The Civil War
Battles, raids, regiments, hospitals, prisons and the people of the war, 1861-1865. 297 places on the trail.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- D-90JAMES INNES ca. 1700-1759Commanded N.C. troops at Cartagena, 1740; led colonial forces, 1754-56, in French and Indian War. Grave 4 miles W.
- A-35NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- M-14NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- M-15NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- M-16NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- C-43OLD BURYING GROUNDDeeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Capt. Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers ar...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- B-11ASA BIGGS 1811-1878U.S. Senator, 1855-1858. Federal and Confederate judge. Member of state conventions in 1835 and 1861. Lived 1 block N.
- E-104BARTHOLOMEW F. MOORENoted lawyer. Attorney general of N.C., 1848-51. Compiled Revised Code in 1854. Opposed secession. Born 7/10 mile west.
- G-8BEDFORD BROWNU.S. Senator, 1829-1840; legislator; and staunch Unionist. Lived at "Rose Hill," located here.
- E-38BRAGG HOMEBoyhood home of Bragg brothers, Thomas, governor, 1855-9; Braxton, Confederate general, and John, U.S. Congressman. One ...
- N-34BURKE COURTHOUSEBuilt of local cut stone, ca. 1835, by James Binnie. August terms of State Supreme Court held here, 1847-61. Raided by U...
- K-54CEDAR FALLS MILLChartered 1828; opened 1836. Jonathan Worth, N.C. governor (1865-68), its president. Supplied clothing for Confederate w...
- N-24COLLETT LEVENTHORPEConfederate general, physician, author. Born in England, settled in North Carolina about 1847. Grave is 150 yds. north.
- N-6CRANBERRY MINESIron ore deposits near here were mined from ca. 1826 until 1930. Supplied iron to the Confederacy.
- B-20EDWARD WARRENBorn in Tyrrell County, 1828, Surgeon General of N.C., 1862-65, Professor of Surgery in Maryland, Chief Surgeon of Egypt...
- G-51EDWIN G. READEMember Congress, 1855-57; Confederate Senator; President State Convention, 1865; Justice N.C. Supreme Court, 1865-78. Bi...
- D-8FORT CASWELLBuilt by U.S. Army, 1826. Seized by N.C. militia in 1861. Vital Confederate coastal defense until it was abandoned in 18...
- C-9FORT MACONBuilt 1826-34 to protect Beaufort Inlet. Replaced Fort Hampton. State park. 5 1/2 miles southeast.
- CCC-1FORT MACONBuilt by U.S. Corps of Engineers, 1826-34. Good example of brick fort. Seized by Confederates, April 14, 1861. Scene of ...
- D-36GEORGE DAVIS 1820-1896Served the Confederacy as a senator, 1862-64, & as the attorney general, 1864-65. His birthplace was three miles east.
- E-89GOLD MINESOre discovered at farm of John Portis in 1831. Mine operated for about a century. Area mines yielded sizable volume of g...
- H-8GOVERNOR'S PALACECompleted 1816. Vance was the last governor to reside there, 1862-5. Stood 50 yards south.
- G-71JACOB THOMPSONSecretary of Interior, 1857-1861, Confederate secret agent in Canada, U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Birthplace s...
- K-6JOHN J. McRAE 1815-1868Governor of Mississippi, 1854-1857. Member, U.S. Senate and House; Confederate congressman. Born 5 miles southeast.
- D-61JOHN N. MAFFITTCaptain of Confederate cruiser "Florida" and ironclad "Albemarle." With U.S. Coast Survey, 1842-1858. Blockade-runner. G...
- L-12JOHN W. ELLISGovernor, 1859-61. A leader of the secession movement in N.C. Died July, 1861, aged 40. Home stands 1 1/2 blocks south.
- D-56JUDAH P. BENJAMIN 1811-1884Confederate atty. gen., secretary of war & of state; first Jewish U.S. Senator, 1853 (La.). Boyhood home was here.
- H-52L. O'B. BRANCHConfederate brigadier general; president of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, 1852-55; member of Congress, 1855-61. Home here...
- O-68M. L. McCORKLE 1817-1899Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.
- F-32MILITARY HOSPITALConfederate. Headed by Dr. S. S. Satchwell in building of the Wilson Female Seminary, which was chartered in 1859. Stood...
- J-98MORATOCK FURNACESmelting furnace built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843. It supplied iron to Confederacy, 1862-1865. Stands 3/10 mi. NE.
- L-80NORTH CAROLINA MILITARY INSTITUTEOpened 1859; D. H. Hill was 1st superintendent; used as Confederate hospital; public school, 1883-1950. Stood near here.
- D-69OAKDALE CEMETERYEst. in 1852. Includes graves of Confederate leaders, officers, and soldiers, & victims of yellow fever epidemic of 1862...
- H-9PEACE COLLEGEFounded by Presbyterian elder Wm. Peace 1857 as school for women; opened 1872. Main building used as Confederate hospita...
- I-92ROCKFISH FACTORYLargest textile mill in antebellum N.C. Opened 1839 by Charles Peter Mallett. Destroyed 1865 by Sherman's army. It stood...
- E-7ROCKY MOUNT MILLSSecond cotton mill in State. Building begun, 1818. Federals burned, 1863. Soon rebuilt.
- D-18S. S. SATCHWELLA founder of State Medical Society, 1849, head of Confederate Hospital at Wilson, 1st president State Board of Health, 1...
- I-45SHERMAN'S MARCHGeneral Sherman, with a part of his army, on March 9-10, 1865, camped here at Bethel Presbyterian Church (organized befo...
- B-59ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCHThe first Roman Catholic church in North Carolina. Consecrated, 1829. Burned by Federal troops, 1864. Stood one block ea...
- O-44STONEWALL JACKSONThomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E...
- I-48TEMPERANCE HALLMeeting hall of the Richmond Temperance and Literary Society, 1860 to 1890's. Sacked by Sherman's army in 1865. Stands 1...
- E-6THOMAS BRAGGAttorney-General of Confederacy, Governor of N.C. 1855-59, U.S. Senator. Home stands one block north.
- M-4THOMAS L. CLINGMANUnited States Senator, Confederate General, born at Huntsville, 9 mi. east, 1812. Clingman's Dome, 160 miles west, is na...
- I-40THOMAS O. MOORE 1804-1876Governor of Louisiana, 1860-1864; a leader of the secession movement. His birthplace stood 4 1/2 miles northwest.
- I-2U.S. ARSENALAuthorized by Congress, 1836. Taken over by Confederacy, 1861. Destroyed March 1865, by Sherman. Ruins stand 2 blocks S....
- E-41W. D. PENDERConfederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 b...
- I-65WARREN WINSLOW 1810-1862Acting Governor, 1854; Congressman, 1855-1861. Negotiated surrender of local U.S. arsenal in 1861. Grave 40 yds. SE.
- E-100WELDON EDWARDS 1788-1873President, N.C. Secession Convention, 1861-1862; Congressman, 1816-1827; legislator. His grave is three miles north.
- G-79WILLIAM R. WEBB (SAWNEY)Founder, 1870, of Webb School, since 1886 in Bell Buckle, Tenn. Confederate soldier, U.S. Senator, 1913. Born 1842, one ...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- E-63'BRIDLE CREEK'The birthplace of two Confederate major generals: Matt W. and Robert Ransom, brothers. House stood 1/4 mile W.
- E-51'COLONIAL CHURCHYARD'Graves of Confederate general Junius Daniel, editor Abraham Hodge, U.S. District Judge John Sitgreaves, are 1 bl. N.E.
- M-31'FORT HAMBY'Fortified stronghold of band of robbers & army deserters, was captured by force of citizens in May, 1865. Stood one mile...
- H-97'LEBANON'Farquhard Smith's home was used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865.
- I-73'OAK GROVE'Plantation home of John Smith, used as a Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 16, 1865.
- 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...
- D-114ABRAHAM GALLOWAY 1837-1870Former slave. Freedom fighter; Union recruiter and spy; legislator. Led a delegation that met President Lincoln, 1864. L...
- B-74AFRICAN AMERICANS DEFEND WASHINGTONPrior to formation of 1st N.C. Colored Volunteers about 100 black men were armed to aid Union forces during the siege of...
- J-45ALFRED M. SCALES 1827-1892Governor, 1885-1889, Confederate general, state legislator, and Congressman. Birthplace stood 3 1/2 mi. E.
- H-112ARTIFICIAL LIMBSNorth Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees. Factory, which operated 1866-67, was 1/4 mi. NE...
- C-51BATCHELDER'S CREEKSite of Union outpost captured by Confederate Generals Hoke & Pickett on February 1, 1864. The earthworks are 300 yards ...
- PPP-1BATTLE OF ASHEVILLEOn April 3, 1865, Union Col. Isaac M. Kirby left East Tenn. with 1100 men on a raid against Asheville. On April 6, Kirby...
- II-3BATTLE OF AVERASBORO, PHASE ONE, MARCH 15, 16, 1865
- HH-2BATTLE OF AVERASBORO, PHASE TWO--MARCH 16, 1865
- 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
- II-1BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE, MARCH 19, 20, AND 21, 1865
- D-27BATTLE OF FORKS ROADFought, Feb. 20-21, 1865, between U.S. Colored Troops and Confederates. Last engagement before the fall of Wilmington. E...
- CC-2BATTLE OF NEW BERN
- C-11BATTLE OF NEW BERNThe victory of Union General Ambrose Burnside here on March 14, 1862, caused the fall of New Bern.
- CC-1BATTLE OF NEW BERN
- 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
- BB-4BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND
- A-8BATTLE OF SOUTH MILLSConfederates, on Apr. 19, 1862, repelled Union army here, prevented demolition of Dismal Swamp Canal locks three miles N...
- F-44BATTLE OF WHITEHALLOn December 15-16, 1862, on a raid at Whitehall, Union troops led by Gen. J. G. Foster damaged the Confederate Ram "Neus...
- FF-1BATTLE OF WYSE FORK, MARCH 8-10, 1865
- D-60BEERY'S SHIPYARDMany Confederate naval vessels, including the ironclad "North Carolina," built here. Site lies across river on Eagles Is...
- G-80BENNETT PLACEFarm home of James Bennett, where Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Union Gen. William T. Sher...
- HHH-21BENTONVILLEIn 1865, a local market center for naval stores (tar, pitch, & turpentine). Bentonville gives its name to the battle fou...
- E-64BOON'S MILLHere on July 28, 1863, a Confederate force repulsed a Union march on the vital Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Breastwor...
- F-5BRYAN GRIMES 1828-1880Major General, Confederate Army. His service spanned the Peninsula Campaign to Appomattox. Family plantation, called "Gr...
- B-16BURNING OF WASHINGTONThe town was burned and shelled by evacuating United States troops in April, 1864.
- A-23BURNING OF WINTONA detachment of United States troops burned Winton on February 20, 1862. The first town in N.C. to be burned during the ...
- P-4C. G. MEMMINGERSecretary of the treasury of the Confederacy, from Charleston. Native of Germany. Summer home and grave nearby.
- N-17CAMP VANCETraining camp for state troops, 1861-64, named for Col. Zebulon Vance, war governor, was here. The camp was raided by fe...
- C-75CAROLINA CITYUnion occupied the town March 22, 1862, & used this area in staging the Fort Macon campaign. Union camps remained in vic...
- DDD-3CASSIDEY SHIPYARDConfederate shipyard and outfitting station which completed the ironclad steam sloop Raleigh in 1863. Site is three bloc...
- J-62CEDAR HILL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPOperated by Clapp, Gates and Company. Made rifles and military supplies for N.C. and the Confederacy, 1861-64. Site 1/4 ...
- HHH-12COLE FARMHOUSEStood in this field. Scene of heavy fighting, March 19. Destroyed on March 20 by Confederate artillery to prevent snipin...
- P-57CONFEDERATE ARMORYManufactured Enfield-type rifles. In 1863 plant moved to Columbia, S.C. Building was located 1/4 mi. SE. Burned in 1865.
- F-27CONFEDERATE ARMS FACTORYEst. by Louis Froelich, 1861. Moved here, 1863. Produced sabers, lances, bayonets, cutlasses and accessories until 1864.
- HHH-10CONFEDERATE ATTACKSAcross the fields behind this marker the Confederate Right Wing made five attacks on Union positions to the left, March ...
- I-29CONFEDERATE BREASTWORKSThrown up early in 1865 to defend Fayetteville from Sherman's army. Remains are here.
- L-3CONFEDERATE CABINETWith President Davis held last full meetings April 22-26, 1865 in a house which was located here.
- J-22CONFEDERATE CABINETMembers of the cabinet, fleeing south, occupied a railroad car near this spot, Apr. 11-15, 1865.
- GGG-1CONFEDERATE CEMETERYGraves of 52 soldiers individually marked, who died in the Kittrell Springs Hotel hospital 1864-65, are 1/2 mi. NE.
- BBB-3CONFEDERATE CHANNEL OBSTRUCTIONSWood pilings placed to stop Federal fleet in Croatan Sound, still visible at low tide. Remains are 2 1/2 mi. W.
- I-72CONFEDERATE FIRST LINEGen. W. B. Taliaferro's division occupied trenches crossing the road at this point, March 15-16, 1865.
- B-38CONFEDERATE FORTSFort Hatteras and Fort Clark, 2 miles s. west, fell to Union troops on Aug. 29, 1861, after two days of heavy naval bomb...
- HHH-3CONFEDERATE HOSPITALFollowing the battle, 45 Confederate wounded were hospitalized in the Harper House. Nineteen of these men died here. Sur...
- J-30CONFEDERATE HOSPITALSet up in the First Presbyterian Church to receive wounded from Battle of Bentonville, 1865, was here.
- O-40CONFEDERATE LABORATORYUnder Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S.
- HHH-11CONFEDERATE MAIN CHARGEAfter overrunning two Union lines above this road, the Confederates crossed here in the main assault of March 19, 1865. ...
- L-56CONFEDERATE NAVY YARDEstablished here 1862 following its removal from Portsmouth, Va. Produced ordnance for the Confederate Navy.
- L-2CONFEDERATE PRISONEnclosure, 16 acres. Once held 10,000 men. Destroyed by Federals, 1865. Site one block south.
- C-49CONFEDERATE SALT WORKSThe largest Confederate salt works in Carteret County was 50 yards S. It was burned by Union forces in April, 1862.
- H-98CONFEDERATE SECOND LINEOn the morning of March 16, 1865, Taliaferro's division fell back to earthworks which crossed the road here.
- HHH-22CONFEDERATE WORKSRemains of breastworks on this hill mark a line of works built by the Confederates to protect Mill Creek Bridge.
- F-15CSS NEUSEConfederate ironclad, built at Whitehall and floated down the Neuse. Grounded and burned by Confederates in 1865. Remain...
- B-33DANIEL G. FOWLEGovernor, 1889-91, state Adjutant General, 1863, Confederate officer, superior court judge, state legislator. His home s...
- Q-8DEEP CREEKSite of Union attack on Thomas’s Legion, Feb. 2, 1864. Reduced Cherokee support for Confederacy. One mile northeast.
- O-31ELISHA BAXTERGovernor of Arkansas, 1873-74; Union colonel in Civil War; elected to U.S. Senate, 1864, but not seated. Birthplace stoo...
- H-102ENDOR IRON WORKSLarge smelting furnace provided iron, 1862-65, to Confederacy. Reopened 1870 & ceased to operate 1896. Remains 1 1/2 mi....
- H-29FALL OF RALEIGHCommissioners of North Carolina's capital met officers of Sherman's army near this spot, on April 13, 1865, and surrende...
- D-101FALL OF WILMINGTONUnion assault on Hoke's entrenched Confederates led to the city's fall on February 22, 1865. Earthworks were nearby.
- HHH-9FEDERAL ARTILLERYUnion batteries (26 guns) formed a line here, March 19. These guns covered retreating Federals during the Confederate ch...
- I-74FEDERAL ARTILLERYFrom a point 50 yards west three batteries of artillery under Major J. A. Reynolds shelled the Confederate first line of...
- HHH-5FEDERAL EARTHWORKSConstructed by First Michigan Engineers and others, March 19, 1865. Occupied by Federals throughout the battle. Works be...
- I-75FEDERAL HOSPITALThe 1865 home of Wm. Smith, 100 yds. E., was used as a hospital for Union troops in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-1...
- 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 ...
- C-84FIRST NORTH CAROLINA COLORED VOLUNTEERSState’s first regiment of black Union soldiers rallied here on July 24, 1863. In 1864, designated 35th U.S. Colored Troo...
- 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...
- D-119FORT ANDERSONLarge Confederate fort, remains here. after a strong Union attack it was evacuated on Feb. 18, 1865, resulting in the fa...
- BBB-2FORT BARTOWConfederate earth fort mounting nine guns. Bombarded by Federal fleet February 7, 1862. Earthworks 2 1/2 mi. W.
- B-64FORT BLANCHARDConfederate earth fort mounting four guns. Smallest on Roanoke Island. Surrendered on Feb. 8, 1862. Earthworks are 300 y...
- B-18FORT BRANCHConfederate fort. Was built, 1862-1863, at Rainbow Banks to protect railroads & upper Roanoke River valley. Earthworks 3...
- D-12FORT FISHERBuilt by Confederacy. Its fall, Jan. 15, 1865, closed Wilmington, last important southern port for blockade running.
- B-52FORT FORRESTConfederate, mounting seven guns. Protected west side of Croatan Sound. Destroyed on Feb. 8, 1862. Earthworks stood 1 mi...
- B-17FORT HILLSite of Confederate batteries on Pamlico River which enabled Gen. D. H. Hill's forces to besiege Washington in spring of...
- B-2FORT HUGERPrincipal Confederate fort on Roanoke Island. Mounted twelve guns. Surrendered Feb. 8, 1862. Earthworks are 100 yards so...
- C-12FORT TOTTENHere stood one of the forts built around New Bern by Union forces after they took the town in March, 1862.
- BBB-9FORT WILLIAMSPrincipal Union fort at Plymouth, named for Gen. Thomas Williams, stood here. It was the last fort to fall, April 20, 18...
- F-20FOSTER'S RAIDOn a raid from New Bern to Goldsboro, the Union troops led by Gen. J. G. Foster passed through Kinston, Dec. 14, 1862.
- F-21FOSTER'S RAIDOn a raid from New Bern Union troops led by Gen. J. G. Foster attacked Goldsboro, December 17, 1862.
- B-71FREEDMEN'S COLONYThe first refugee slave community in N.C. Est. in 1863 by Union troops. It operated until 1867 on land nearby, extending...
- F-34GEN. W. D. PENDERConfederate Major-General. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg. His birthplace stood 1.4 miles north.
- H-31GENERAL GRANTIn the Governor's Palace April 24-27, 1865, Grant conferred with Sherman and approved new terms for surrender of Johnsto...
- P-52GEORGE TRENHOLMConfederate Secretary of Treasury, 1864-65; S.C. legislator, cotton broker and financier. Summer home "Solitude" stood 1...
- HHH-25HARDEE'S CHARGENear this point Gen. William J. Hardee led the charge of the 8th Texas Cavalry and other Confederates, repulsing the adv...
- E-91HENRY K. BURGWYN"Boy" Colonel 26th N.C. Regt. Killed at age 21 at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Home stood 4 miles south.
- A-62HENRY M. SHAWMember of N.C. Assembly and U.S. Congress. Confederate colonel. Killed in attack on New Bern, Feb. 1, 1864. Home & grave...
- E-65HENRY T. CLARKGovernor of North Carolina, 1861-1862. Speaker of the State Senate. Helped organize the State for war. Grave is 3 blocks...
- 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...
- C-62HOOP POLE CREEKUnion forces led by General John G. Parke landed here, March 29, 1862, during the Fort Macon campaign.
- C-41HUGGINS ISLAND FORTConfederate 6-gun fort guarding the entrance to Bogue Inlet; burned by Union troops, Aug. 19, 1862. Remains, 1 mi. S.W.
- M-13JAMES B. GORDONBrigadier general in the Confederate States Army. Mortally wounded near Richmond, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Birthplace sta...
- C-64JAMES CITYCommunity was founded here in 1863 as resettlement camp for formerly enslaved people. It was named for Horace James, U.S...
- H-17JAMES I. WADDELLCommander of the famous Confederate cruiser, "Shenandoah," lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west.
- B-12JAMES JOHNSTON PETTIGREWConfederate General, famed for charge at Gettysburg. His grave is 8 miles south.
- J-21JEFFERSON DAVISThe President of the Confederacy held two meetings of his cabinet, April 12-13, 1865, at the home of J. T. Wood, which w...
- K-16JEFFERSON DAVISPresident Davis, fleeing southward after Lee's surrender, with members of his cabinet spent the night of Apr. 16, 1865, ...
- L-31JEFFERSON DAVISConfederate President Davis, moving south after Lee’s surrender, spent April 19-26, 1865, lodging in house which stood i...
- L-4JEFFERSON DAVISPresident, Confederate States of America, spent the night of April 18, 1865, in house which stood here.
- D-43JOHN A. WINSLOWCapt. U.S.S. "Kearsarge," which sank Confederate raider "Alabama," 1864, rear admiral U.S. Navy, 1870-1873. Birthplace w...
- L-117JOHN GIBBON 1827-1896Wrote pivotal artillery manual, 1859. Maj. Gen., Union Army, Civil War. Oversaw Lee’s surrender, 1865. He lived nearby.
- A-44JOHN W. MOORECompiler of roster of North Carolina troops, 1861-1865, historian, novelist, Confederate major. His birthplace, "Mulberr...
- E-60JOHN WHITEN.C. commissioner to buy ships and supplies in England during the Civil War. Gen. R. E. Lee visited in his home, 1870, s...
- 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...
- G-42KITTRELL'S SPRINGSHealth resort, social & recreational center in the19th century. Site of N.C.’s first Confederate General Hospital, 1861-...
- F-47LIBERTY HALLPlantation of Thomas S. Kenan, legislator & U.S. Congressman, whose son, Owen Rand, legislator, Confederate Congressman,...
- 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. ...
- P-10MARTIN'S SURRENDERGen. James G. Martin surrendered District of Western North Carolina, the last Confederate forces in the state, May 7, 18...
- E-10MATT W. RANSOMConfederate General, United States Senator, 1872-95, and Minister to Mexico. Home stands 800 yards south.
- HHH-23MILL CREEKThe flooded state of this creek upstream prevented an attack by Wheeler's Confederate cavalry on the rear of Sherman's A...
- D-113MODERN GREECEBlockade runner. Ran aground and sank 400 yds. E., June 1862. Its salvage 1962 led state to open an underwater archaeolo...
- I-43MONROE'S CROSSROADSGen. Kilpatrick's Union cavalry repulsed Gen. Hampton's Confederate cavalry there, March 10, 1865, ten miles north. Now ...
- 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...
- KKK-1MUSTERING OUT OF CONFEDERATE ARMYGeneral Johnston's men paid off and mustered out near here, May 1-2, 1865, after surrender near Durham, April 26.
- I-13MacPHERSON CHURCHPresbyterian. Founded by early Scottish settlers. Graves of Alexander MacPherson and T. H. Holmes, a Confederate general...
- 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...
- BBB-8NAVAL ACTIONThe Confederate ironclad ram "Albemarle" sank the Union gunboat "Southfield", April 19, 1864, one mile N.E. in the Roano...
- BB-5NAVAL BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND
- A-57NAVAL BATTLE, 1864The Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, led by Capt. J. W. Cooke, crossed Batchelor's Bay, May 5, 1864, and fought seven...
- C-57NEWPORT BARRACKSCommand post for Union defense system from New Bern to Morehead City, 1862-1865. Was 1/3 mi. E.
- H-67OAKWOOD CEMETERYGovernors Aycock, Bragg, Fowle, Holden, Swain, and Worth, other notables and Confederates buried there. 3 blocks E.
- H-30OLD BREASTWORKSBreastworks were thrown up around Raleigh, 1863, by order of Governor Vance, for protection against Federal raids. Remai...
- C-38ONSLOW RAIDFederal gunboat Ellis attacked this town Nov. 23, 1862, then ran aground downstream. It was abandoned under Confederate ...
- D-112PARKER ROBBINS 1834-1917Civil War cavalryman. Among highest ranking North Carolinians in the United States Colored Troops. Legislator, 1868-70. ...
- J-85PIEDMONT RAILROADRailroad line between Greensboro and Danville. Constructed, 1862-1864, for the Confederacy. Its terminus was nearby.
- O-24PLATO DURHAMConfederate captain; legislator; member of conventions of 1868, '75; conservative leader in Reconstruction period. His h...
- A-56POTECASI CREEKScene of minor skirmish between Confederate & Union troops driving on Richmond and Weldon Railroad, July 26, 1863. Breas...
- II-2PRELUDE TO AVERASBORO
- D-99PRISONER EXCHANGEThousands of Civil War soldiers, including many held in the Confederate prison at Salisbury, were exchanged here, Feb. 2...
- C-66RAINS BROTHERSBrig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This w...
- B-10RAM ALBEMARLEA Confederate ironclad commanded by James W. Cooke, helped recapture Plymouth. Was sunk 600 ft. N., Oct. 27, 1864.
- E-11RAM ALBEMARLENoted Confederate ironclad, was built near this spot, 1863-64. Aided in recapture of Plymouth, April, 1864.
- EEE-1RAM ALBEMARLEThe Confederate ironclad Albemarle was outfitted in Halifax with machinery and guns before sailing down river into actio...
- BBB-5RANSOM'S ASSAULTGeneral Matt Ransom's brigade formed in line of battle near here in the final Confederate attack, April 20, 1864.
- I-71RHETT'S BRIGADEThe brigade of Colonel A. M. Rhett was repulsed 300 yds. W. on March 16, 1865, by Union troops under Col. Henry Case.
- P-3RIVERSIDE CEMETERYGraves of Thomas Wolfe & "O. Henry," authors; Zebulon B. Vance, governor; Thomas L. Clingman and Robert R. Reynolds, U.S...
- O-15ROBERT F. HOKE 1837-1912Major general, C.S.A. Promoted after victory at Battle of Plymouth. Led troops in Va. & N.C. Home stands 50 yards E.
- D-57ROSE GREENHOWConfederate spy and Washington society woman. Drowned near Fort Fisher in 1864, while running Federal blockade. Grave 1 ...
- P-71SHELTON LAUREL MASSACREThirteen men and boys, suspected of Unionism, were killed by Confederate soldiers in early 1863. Graves 8 mi. E.
- 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...
- I-18SHERMAN'S ARMYInvading North Carolina, Sherman's army occupied Fayetteville, Mar. 11-14, 1865, destroying the Confederate Arsenal, whi...
- F-11SHERMAN'S MARCHSherman's army, on its march from Savannah, entered Goldsboro, its chief North Carolina objective, Mar. 21, 1865.
- H-28SHERMAN'S MARCHMoving on Goldsboro, Sherman's Army was temporarily checked by Hardee's Confederates, Mar. 16, 1865, in Battle of Averas...
- 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...
- I-15SHERMAN'S MARCHAs Sherman's army moved north from Georgia on its path of destruction, one part entered North Carolina near here, March ...
- I-16SHERMAN'S MARCHAs Sherman's army moved north from Georgia, several units passed through Laurel Hill and camped in this vicinity, March ...
- K-12SHERMAN'S MARCHKilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's Army, marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Rockingham on March ...
- K-13SHERMAN'S MARCHAs Sherman's army moved north from Georgia on its path of destruction, one part entered North Carolina near here, March ...
- K-14SHERMAN'S MARCHKilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's army marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Wadesboro, March 3-5,...
- I-19SHERMAN'S MARCHA part of Sherman's army, marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, camped at Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, 2/3 mi. SW, Ma...
- CC-3SIEGE OF FORT MACON
- B-15SIEGE OF WASHINGTONTown seized by Union troops, Mar. 1862. Efforts to recapture it failed in 1862 & 1863. Union Army withdrew in Apr. 1864.
- C-77SS PEVENSEYBlockade runner, iron steamer, chased ashore by Union ship, June 9, 1864. Remains lie offshore, 220 yards SE.
- D-23STATE SALT WORKSThe state of North Carolina to relieve a wartime scarcity, operated salt works from here to Myrtle Grove Sound, 1861-64.
- O-8STEPHEN D. RAMSEURWest Point graduate. A Confederate major general at 27; mortally wounded, Cedar Creek, Va. Grave 2 blocks N.
- J-18STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Danbury, April 9, 1865.
- J-20STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with southern troops at Shallow ...
- L-29STONEMAN'S RAIDStoneman's U.S. cavalry occupied the town of Salisbury, Apr. 12, 1865, and destroyed the Confederate warehouses, supplie...
- M-10STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry occupied Wilkesboro, March 29, 1865.
- M-11STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry occupied Statesville, April 13, 1865.
- M-8STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Mount Airy, April 2-3, 1865.
- M-9STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Dobson, April 2, 1865.
- N-11STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Lenoir Mar. 28, and were there agai...
- N-12STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with the home guard at Boone, Ma...
- N-33STONEMAN'S RAIDOn raid through western North Carolina Federal forces under Gen. George Stoneman erected a palisaded fort here in April ...
- O-11STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought southern troops at Howard's Gap, 4 mi. nort...
- P-55STONEMAN'S RAIDSouthern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here...
- P-8STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry passed through Hendersonville, Apr. 23, 1865.
- P-9STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry occupied Asheville on April 26, 1865.
- N-10STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid across western N.C. Gen. A. C. Gillem led part of Stoneman's U.S. cavalry through this vicinity, March 28, 186...
- N-13STONEMAN'S RAIDOn their raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry skirmished with Confederates near here on Apri...
- O-10STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Rutherfordton, April 21, 1865.
- L-28STONEMAN'S RAIDOn their raid through western N. C., Gen. George Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with Confederate troops near ...
- K-40THOMAS SAMUEL ASHEAssociate Justice, State Supreme Court, 1878-1887; Member of Congress, 1873-1877; Member of Confederate Congress; legisl...
- J-17THOMAS SETTLE, JR. 1831-1888Justice N.C. Supreme Court, served in N.C. House & Senate, Confederate captain, minister to Peru. Home is 2 mi. W.
- Q-56THOMAS'S LEGIONWilliam H. Thomas led Confederate "Legion of Indians & Mountaineers." Cherokee companies raised nearby in 1862.
- D-100TOPSAIL BATTERYConfederate breastworks were constructed in this vicinity in 1862 to protect Wilmington from an attack from the north an...
- B-50U.S.S. MONITORFought C.S.S. "Virginia" ("Merrimac") in first battle of ironclad ships. Lost Dec. 31, 1862, in gale 17 miles southeast....
- C-58UNION ARTILLERYUnion artillery was placed in this area during the siege of Fort Macon, March 23-April 26, 1862.
- 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...
- H-60UNION HEADQUARTERSGen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865.
- 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...
- D-111UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPSBlack soldiers & white officers in Union army, 1863-1865. About 500 involved in Wilmington campaign buried here.
- M-25VANCE HOUSENow historical museum, was temporary home of Gov. Zebulon B. Vance after Sherman's capture of Raleigh, April 1865. Is 35...
- D-102W. H. C. WHITING 1824-1865Confederate major general and engineer. He devised the Cape Fear defense system. Wounded nearby in fall of fort. Died in...
- Q-1WADE HAMPTONConfederate General, Governor of S.C., 1876-79, U.S. Senator. His summer home, "High Hampton," stood 1 1/3 miles southea...
- A-93WILD'S RAIDFirst major campaign in N.C. conducted by the U.S. Colored Troops, Dec. 1863. Freed thousands of enslaved in the area.
- D-120WILLIAM B. GOULD 1837-1923Was enslaved Bellamy plasterer. Escaped 1862 and joined Union navy. Kept detailed war diary. Lived 2 blocks north.
- Q-46WILLIAM H. THOMASWhite chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee. Secured reservation for them. Confederate colonel. State senator. Home, "Stekoih...
- A-32WILLIAM P. ROBERTSA Confederate brigadier general at age 23, state auditor, a member of Convention of 1875. His grave is 700 yds. west.
- E-70WILLIAM R. COXConfederate general. His brigade fought in last infantry action at Appomattox. Later Congressman; Secretary U.S. Senate....
- D-58WILLIAM S. ASHERailroad president, congressman, state senator. In charge of Confederate railroad transportation, 1861-62. Home stands 1...
- D-42WILLIAM W. LORINGMajor general in the Confederate Army, lieut. colonel in Mexican War, general in Egyptian Army, 1870-79. His birthplace ...
- P-2ZEBULON B. VANCE 1830-1894Civil War governor. He led state, 1862-65, and 1877-79; U.S. Senator, 1879-94. Colonel, 26th N.C. Regiment, 1861-62. Bir...
The New South, 1878-1929
- J-78ALBION W. TOURGEE 1838-1905Writer, judge, & Union army officer. Member, constitutional convention, 1868. Lived 2 blocks S.
- I-63C. M. STEDMAN 1841-1930Last Confederate officer in Congress, 1911-1930; lawyer & lt.-governor. Grave is 2 blks. east.
- H-26CAMP BRYAN GRIMESSpanish-American War camp, 95 acres, named for the Confederate general, was located here. Only U.S. Army camp in the sta...
- HHH-7CONFEDERATE CEMETERYThe remains of 360 Confederates who fell in the Battle of Bentonville lie here. They were moved to this plot from other ...
- I-64CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S HOMEBuilt in 1915 for the widows and daughters of state's Confederate veterans. Closed, 1981. Cemetery 300 yds. W.
- H-41EGYPT COAL MINEOperated at intervals, 1856-1929. Aided the Confederate war effort. Site of explosions, 1895 & 1900. Shaft 2 mi. N.
- H-87JAMES H. YOUNG 1860-1921Colonel of black N.C. regiment in war with Spain; edited Raleigh Gazette; legislator. Home was 25 ft. W.
- G-101JULIAN S. CARR 1845-1924Industrialist & civic leader. Benefactor of Trinity College. Headed United Confederate Veterans. Grave 1/4 mi. S.
- H-33PETTIGREW HOSPITALSite of Confederate hospital, U.S. Army barracks, Confederate Soldiers' Home, 1891-1938.
- E-40W. L. SAUNDERSEditor "Colonial Records of North Carolina," Confederate colonel, N.C. Secretary of State, 1879-91. His grave is four bl...
- H-81W. N. H. SMITHN.C. Chief Justice, 1878-1889; state legislator; U.S. & Confederate Congressman. Home was one blk. W.; grave 3/4 mi. E.
- F-24WM. T. DORTCHConfederate Senator, Speaker State House of Representatives, head of commission to codify State laws, 1883. Home is 1, g...
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- BattleALBEMARLE SOUNDOn May 5, CSS Albemarle fought seven blockading Union ships to a draw at the mouth of the Roanoke River. Federals recapt...
- BattleAVERASBOROUGHOn the afternoon of March 15, Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry came up against Lt. Gen. William Hardee's corps-consisting of ...
- SiteBENNETT PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITECivil War, military history.
- BattleBENTONVILLEWhile Slocum's advance was stalled at Averasborough by Hardee's troops, the right wing of Sherman's army under command o...
- SiteBENTONVILLE BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORIC SITECivil War, military history.
- SiteBRUNSWICK TOWN/FORT ANDERSON STATE HISTORIC SITEColonial history, Civil War, military history, archaeology, naval stores.
- SiteC.S.S. NEUSE/GOVERNOR CASWELL MEMORIALCivil War, military history, naval history.
- BattleFORT ANDERSONLt. Gen. James Longstreet took charge of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina on February 25 and initiated his ...
- BattleFORT FISHER IMaj. Gen. Benjamin Butler was relieved of command of the Army of the James and assigned to lead an amphibious expedition...
- BattleFORT FISHER IIAfter the failure of his December expedition against Fort Fisher, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler was relieved of command. Ma...
- SiteFORT FISHER STATE HISTORIC SITECivil War, military history, naval history.
- BattleFORT MACONIn late March, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's army advanced on Fort Macon, a third system casemated masonry fort that c...
- BattleGOLDSBOROUGH BRIDGEOn December 17, Foster's expedition reached the railroad near Everettsville and began destroying the tracks north toward...
- BattleHATTERAS INLET BATTERIESOn August 26, an amphibious expedition led by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler and Flag-Officer Silas Stringham, embarked from ...
- BattleKINSTONA Union expedition led by Brig. Gen. John G. Foster left New Berne in December to disrupt the Wilmington & Weldon Railro...
- BattleMONROE'S CROSS ROADSAs Sherman's army advanced into North Carolina, Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division screened its left flank. On the evening of...
- BattleNEW BERNEOn March 11, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's command embarked from Roanoke Island to rendezvous with Union gunboats at ...
- BattlePLYMOUTHIn a combined operation with the CSS ram Albemarle, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. R.F. Hoke, attacked the Federal g...
- BattleROANOKE ISLANDOn February 7, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside landed 7,500 men on the southwestern side of Roanoke Island in an amphibio...
- BattleSOUTH MILLSLearning that the Confederates were building ironclads at Norfolk, Burnside planned an expedition to destroy the Dismal ...
- BattleTRANTER'S CREEKOn June 5, Col. Robert Potter, garrison commander at Washington, North Carolina, ordered a reconnaissance in the directi...
- BattleWASHINGTONWhile Longstreet operated against Suffolk, D.H. Hill's column moved against the Federal garrison of Washington, North Ca...
- BattleWHITE HALLOn December 16, Foster's Union troops reached White Hall where Beverly Robertson's brigade was holding the north bank of...
- BattleWILMINGTONWith the fall of Fort Fisher to Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry's and Rear Adm. David Porter's combined operation on January 15, ...
- BattleWYSE FORKSchofield planned to advance inland from Wilmington in February, at the same time assigning Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox to direc...
- SiteZEBULON B. VANCE BIRTHPLACE STATE HISTORIC SITEGovernment, Civil War, Pioneer life, 19th century vernacular architecture, homestead.