Johnston County
37 places on the trail: 35 highway markers, 2 battlefields and state sites.
People of Johnston County in Carolina Quotes
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- H-1BATTLE OF BENTONVILLEJohnston's Confederates checked Sherman's Union army, March 19-21, 1865. Historic site 2 1/2 mi. E.
- HH-1BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE, MARCH 19, 20, AND 21, 1865
- HHH-21BENTONVILLEIn 1865, a local market center for naval stores (tar, pitch, & turpentine). Bentonville gives its name to the battle fou...
- HHH-12COLE FARMHOUSEStood in this field. Scene of heavy fighting, March 19. Destroyed on March 20 by Confederate artillery to prevent snipin...
- HHH-10CONFEDERATE ATTACKSAcross the fields behind this marker the Confederate Right Wing made five attacks on Union positions to the left, March ...
- HHH-3CONFEDERATE HOSPITALFollowing the battle, 45 Confederate wounded were hospitalized in the Harper House. Nineteen of these men died here. Sur...
- HHH-11CONFEDERATE MAIN CHARGEAfter overrunning two Union lines above this road, the Confederates crossed here in the main assault of March 19, 1865. ...
- HHH-22CONFEDERATE WORKSRemains of breastworks on this hill mark a line of works built by the Confederates to protect Mill Creek Bridge.
- HHH-9FEDERAL ARTILLERYUnion batteries (26 guns) formed a line here, March 19. These guns covered retreating Federals during the Confederate ch...
- HHH-5FEDERAL EARTHWORKSConstructed by First Michigan Engineers and others, March 19, 1865. Occupied by Federals throughout the battle. Works be...
- HHH-18FEDERAL JUNCTIONSherman's Left and Right Wings joined forces here during the afternoon of March 20, 1865. They constructed works across ...
- HHH-13FIGHTING BELOW THE ROADOne-half mile south of this point, across the road, Brig. Gen. J.D. Morgan's Union Division halted the main Confederate ...
- HHH-14FIRST UNION ATTACKBrig. Gen. W. P. Carlin's Division attacked the Confederate line above the road here on March 19. Repulsed, they threw u...
- HHH-25HARDEE'S CHARGENear this point Gen. William J. Hardee led the charge of the 8th Texas Cavalry and other Confederates, repulsing the adv...
- HHH-24JOHNSTON'S HEADQUARTERSEstablished here on the night of March 18, 1865 and remained during the battle. Mower's Division came within 200 yards o...
- HHH-15MAIN CONFEDERATE LINEThe Left Confederate Wing, part of a long hook-shaped line designed to trap the Union forces, extended across the road h...
- HHH-17MAIN CONFEDERATE LINEOn March 19 the line extended 3/4 mile to the rear of this marker and one mile to the left, forming a strong hook- shape...
- HHH-20MAIN CONFEDERATE LINECrossed the road at this point, March 20-21. Gen. R. F. Hoke's Division occupied this sector. Scene of much skirmishing ...
- HHH-19MAIN UNION LINEAdvanced to this point during the afternoon of March 21. The XV Corps established a line of works across the road here. ...
- HHH-23MILL CREEKThe flooded state of this creek upstream prevented an attack by Wheeler's Confederate cavalry on the rear of Sherman's A...
- HHH-26MOWER'S ATTACKAdvancing toward Mill Creek Bridge, Johnston's only line of retreat, Maj.Gen. J. A. Mower's Union Division broke the Con...
- HHH-16N.C. JUNIOR RESERVESHeld the line along this road and repulsed the assault of Hobart's Union Brigade, March 19, 1865. This line was evacuate...
- HHH-1SHERMANGen. Wm. T. Sherman camped in this area with his Left Wing on the night of March 18, 1865. The following moming, the Lef...
- H-74SHERMAN'S MARCHEnroute from Goldsboro to Raleigh, Sherman's army camped 1 mile east and on April 12, 1865, celebrated the news of Lee's...
- HHH-28UNION HEADQUARTERSSherman's headquarters were located in the field 400 yards to the rear of this marker, March 20-21, 1865. Headquarters o...
- HHH-4UNION HEADQUARTERSMaj. Gen. A. S. Williams, commanding the XX Corps, established his headquarters here on March 19. In the woods to the no...
- HHH-8UNION HEADQUARTERSMaj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding Sherman's Left Wing, had headquarters in this field, March 19-21, 1865.
- HHH-2UNION HOSPITALThe Harper House was used as a hospital by the XIV Corps, March 19-21, 1865. About 500 Union wounded were treated here.
- HHH-6UNION HOSPITALField Hospital of the XX Corps during the Battle of Bentonville was located here. Four hundred Union soldiers, wounded i...
- HHH-29UNION LINE-- MARCH 20Trenches in the woods behind this marker formed the extreme right of the Union line on March 20. This sector was occupie...
- HHH-27UNION LINE-- MARCH 21After withdrawing from the advance against Mill Creek Bridge, Mower's Federals reformed here and threw up works. This wa...