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Wing arrived on Mar. 20 to assure Union victory.
★ Village of Bentonville – Largest Civil War
battle in N.C. raged nearby.
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wartime govenors mansion.
★ State Capitol – Built 1833-40 and occupied by
Union forces in 1865.
★ St. Mary’s School – Founded 1842, site of
large federal campground.
★ Brassfield Station – Served as a common
passage for Confederates retreating and
Federals advancing toward Durham’s Station.
★ Durham’s Station – Primary stop for Union
officers during surrender negotiations at
James Bennett’s farm, and Union Gen. Judson
Kilpatrick established headquarters at the
nearby home of Richard Blacknall.
★ Leigh Farm – Union and Confederate forces
clashed three separate times throughout this
area – the third skirmish being the last combat
of the Civil War.
besieged and bombarded the fort into submission in Mar.–Apr. 1862.
★ Beaufort – Important to both the Union and
Battery Buchanan – Fort Fisher’s surrender
actually took place here.
the Confederacy, especially during the siege of
Fort Macon in 1862.
Leakesville Cotton Mill – Former Gov. John
Motley Morehead’s mill supplied cloth and
tents to Confederacy.
★ Burning of Winton – On Feb. 19, 1862,
became first town destroyed in Civil War.
to eliminate Bogue Sound Blockhouse, a Union
post, during the New Bern expedition.
Scuppernong, burned in June 1862 by Federals,
rest in creek nearby.
★ Hoop Pole Creek – Federal camp and staging
area located here during Ft. Macon siege.
Moratock Iron Furnace – This small ironworks supplied Confederacy until Stoneman’s
cavalry struck in Apr. 1865.
E. Burnside’s forces broke through
Confederate lines here on March 13, 1862.
Roanoke Canal – Helped supply Confederate
armies in N.C. and Va.
defeated a Federal flotilla here on May 5, 1864.
★ Indiantown Creek Bridge – Remains of CSS
★ Carolina City – Union forces occupied this
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Trestle
– “Lifeline of the Confederacy” extended to
Petersburg, Va., to supply Lee’s army.
★ Battle of Albemarle Sound – CSS Albemarle
★ Hammocks Beach State Park – Pickett had
Piedmont Railroad – It served as a vital
Confederate supply line and as an escape route
for Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Fort Branch – Guarded railroad supply route
to Va.; Confederates evacuated Apr. 10, 1865.
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★ Fort Macon State Park – Union forces
Fort Fisher – “Gibraltar of the South” finally
fell to Union forces on Jan. 15, 1865.
Fort Anderson – Helped protect Wilmington
and blockade runners.
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reviews held here on Apr. 4 and 7, 1865.
Carolina Beach State Park
Tryon
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Cat Hole of the Neuse
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Sherman’s Lift Wing here, Mar. 19, 1865.
★ Mitchener Station – Last Confederate army
Point Harbor – Vital Confederate supply
point for Roanoke Island.
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★ Bentonville Battlefield – Johnston attacked
Sherman announced Lee’s surrender from
courthouse steps.
Kenansville – Confederate States Armory
here supplied weapons to the army, but Union
raiders burned it in 1864.
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Left Wing marched by this place en route to
Bentonville.
★ Union Occupation of Smithfield –
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Knotts Island – Site of an important
Confederate salt works.
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★ Union Route to Bentonville – Sherman’s
– Here Johnston concentrated his army before
and after Bentonville.
camped here while he and Sherman negotiated
surrender.
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Wing passed here after battle; some pursued
Hardee’s Confederates.
★ Hastings House/Johnston’s Headquarters
★ The Last Encampment – Johnston’s army
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★ Departing Averasboro – Sherman’s Left
Goldsboro to Smithfield on which part of Union
X Corps marched.
89,000 Confederates in four states.
Goldsboro – Major Confederate railroad,
supply, and hospital center.
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Line – Gen. William J. Hardee’s men stopped
Union advance here, then retreated.
★ Federal Line of March – Road from
★ Bennett Place – Here Johnston surrendered
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Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal – Both
Confederates and Federals used the canal to
transport essential supplies.
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★ Averasboro, Third Confederate Defensive
Confederate Gen. Johnston’s army before and
after Battle of Bentonville.
during the surrender negotiations at James
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passed here en route to Averasboro.
★ Confederate Line of March – Road used by
★ West Point – Union cavalrymen camped here
New Bern
Academy Hospital
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★ Old Bluff Church – Sherman’s Left Wing
rear guard action sparked heroics by 26th
Illinois Infantry.
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Historic Site
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Wilmington
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Smith-McDowell House
National, State or County Park
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Coastal Expeditions Site
housed Union troops in March 1865.
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Fort Hamby
Confederate Lifeline Site
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Carolinas Campaign Site
rear guard action here during evacuation on
March 11, 1865.
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★ Edward Hale House – Edward Jones Hale,
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the destruction of the Fayetteville Armory is
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surrender of Federal troops occurred here during Hoke’s attack.
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House Museum
New Bern
John Wright Stanly House
Jones House
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Historic Site
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Last Mass Union Capture
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Bentonville Battlefield
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Festival Park
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Duke
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Burlington
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Kittrell Confederate
Cemetery
Hillsborough West Historic
Stagville
Point
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Historical
Museum
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Wingfield
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Hall
House
Rowan County Courthouse
Salisbury
C.S.Military
Prison
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Historic Halifax
CSS Albemarle
Currituck Beach
Lighthouse
Indiantown Albemarle &
Creek Bridge Chesapeake Canal
Battle of Elizabeth City
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Battle of Boone’s Mill
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Brassfield Station
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Reidsville
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State
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Wentworth
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Roanoke Canal
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Law Office
Hanging Rock
State Park
Moratock Iron
Furnace
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Mackay Island
National Wildlife Refuge
Dismal Swamp Canal
Welcome Center
Moyock
Dismal Swamp
National Wildlife
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Currituck County
Refuge
Courthouse
Battle of
South Mills
Henry Shaw
House
Maple
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Leaksville Cotton Mill
Annie Eliza
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Johns
Wentworth
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Durham’s Station
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NC Museum
of History
St. Mary’s School
Eden
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Oakwood
Cemetery
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center of Confederate activity in Mar. 1862.
★ New Bern Battlefield – Union Gen. Ambrose
★ Battle of Plymouth – Last major Confederate
victory of war, Apr. 1864.
★ CSS Albemarle – Gunboat first saw action
during Battle of Plymouth.
★ Cushing’s Torpedo – U.S. Navy hero sank
Albemarle here, Oct. 1864.
★ Battle of South Mills – In Apr. 1862,
Confederates defended the Dismal Swamp
Canal here.
★ Battle of Elizabeth City – Federal gunboats
demolished Confederate Mosquito Fleet here
on Feb. 10, 1862.
★ Freedmen’s Colony – Slaves escaping the
mainland flocked to the protection of the
Federal army.
Engagement at Whitehall – Foster fought
sharp artillery action here in Dec. 1862.
• Cat Hole of the Neuse – Construction of
• Fort Hamby – U.S. and C.S. deserters here
Mount Olive – Foster’s cavalry burned train
depot here.
• CSS Neuse Historic Site – Saga of this
vessel told here.
Battle of Goldsboro Bridge – Foster burned
bridge, but Confederates soon rebuilt it.
• Annie Eliza Johns – Local nurse called
“Florence Nightingale of the South.”
• Cross Creek Cemetery – Confederate dead
buried in mass grave here after U.S. Army left
town in March 1865.
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• Newport Barracks – Confederates briefly
held this Federal complex during Gen. George
E. Pickett’s Jan. 1864 attempt to recapture
New Bern.
• Attmore-Oliver House – Story of Oliver family exemplifies North Carolinians’ sacrifices.
FOSTER’S RAID
Union Attack at Southwest Creek – Here
Union Gen. John G. Foster, en route to burn
Goldsboro bridge in Dec. 1862, encountered
Confederates near Kinston.
Confederate Line of Defense – Confederate
Gen. Nathan G. Evans saw his left flank crumble here.
Confederate Retreat – Evans’ troops
retreated across a burning bridge, and Federals
occupied Kinston.
• John Wright Stanly House – Burnside’s
headquarters, and later a hospital.
• Jones House – Became a Federal jail for
Confederate sympathizers after the Battle of
New Bern.
• New Bern Academy Hospital – This school
became a major U.S. military hospital.
• Union Point Park – Confederates burned
supplies and warehouses here as they evacuated on Mar. 14, 1862.
CSS Neuse completed here.
• Scales Law Office – Confederate general and
future N.C. governor practiced law here.
• Wentworth Cemetery – Locally prominent
Confederate veterans buried here.
• Wentworth – Several residents of courthouse
village served as Confederate officers.
• Rowan County Courthouse – Salisbury
courthouse survived Stoneman’s Raid in 1865.
• C.S. Military Prison – Huge number of U.S.
soldiers held here after Oct. 1864.
• Hall House – Dr. Josephus W. Hall, surgeon at
C.S. Military Prison, lived here.
• Vance Birthplace – Wartime N.C. governor
Zebulon B. Vance born here.
• Smith-McDowell House – Oldest surviving
house in Asheville. Later owned by C.S. Maj.
William W. McDowell.
raided local farms in 1865.
• Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry
Parade Ground – Infantry organized here in
1793; during Civil War, members served in
many other units.
• Ausbon House – A Confederate sniper held
out here until killed during a raid on Union
forces in Dec. 1862.
• Fort Compher Battlefield – Confederates
broke through Union defenses here to capture
Plymouth in Apr. 1864.
• Somerset Place – Antebellum plantation life
and slavery are interpreted here.
• Historic Stagville – Antebellum plantation
life and slavery are interpreted here.
• Duke Homestead – Brightleaf tobacco,
confiscated and distributed by soldiers, led to
a manufacturing and marketing revolution
that helped rejuvenate the South.
• N.C. Museum of History – Many aspects of
• Thomasville – Became a Confederate hospital
• Siege of Washington – Confederate Gen.
• Thomasville City Cemetery – Perhaps only
cemetery in the country where U.S. and C.S.
soldiers are buried side by side.
N.C. history, including the Civil War, are presented here.
Daniel H. Hill besieged Federal forces here,
Mar.–Apr. 1862.
• USS Picket – Federals repulsed Sept. 1862
Confederate attack after gunboat exploded.
• Oakdale Cemetery – Noted local burial
ground for Confederate soldiers.
• Asa Biggs House – Home of N.C. politician
and judge under U.S. and C.S. governments.
center in 1865.
• Col. Henry M. Shaw House – Physician,
then Col. of 8th N.C. Infantry, surrendered
Roanoke Island in 1862 and was killed at New
Bern in 1864.
• Currituck County Courthouse – Occupied
by Federals to supply blockade, and site of
unusual Civil War monument.
• Wingfield – Fort here was N.C. Unionist
• Maple – Community named for USS Maple Leaf,
• Outfitting Gunboat CSS Albemarle –
• Moyock – A center for civilian trade with
headquarters.
Construction of ironclad gunboat, which sank
29 Federal vessels, completed here.
• Battle of Boone’s Mill (Jackson) –
Confederate Gen. Matt W. Ransom’s men held
off Union Col. Samuel P. Spear’s cavalrymen on
a railroad raid on July 28, 1863.
• Monument to Union Colored Soldiers – A
rare monument in South to U.S. Colored
Troops stands in Hertford.
a transport captured by Confederates in 1863.
Norfolk, Va., under Federal oversight.
• Oakwood Cemetery – Burial ground for
more than 28,000 Confederate soldiers.
• Kittrell Confederate Cemetery –
52 Confederate soldiers buried here who died
at the Kittrell Springs Hotel.
• Murfreesboro – Homefront experience during
the war.