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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13KS_the-original-chimney-of-the-bennett-house_Durham-NC.html
The original Bennett House, which burned on October 12, 1921, faced east on the old Hillsboro Road; the road ran in 1865 as now, south of the building. The structure consisted of one room downstairs and a small room over it; in the former Generals…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13KO_meeting-of-the-generals_Durham-NC.html
On April 17, 1865, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston met on this section of the Raleigh to Hillsboro Road at the home of James and Nancy Bennett to negotiate a peace settlement to end the war. Staff officers, tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUHR_west-point-truce-line_Durham-NC.html
(Preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the "March to the Sea." Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHG_north-carolina-central-university_Durham-NC.html
Founded 1910 by James E. Shepard for Negroes. State liberal arts college, 1925-1969. Now a regional university.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHE_bull-city-blues_Durham-NC.html
During the 1920s - 1940s, Durham was home to African American musicians whose work defined a distinctive regional style. Blues artists often played in the surrounding Hayti community and downtown tobacco warehouse district. Prominent among these w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHC_john-merrick_Durham-NC.html
Black business leader. In 1898 he founded what is now N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company. His grave is 85 yds. N.W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPB9_duke-homestead_Durham-NC.html
When North Carolina became the last state to secede from the Union in May 1861, Washington Duke's small farm and homestead here consisted of more than 300 acres. He grew typical crops such as corn, wheat, oats, and sweet potatoes, and had raised c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPB6_north-carolina_Durham-NC.html
North Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids and the Confe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMP8_last-shots_Chapel-Hill-NC.html
(Preface): ? The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the "March to the Sea." Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKI5_duke-homestead_Durham-NC.html
Birthplace of J. B. and B. N. Duke, tobacco and hydroelectric magnates, philanthropists (Duke University, the Duke Endowment), is 1 mi. S.W.