) Cumberland County (143)  BladenCounty(18) Bladen County (18)  HarnettCounty(42) Harnett County (42)  HokeCounty(7) Hoke County (7)  MooreCounty(21) Moore County (21)  RobesonCounty(28) Robeson County (28)  SampsonCounty(8) Sampson County (8)
Fayetteville is the county seat for Cumberland County
Dunn is in Cumberland County
Cumberland County (143)  ►
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1 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — 20th Corps —
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
2 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Averasboro Battlefield Museum —
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
3 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Battle of Averasboro —
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
4 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Confederate First Defensive Line — Carolinas Campaign —
(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
5 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — II-3 — Battle of Averasboro — Phase One – March 15, 16, 1865 —
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
6 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — HH-2 — Battle of Averasboro — Phase Two – March 16, 1865 —
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
7 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Sherman’s Left Wing Departs Averasboro — Carolinas Campaign —
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
8 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Third Confederate Defensive Line — Carolinas Campaign —
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
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9 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Battle of Averasboro — Union Route to Bentonville — Carolinas Campaign —
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
10 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Chicora Cemetery —
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
11 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — Confederate Commanders at Averasboro / Union Commanders at Averasboro —
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
12 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — I-72 — Confederate First Line —
Gen. W. B. Taliaferro’s division occupied trenches crossing the road at this point, March 15-16, 1865. — — Map (db m160942) HM
13 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — H-98 — Confederate Second Line —
On the morning of March 16, 1865, Taliaferro’s division fell back to earthworks which crossed the road here. — — Map (db m14732) HM
14 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Confederate Soldiers of McLaws Division —
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 m161952) HM
15 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — Confederate Women's Home —
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
16 ► North Carolina, Sampson County, Dunn — Draughon Cross Roads —
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
17 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — H-128 — Dunn High School Sit-Ins —
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
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18 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — I-74 — Federal Artillery —
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
19 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — I-75 — Federal Hospital —
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
20 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — H-118 — G. B. Cashwell — 1862-1916 —
"Pentecostal Apostle of the South." Inspired by Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles in 1906, he led revival ¼ mi. S.W. — — Map (db m70382) HM
21 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Holy Ghost Outpouring —
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
22 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — H-97 — "Lebanon" —
Farquhard Smith's home was used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865. — — Map (db m162488) HM
23 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Link Wray — May 2, 1929 ~ November 5, 2005 —
. . . — — Map (db m184380) HM
24 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — Men of South Carolina —
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
25 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — Model 1841 6-pounder Gun —
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
26 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — National Flag of the Confederacy —
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
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27 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — North Carolina — Civil War Trails — Reported permanently removed
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
28 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — North Carolina — Civil War Trails —
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
29 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — North Carolina State Flag of 1861-1865 —
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
30 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — North Carolina Troops —
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
31 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — I-73 — "Oak Grove" —
Plantation home of John Smith, used as a Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 16, 1865. — — Map (db m160946) HM
32 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — Prelude to Averasboro —
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
33 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — I-71 — Rhett’s Brigade —
The brigade of Colonel A.M. Rhett was repulsed 300 yds. W. on March 16, 1865, by Union troops under Col. Henry Case. — — Map (db m211815) HM
34 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — H-28 — Sherman's March —
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
35 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — South Carolina Troops at Battle of Averasboro, NC —
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
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36 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Dunn — Taliaferro’s Division —
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
37 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — Underground Barn Quilt Trail —
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
38 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — H-60 — Union Headquarters —
Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865. — — Map (db m161956) HM
39 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn, Cape Fear — United States Flag of 1864 —
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
40 ► North Carolina, Harnett County, Dunn — H-50 — William C. Lee —
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
 
 
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Nov. 12, 2026