North Carolina Civil War Trails
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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 Confederacy's s…
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During the Civil War, Goldsboro(then spelled Goldsborough) wa animportant railroad junction and a vital link in the Confederate supplychain. Here the Atlantic and NorthCarolina Railroad, which ran fromMorehead City to Raleigh, intersectedthe Wilmington and …
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During the summer of 1892, Unionforces firmly controlled easternNorth Carolina, with garrisonsstationed at Plymouth, Washington, New Bern and elsewhere. Federaldetachments raided the countrysideat will, while Confederate authoritiesstruck back with raids of…
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John W. Thomas, who represented this area in the state legislature in the mid-1800s, laid out the town of Thomasville in 1852 on the proposed route of the North Carolina Railroad. Three years later, the line was completed to the new town, and the first trai…
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Near here stood Cottage Home, the farmhouse of the Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, a Presbyterian minister and one of the founders of Davidson College. He and his wife, Mary Graham, had ten children; three of their daughters married men who later become Confeder…
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(preface)The Carolina 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 with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Robert E. Lee…
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(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. Robert E. Le…
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Across the street is the Hale-Williams House, notable for the variety of architectural styles it incorporates as well as for the prominence of its builder, Edward Jones Hale. Hale bought this property in 1847 and constructed the house in the 1850s.
Hale …
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Duncan McLeran constructed this two-story Federal-style dwelling in 1797. In 1820, the property was sold and remodeled to accommodate the Bank of the United States, the first federal bank in North Carolina. The house is named for John Sanford, a cashier the…
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(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. Robert E. Le…