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On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with southern troops at Shallow Ford, April 11, 1865.
Used in the Revolution. Greene's Army camped there after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 1781. Washington visited, 1791. Site is 1 1/2 mile north.
Armies of Greene and Cornwallis engaged in pivotal battle here on March 15, 1781. Site now U.S. military park.
Location: SR 1801 (Ross West Road) north of Godwin
County: Cumberland
Original Date Cast: 1961
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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 Fayetteville
County: Cumberland
Original Date Cast: 1962
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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.
The brigade of Colonel A. M. Rhett was repulsed 300 yds. W. on March 16, 1865, by Union troops under Col. Henry Case.
Prior to the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, forces of Gen. James Moore, Whig commander, camped, Feb. 15-21, 1776, 1 1/2 miles northeast.
Patriot militia defeated Loyalist troops, driving them into the Tory Hole, 50 yards north, in 1781.
Location: I-95 (southbound) at rest area near Selma
County: Johnston
Original Date Cast: 1962
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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.
Farquhard Smith's home was used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865.