Civil War
JAMES JOHNSTON PETTIGREW
Confederate General, famed for charge at Gettysburg. His grave is 8 miles south.
B-12Washington County
Where it stands. NC 94 at Sixth Street in Creswell
The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition. My master was, to my knowledge, the father of eleven slaves. But did the mothers dare to tell who was the father of their children? Did the other slaves dare to allude to it, except in whispers among themselves? No, indeed! They knew too well the terrible consequences.