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Civil War

SHERMAN'S MARCH

As Sherman's army moved north from Georgia, several units passed through Laurel Hill and camped in this vicinity, March 8-9, 1865.

I-16Scotland County

Where it stands. US 74 near Laurel Hill

The Civil War
Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President.
Andrew JacksonAs told to H.M. Brackenridge, Jackson's secretary, in 1821; quoted by James Parton, The Life of Andrew Jackson (1860), vol. II, ch. XXVI (Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1888), page 354. Parton cites his source as H.M. Brackenridge, Letters, page 8.Born in Waxhaws, 68 mi from here. Carolina Quotes record

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  1. I-46JAMES LYTCH4.4 mi
  2. I-90EDWIN GILL 1899-19785.3 mi
  3. I-91LAURINBURG INSTITUTE5.4 mi
  4. I-19SHERMAN'S MARCH5.4 mi
  5. I-56ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE5.5 mi
  6. I-15SHERMAN'S MARCH8.3 mi