Civil War
MARTIN'S SURRENDER
Gen. James G. Martin surrendered District of Western North Carolina, the last Confederate forces in the state, May 7, 1865, in Waynesville.
P-10Haywood County
Where it stands. Main Street b/w Academy and Haywood Streets, Waynesville
Nacreous pearl light swam faintly about the hem of the lilac darkness; the edges of light and darkness were stitched upon the hills. Morning moved like a pearl-gray tide across the fields and up the hillflanks, flowing rapidly down into the soluble dark.