SHERMAN'S MARCH
A part of Sherman's army, marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, camped at Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, 2/3 mi. SW, Mar. 8-9, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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U.S. ARSENAL
Authorized by Congress, 1836. Taken over by Confederacy, 1861. Destroyed March 1865, by Sherman. Ruins stand 2 blocks S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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ANGUS W. McLEAN 1870-1935
Governor, 1925-1929, assistant secretary, U.S. Treasury, 1920-1921. His birthplace was 4 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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PLANK ROADS
Fayetteville was the focal point for five plank roads, chartered 1849-52. The longest was built to Bethania, 129 miles northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w SOUTH CAROLINA / Formed in...
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NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA
Est. 1881 for blacks by Lumber River Bapt. Assoc. Boarding school; trained teachers; named for A.H. Thompson. Succeeded here by public school in 1942.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
Sherman's army, on its march from Savannah, entered Goldsboro, its chief North Carolina objective, Mar. 21, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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FORT BRAGG
Established 1918 as U.S. field artillery training center. Named for N.C. native Braxton Bragg, Lt. Col., USA; Gen., CSA.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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BATTLE OF ELIZABETHTOWN
Whigs broke Tory power in Bladen Co., August, 1781, driving them into Tory Hole, 50 yards N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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CROSS CREEK
Colonial village and trading center, merged in 1778 with town of Campbelton and in 1783 renamed Fayetteville.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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OLD BLUFF CHURCH
Presbyterian. Organized in 1758 by Rev. James Campbell. Present building erected about 1858. N.W. 1 mi.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CONFEDERATE CEMETERY
The remains of 360 Confederates who fell in the Battle of Bentonville lie here. They were moved to this plot from other parts of the battlefield in 1893. The monument was erected at that...
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UNION HOSPITAL
Field Hospital of the XX Corps during the Battle of Bentonville was located here. Four hundred Union soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Averasboro (16 miles west) on March 16, were brought here...
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FEDERAL EARTHWORKS
Constructed by First Michigan Engineers and others, March 19, 1865. Occupied by Federals throughout the battle. Works begin 75 yards behind this marker.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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UNION HEADQUARTERS
Maj. Gen. A. S. Williams, commanding the XX Corps, established his headquarters here on March 19. In the woods to the north, the XX Corps erected breastworks which remain.Plaque via North...
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