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Armies of Greene and Cornwallis engaged in pivotal battle here on March 15, 1781. Site now U.S. military park.
Educator, minister, & orator for Patriot cause. His "Log College," a classical academy, stood 2 1/2 miles northwest.
William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, short story writer, lived in a house which stood near here.
Location: SR 1801 (Ross West Road) north of GodwinCounty: CumberlandOriginal Date Cast: 1961(Large rectangular marker with map; full text follows)You are standing near the center of the first phase of fighting in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865.
Location: I-95 (northbound) at rest area near FayettevilleCounty: CumberlandOriginal Date Cast: 1962(Large rectangular marker, full text follows)At Bentonville, General William T. Sherman’s Union army, advancing from Fayetteville toward Goldsboro, met and battled the Confederate army of General Joseph E. Johnston. General Robert E. Lee had directed the Confederates to make a stand in North Carolina to prevent Sherman from joining General U. S. Grant in front of Lee’s army at Petersburg, Virginia.
State recognized in 1971. Settled on Great Coharie River in the mid 1700's. Allies of Tuscarora and Neusiok Indian Tribes. Tribal center is here.
Opened here in 1943 to provide a high school education to Indian youth of 7 counties in eastern N.C. It closed in 1965.
State recognized in 1885. People of the Dark Water. They continue to thrive along the river, their tribal namesake, in a four-county territory.
Religious & political site, nearby. Built 1100-1500 C.E. by American Indian people. In 1974 Indians contested and halted its excavation.
In 1951 superintendent Mildred Poole integrated Post School 2 miles N.E. three years before U.S. Supreme Court mandate.