Washington County
18 places on the trail: 17 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- B-29CHARLES PETTIGREWFirst Bishop-elect of Episcopal Church in N.C., 1794. St. David's Church, erected 1803 at his expense, and his home are ...
- B-49REHOBOTH CHURCHColonial Anglican congregation known as Skinners Chapel. Present church constructed 1850-1853. Now United Methodist.
- B-57SOMERSET PLACEAntebellum plantation of Josiah Collins III, who grew rice & corn. Home in 1860 to 328 slaves. Located six miles south.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- BBB-685th REDOUBTUnion fort built by the 85th New York Regiment. It was taken on April 18, 1864, in one of the heaviest assaults of the s...
- B-9BATTLE OF PLYMOUTHConfederate troops led by Gen. Robert F. Hoke, aided by ram Albemarle, retook Union-occupied town, April 17-20, 1864.
- BB-6BATTLE OF PLYMOUTH
- BBB-9FORT WILLIAMSPrincipal Union fort at Plymouth, named for Gen. Thomas Williams, stood here. It was the last fort to fall, April 20, 18...
- BBB-4HOKE'S FINAL LINEThe extreme left flank of Confederate General Robt. F. Hoke's brigade was formed a few yds. N. just before the final att...
- B-12JAMES JOHNSTON PETTIGREWConfederate General, famed for charge at Gettysburg. His grave is 8 miles south.
- BBB-8NAVAL ACTIONThe Confederate ironclad ram "Albemarle" sank the Union gunboat "Southfield", April 19, 1864, one mile N.E. in the Roano...
- B-10RAM ALBEMARLEA Confederate ironclad commanded by James W. Cooke, helped recapture Plymouth. Was sunk 600 ft. N., Oct. 27, 1864.
- BBB-5RANSOM'S ASSAULTGeneral Matt Ransom's brigade formed in line of battle near here in the final Confederate attack, April 20, 1864.
- BBB-7UNION EARTHWORKSThe main line of Union defenses during the Battle of Plymouth, April 17-20, 1864, was built across the road at this poin...