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HARPER HOUSE RD
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Boydton(Boyd Tavern)
Halifax Court House
Emporia(Village View Manor)
FranklinCourtland
(Mahone’s Tavern) BackwaterLine
Thomaston
Riddick’sFolly
Siege ofSuffolk
Village ofDeep Creek
DismalSwamp
Canal
Glencoe
Village ofGreat Bridge
Pleasant GroveBaptist Church
Cemetery
Seven PatriotHeroes
Gabriel Chapel &Cuffeytown Cemetery
Danville(Multiple Sites)
Laurel Hill(J.E.B. Stuart
Birthplace)
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211
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101
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Rocky FordEngagement
Intercoasta l W a te r w a y
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Fort Fisher
FortAnderson
Bald HeadIsland
Carolina BeachState Park
Battery BuchananFreeFerry
FAYETTEVILLE
DepartingAverasboro
Old BluffChurch
Route toBentonville
MitchenerStation
Dunn
AverasboroBattlefield Museum
C.S. 3rd Line
Lumberton
Rockingham
GREENSBORO
WINSTON-SALEM
CHARLOTTE
HistoricalMuseum
C.S.MilitaryPrison
Hall HouseRowan County Courthouse
PiedmontRailroad
Cemetery
Thomasville
High Point
Concord
Kannapolis
Asheboro
Burlington(Multiple Sites)
Salisbury
RALEIGH
DURHAMBennett
Place
The LastEncampment
PiedmontRailroad
Leaksville Cotton Mill
ScalesLaw Office
BelewsLake
Hanging RockState Park
WentworthCemetery
LeighFarm
WestPoint
BrassfieldStation
Durham’sStation
Garner
Annie ElizaJohns
MadisonWentworth
Eden
Chapel Hill
Hillsborough
Reidsville
DukeHomestead
HistoricStagville
Wyse Fork
CSS NeuseHistoric Site
Battle ofGoldsboro Bridge
ConfederateLine of DefenseEngagement
at Whitehall
Last Mass Union Capture
Union Attackat Southwest Creek
RoanokeCanal
Museum
Wilmington & Weldon RR
HastingsHouse
C.S. Lineof March
KittrellConfederate
Cemetery
LouisburgCollege
MountOlive
Confederate Retreat
Clayton
Smithfield
RoanokeRapids
Weldon
Historic HalifaxCSS Albemarle
Jackson
RockyMount
Wilson
Confederate Military Hospital No. 2
Greenville(Multiple Sites)
GoldsboroWayne County Museum
Henderson
Kinston
Battle ofSouth Mills
Battle of Elizabeth CityMuseum of the Albemarle
(Multiple Sites)
Burningof Winton
Dismal SwampNational Wildlife
Refuge
Hertford(USCT Monument)
Battle of Boone’s Mill Winton
Oakdale Cemetery
Siege of Washington
Washington
Asa Biggs HousePlymouth
Fort Branch
Roanoke RiverNWR
Edenton(Battle of Albemarle Sound)
Phelps Lake
Lake Mattamuskeet NWR
AlligatorLake
Columbia
Somerset Place
Creswell
Huggins Island Batteryat Hammocks Beach State Park
JacksonvilleCushing’s New River Raid
Cape Lookout Lighthouse
CroatanNationalForest
Fort MaconState Park
Free Ferry
CarolinaCity
BeaufortHoop Pole
Creek
NewportBarracks
Bogue SoundBlock House
Morehead City
Havelock
Attmore-OliverHouse Museum New Bern
Academy Hospital
UnionPoint Park
New BernBattlefield
John Wright Stanly HouseJones House
New Bern
OcracokeLighthouse
Cape HatterasLighthouse
Toll Ferry
Toll Ferry
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
NAGS HEAD
Freedmen’sColony
Roanoke IslandFestival Park
Bodie IslandLighthouse
Jockey’s RidgeState Park
RoanokeIsland
CurrituckBeachLighthouse
Mackay IslandNational Wildlife Refuge
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USS Picket
Laurel Hill
Point Harbor
Albemarle &Chesapeake Canal
Maple
Currituck CountyCourthouse
Indiantown Creek Bridge
Henry ShawHouse
Knotts IslandMoyock
Merging of the Armies
Village ofBentonville
U.S. Lineof March
Wingfield
Cary
Hatteras(Graveyard of theAtlantic Museum)
Cape
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JordanLake
HarrisLake
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Murfreesboro(Roberts-
Vaughn House)
ASHEVILLE
StatesvilleIredell Co. Court House
Hickory
NewtonMarion
Rutherfordton
Lenoir(St. James Church)
Boone
FortHamby
Smith-McDowell
House
VanceBirthplace
BethelChurch
Laurinburg
Wagram
Laurel HillChurch
MurdochMorrison
Gun Factory
Stewart-Hawley-Malloy House
Chimney Rock Village(Hickory Nut Gorge)
Old Fort(Swannanoa Gap)
Carson House
Forks RoadEngagementat CameronArt Museum
Fort Johnston
Roanoke Canal
DanRiver
MountAiry
Rockford(York Tavern)
Patterson Mill
Morganton(Burke CountyCourthouse)
Lowesville
Cottage Home
Burnsville(John McElroy House)
Canton(Locust Field Cemetery)
Marshall(Col. Allen House)
Mars HillCollege
Hot SpringsWarm Springs Hotel
Lincolnton
Cheraw
Stall’s Battery
Siloam(ReevesHomeplace)
Grifton
WillowDale
Cemetery
Hospitals
Pisgah National Forest
Pisgah National Forest
Pisgah National Forest
WILMINGTON
Martinsville
Jefferson DavisEncampment
Davidson Co.Courthouse
Homestead
CedarIslandNWR
SwanquarterNWR
PeaIslandNWR
AlligatorRiverNWR
PocosinLakesNWR
Currituck NWR
TrantersCreek
Williamston
LakeWylie
LakeNorman
Cat Hole
GrimsleyChurch
Hookerton
ScuffletonBridge
St. John’sChurch
BlackJack
Falkland
Princeville
Tarboro
Blount-Bridges
House
Edgecombe Cemetery
REEM
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Falls Lake
HANRAHAN RD
SISK
CULB
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DUNNRD
OLD WIRE RD
BL UERID
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A P PALAC HIAN TR AIL
P A M L I C OR I V E R
Lexington
Jonesville
Elkin
Richmond Hill
Yadkinville
Bond SchoolHouse
WindsorCrossroads
Raiding Old SalemMuseum &
GardensHuntsville
CranberryIron Mine
BlalockFamily
BannerElk
Brevard
Allison-DeaverHouse
Columbus(Polk CountyCourthouse)
Green RiverPlantation
Mocksville
MoodyTavern
Trinity
St. John’sChurch
Mt Pleasant
Monroe
Waxhaw
Skirmish atWilson’s Store
Sanford
Warsaw(VeteransMemorialMuseum)
Burgaw
Ayden(Hancock &Rose HillChurches)
Farmville(May Museum)
Windsor
PettigrewState ParkSnow Camp
(Multiple Sites)
OccaneechiIn Service
Regulators’Field
Holt’s Mill
RuffinMills
Hardee’sColumn
Hannah’sCreek
BentonvilleBattlefield
RACETRACKRD
RD
Gatesville
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Morrisville
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Wilkesboro
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JEFFERSON ST
WASHINGTON ST
ADAMS ST
MAIN ST
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Battle of Plymouth(Port o’ PlymouthMuseum)
CSS Albemarle
Cushing’sTorpedo
AusbonHouse
Fort CompherBattlefield
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CORNWALLIS RD
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LeighFarm
BrassfieldStation
Durham’s Station
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD
HARGETT ST
MARTIN ST
DAVIE ST
CABARRUS ST
LENOIR ST
EDENTON ST
JONES ST
LANE ST
OAKWOOD AVE
POLK ST
NEW BERN AVEHILLSBOROUGH ST
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OakwoodCemetery
StateCapitol
Vance’s Governor’s Mansion
St. Mary’s School
NC Museumof History
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ASHEVILLESmith-McDowell
House
VanceBirthplace
Franklin(Dixie Hall)
Canton(Locust Field Cemetery)
Mars HillCollege
Hot Springs(Warm Springs Hotel)
Macon Co.HistoricalMuseum
Thomas’s Legion
BattleHouse
GreenhillCemetery
WaynesvilleEngagement
Maggie Valley(Kirk’s Raid)
Robbinsville(Civil War in
Graham County)
Cashiers(Zachary-Tolbert
House)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Nantahala National Forest
Pisgah National Forest
BL U E
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A PPALACHIAN TRAIL
REEM
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CHEROHALA SKYWAY
Marshall(Col. Allen House)
Brevard
Allison-DeaverHouse
MARKET ST
CHESTNUT ST
GRACE ST
PRINCESS ST
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3RD
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16TH
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WOOSTER ST.
DAWSON ST.
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WilmingtonRailroadMuseum
BellamyMansion Cape Fear
Museum
OakdaleCemetery
WilmingtonNationalCemetery
ToFort Fisher
ToCameron
Art Museum
NEW ST
BROAD ST
POLLOCK ST
SOUTH FRONT ST
BERN
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GEORGE ST
JOHNSON ST
MET
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ST
QUEEN ST
CHARGE ST
LINDEN ST
John WrightStanly House
Union Point Park
JonesHouse
New BernAcademy Hospital
New BernBattlefield(4 miles)
TryonPalace
Attmore-OliverHouse
NationalCemetery(1 mile)
GreenwoodCemetery
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ConfederateLine of Defense
Wyse Fork
Cat Hole of the Neuse
CSS NeuseHistoric Site
Union Attackat Southwest Creek
ConfederateRetreat
Last MassUnion Capture
Stall’sBattery
Harriet’sChapel
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KINSTONNEW BERN
DURHAM
WILMINGTON
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LAMON STROWAN ST
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ORANGE ST
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Edward Hale House(At WWII Memorial) Cross Creek
Cemetery
SandfordHouse
MarketHouse
FayettevilleIndependent LightInfantry ParadeGrounds
Museumof the
Cape Fear
ClarendonBridge
FAYETTEVILLE
RALEIGH
“The mountains of Western North Carolinawould be the center of the Confederacy; we shall then have one of the most prosper-ous countries in the world. It will becomeconnected with every part of the South by railroad. It will then become the centerof manufacturing for the Southern market[and] the place where the southern peoplewill spend their money, educate their children, and very probably make laws for the nation.”
William H. Thomas to his wife, June 17, 1861
Civil War Trails Site
Carolinas Campaign Driving Route
State or National Forest
Information or Welcome Center
Mileage Scale
0 5 10 15 20
CSS Albemarle
Cherokee Indian Chuttahsotee’s rifle, Thomas’s LegionCourtesy Macon County Historical Museum
Smith-McDowellHouse
CampClingman
BatteryPorter Enslavement
GeorgeAvery
RiversideCemetery
ConfederatePrison
Battle ofAsheville
USCT
“Battle of Bentonville,” Harper’s Weekly
Market House and square in Fayetteville, late 19th century. Courtesy North Carolina State Archive
General Benjamin F. Butler
Sergeant Powhatan Beaty, 5th U.S.C.T. Beaty’s regiment fought at the Forks Roadengagement on Feb. 20-21, 1865, againstthe last Confederate stand before the
Federals captured Wilmington on Feb. 22.
“The importance of the point [Hatteras] cannot be overrated. … From there the wholecoast of Virginia and North Carolina …
is within our reach. … From it offensive oper-ations may be made upon the whole coast of North Carolina … extending many milesinland. … In the language of … an official report, ‘it is the key of the Albemarle.’”
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U.S. Army, Aug. 30, 1861
PLYMOUTH
Colonel William H. ThomasCourtesy North Carolina
Office of Archives and History
Confederate States Armory sword guardcast in letters CSA, Confederate StatesArmory, Kenansville, North CarolinaCourtesy Liberty Hall, Kenansville, N.C.
Remains of the Ironclad CSS Neuse, CSS Neuse Historic Site, Kinston
Lantern recoveredfron the USS Monitor,Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.Courtesy NOAA
Birds-eye view of the C.S. Military Prison, lithograph by C.A. Kraus in 1886, Salisbury, N.C.
ASHEVILLE
1863 186518611862 1864
From the beginning of the CivilWar until its end, the proximity of the national capitals—Wash-ington, D.C., and Richmond, Vir-
ginia—made the Eastern Seaboard a cen-ter of military activity. Union blood wasfirst shed in the Baltimore Riots of April19, 1861, and some of the last Confederatecasualties of the war fell in North Caroli-na four years later. The tides of war sweptover Maryland, Virginia, and North Car-olina again and again.
Confederate President JeffersonDavis directed a defensive war at first.When U.S. forces marched into northernVirginia in July 1861, the result was astunning Confederate victory at ManassasJunction. The Federals fared better alongthe northeastern coast of North Carolina,where Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside defeatedConfederate gunboats and land forces.
Gen. George B. McClellan led a mas-sive U.S. army up the Peninsula againstRichmond in the spring of 1862, but Con-federate Gen. Robert E. Lee repulsed itnear the city limits in the Seven Days’Battles in June. In the Shenandoah Valley,meanwhile, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall”Jackson defeated several Union armiesbefore joining Lee at Richmond. Together,
the generals marched north and bested Gen.John Pope’s force at the Second Battle of Manas-sas in August. Lee then invaded western Mary-land to rally support, supply his army, and gainforeign recognition for the Confederacy. Hishopes were dashed at Antietam Creek on Sep-tember 17, 1862, the bloodiest day in Americanhistory, and he retreated to Virginia.
President Abraham Lincoln soon issued theEmancipation Proclamation, making the conflicta war for freedom as well as for the preservationof the Union. Freedmen and escaped slavesthroughout the East flocked to the Union colorsand joined regiments of United States ColoredTroops (USCTs).
In 1863, after Lee’s victory at Chancel-lorsville in May and the death of Jackson, Leemarched north again through Maryland andinto Pennsylvania. When he confronted UnionGen. George G. Meade’s army at Gettysburg, theConfederate tide was turned back again. NorthCarolinians, meanwhile, experienced both con-ventional and unconventional warfare. Near thecoast, Federal expeditions disrupted Confeder-ate supply lines, temporarily disabled railroads,and destroyed manufacturing centers. In thewestern mountains, neighbor fought neighboras Unionists and Confederates conducted abloody “war within a war.”
Union commander-in-chief Gen. Ulysses S.Grant launched simultaneous attacks in thespring of 1864 against the Confederatesthroughout the South. He accompanied Meade’sarmy in Virginia during the Overland Cam-paign, maneuvered Lee ever closer to Richmond,and finally besieged him there and at Peters-burg. A succession of Federal commanderspressed Confederate forces in the ShenandoahValley and laid waste to the “Breadbasket of theConfederacy.” Gen. Philip H. Sheridan eventual-ly swept the Shenandoah clear of Confederatesunder Gen. Jubal A. Early. In southwestern Vir-ginia, eastern Tennessee, and western NorthCarolina, Union cavalry raided salt works andrailroads. Gen. William T. Sherman, in the Deep
May 1–3 Battle of Chancellorsville, Va.
May 10 Death of Stonewall Jackson, Va.
June 9 Battle of Brandy Station, Va.
June 10–July 14 Gettysburg Campaign, Va., Md., Pa.
July 1–3 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.
October 14 Battle of Bristoe Station, Va.
THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS WAR WITHIN THE WAR� � � � � � � �
September 29 Battle of Chaffin’s Farm and New Market Heights, Va.June 15 Siege of Petersburg begins, Va.
June 22–30 Wilson-Kautz Raid, Va.
April 1 Battle of Five Forks, Va.
April 2–3 Fall of Petersburg and Richmond, Va., Lee’s Retreat Begins, Va.
March 24–April 26 Stoneman’s Raid, Va. and N.C.
April 9 Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House, Va.
April 10 Last Confederate Cabinet Meeting, Danville, Va.
April 14 John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, flees through Southern Maryland
April 26 Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders near Durham, N.C.
April 26 John Wilkes Booth killed near Port Royal, Va.
January 15 Surrender of Fort Fisher, N.C.
February 1–April 26 Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign, S.C. and N.C.
March 19–21 Battle of Bentonville, N.C.
July 18–23 Potter’s Raid, N.C.
January 11–March 14 Burnside Expedition, N.C.
February 8 Battle of Roanoke Island, N.C.
March 14 Battle of New Bern, N.C.
March 9 Battle of Hampton Roads (Monitor vs. Virginia), Va.
March 23–June 9 Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Va.
April 4–June 25 Peninsula Campaign, Va.
June 26–July 1 Seven Days’ Battles, Va.
August 28–30 Second Battle of Manassas, Va.
September 4–19 Antietam Campaign, Va., Md., W.Va.
September 14 Battle of South Mountain, Md.
September 17 Battle of Antietam, Md.
April 12 Shots fired at Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C.
April 15 President Abraham Lincoln calls for volunteers to suppress “insurrection”
April 17 Virginia secedes
April 19 Baltimore Riots
May 21 North Carolina secedes
June 10 Battle of Big Bethel, Va.
July 21 First Battle of Manassas, Va.
October 21 Battle of Ball’s Bluff, Va.
December 13 Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
December 11–18 Foster’s Raid, N.C.
The Market House, Fayetteville Photo: John S. Salmon
May 8–19 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va.
May 31–June 12 Battle of Cold Harbor, Va.
May 5–6 Battle of the Wilderness, Va.
May 4–June 20 Overland Campaign, Va.
May 15 Battle of New Market, Va.
May 26–June 21 Hunter’s Raid, Va.
May 2–October 19 Shenandoah Valley Campaigns, Va.
September 19 Third Battle of Winchester, Va.
October 19 Battle of Cedar Creek, Va.
October 27 Cushing Torpedoes CSS Albermarle, N.C.
Enjoy the scenic and historic countryside throughout North Carolina.
THE CIVIL WAR REVISITED� � � � � � � �
Fort Macon, in Carteret Co., surrendered to Union forceson April 26, 1862.
Rocky FordEngagement
CHARLOTTE
Salisbury(Multiple Sites)
ASHEVILLE
StatesvilleHickory
Morganton
Marion
Rutherfordton
Lenoir(St. James Church)
Boone FortHamby
Smith-McDowell
House
VanceBirthplace
Chimney Rock Village(Hickory Nut Gorge)
Old Fort(Swannanoa Gap)
CarsonHouse
Marshall(Col. Allen House)
Rockford
Patterson Mill
CottageHome
Burnsville(John McElroy House)
Canton(Locust FieldCemetery)
Mars HillCollege
Hot Springs(Warm Springs Hotel)
Waynesville(Multiple Sites)
Lincolnton
Siloam
T E N N E S S E E
S O U T H C A R O L I N A
Hendersonville
Taylorsville
Wilkesboro
Concord
Mt Pleasant
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CranberryIron Mine
BlalockFamily
BannerElk
Columbus(Polk CountyCourthouse)
Green RiverPlantation
Allison-DeaverHouse
MountAiry
Lowesville
Jonesville Richmond Hill
Yadkinville
Bond SchoolHouse
WindsorCrossroads Raiding
Huntsville
Mocksville
St. John’sChurch
FAYETTEVILLE(Multiple Sites)
DepartingAverasboro
Old BluffChurch
Route toBentonville
MitchenerStation
DunnAverasboroBattlefield Museum
C.S. 3rd Line
RALEIGH(Multiple Sites)
DURHAMBennett Place
The LastEncampment
Leigh Farm
WestPoint
BrassfieldStation
Durham’s Station
Hillsborough
DukeHomestead
HastingsHouse
C.S. Lineof March
Smithfield
BentonvilleBattlefield
LaurelHill
Hannah’s Creek
Merging ofthe Armies
Village ofBentonville
U.S. Lineof March
BethelChurch
Laurinburg
Wagram
Laurel Hill Church
MurdochMorrison
GunFactory
Stewart-Hawley-Malloy House
ToKinston
Cheraw
Clayton
Burlington
Holt’s Mill
Ruffin Mills
Hardee’sColumn
Morrisville
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Kenansville
ConfederateStates Armory
Wyse ForkEngagementat Whitehall Union Attack
at Southwest Creek
Roanoke CanalMuseum
Wilmington & Weldon RR
MountOlive
Historic HalifaxCSS Albemarle
Greenville
Battle ofSouth Mills
Battle of Elizabeth CityMuseum of the Albemarle
Winton
Hertford(USCT Monument)
Jackson(Battle of Boone’s Mill)
Washington(Multiple Sites)
Williamston(Asa Biggs House)
Plymouth(Multiple Sites)
FortBranch
Edenton(Battle of Albemarle Sound)
Huggins Island Batteryat Hammocks Beach SP
Jacksonville(Cushing’s New
River Raid)
Fort MaconState Park
Carolina City
BeaufortHoop Pole
Creek
NewportBarracksBogue Sound
Block House
Freedmen’sColony
Point Harbor
Albemarle &Chesapeake Canal
MapleCurrituck County CH
IndiantownCreek Bridge
HenryShaw
House
Knotts IslandMoyock
Wingfield
Hatteras(Graveyard
of the AtlanticMuseum)
Murfreesboro(Roberts-Vaughn House)Roanoke Canal
TrantersCreek
GrimsleyChurch
Hookerton
ScuffletonBridge
St. John’sChurch
BlackJack
Falkland
PrincevilleTarboro
(Multiple Sites)Roanoke
IslandFestival
Park
ToWilmington
New Bern(Multiple Sites)
Kinston(Multiple Sites)
Goldsboro(Multiple Sites)
Rocky Mount
Gatesville
Farmville
Wilson
Ayden
Warsaw
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Confederate Military Hospital No. 2
STONEMAN’S RAID
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. GeorgeStoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Ten-
nessee into western North Carolina and south-western Virginia to disrupt the Confederatesupply line by destroying sections of the Vir-ginia and Tennessee Railroad, the North Car-olina Railroad, and the Piedmont Railroad. He also sought to liberate Union prisoners-of-war held in Salisbury and hoped to deprivethe Confederate armies of supplies, cut offavenues of retreat, and encourage Unionists in western and central North Carolina.
Stoneman struck at Boone on March 28,then divided his force and sent part into Vir-ginia on April 2; it returned to North Carolinaa week later. On April 12, the Federals occu-pied Salisbury and burned the already aban-doned prison, as well as public buildings,industrial structures, and supply depots.Stoneman moved west the next day, dividinghis command again in the face of limitedresistance. Other than a fight at SwannanoaGap, Stoneman and his cavalrymen encoun-tered only bushwhackers and isolated groupsof Confederate soldiers.
Stoneman’s forces approached Ashevilleon April 23, negotiated a truce, and rodethrough the streets on April 26, while Con -federate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surren-dered to Union Gen. William T. Sherman nearDurham. Two days later, part of Stoneman’sforce returned to Asheville to loot. Otherelements either continued to Tennessee orjoined the pursuit of Confederate PresidentJefferson Davis into Georgia. Stoneman’sRaid had ended.
CAROLINAS CAMPAIGN
On December 21, 1864, Union Gen. WilliamT. Sherman completed his “March to the
Sea”and captured Savannah, Georgia. He soonheaded north through the Carolinas, planningultimately to link his army with those thatUnion general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant accom-panied in Virginia.
Sherman marched into South Carolinaon February 1, 1865. Confederate Gen. JosephE. Johnston concentrated his forces in centralNorth Carolina. Sherman divided his armyinto left and right wings and entered the TarHeel State early in March. Union Gen. John M.Schofield’s troops, en route to Goldsboro fromWilmington, repulsed Confederate Gen. Brax-ton Bragg’s forces at Wyse Fork near Kinstonon March 8–10.
Sherman occupied Fayetteville the nextday, then marched north. On March 16, Con-federate Gen. William J. Hardee delayed Sher-man’s left wing near Averasboro. Johnstonattacked Sherman three days later at Ben-tonville, where the Confederates at first routedthe lead Federal division. The twoUnionwingsthen merged and almost severed Johnston’sline of retreat on March 21. He withdrewtoward Smithfield that night, and Shermanreached Goldsboro and Schofield on March 23.
Sherman advanced toward Raleigh onApril 10, while Johnston retreated to Greens-boro. Learning of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s April 9surrender at Appomattox Court House, theycame to terms on April 26 at Bennett Placenear Durham after much negotiation. John-ston surrendered almost 90,000 Confederatetroops in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
RAIDS AGAINST THE LIFELINE
North Carolina’s factories supplied Con -federate armies with shoes, clothing,
weapons, and other necessities during thewar. In addition, ships loaded with Euro-pean goods ran the Union blockade of theSouthern coastline to such ports as Wilm-ington, North Carolina, guarded by FortFisher. A network of rail lines, especiallythe Wilmington and Weldon Railroad andthe Petersburg Railroad (also called theWeldon Railroad), transported supplies toGen. Robert E. Lee’s army in Virginia.
After Federal forces occupied most ofNorth Carolina’s barrier islands and coast-line in 1862, they attacked the state’s rail-roads, factories, and naval facilities. InDecember 1862, Union Gen. John G. Fostermarched from New Bern to Goldsboro andburned the Wilmington and Weldon Rail-road bridge. Union Gen. Edward E. Potter,raiding from New Bern in July 1863,destroyed mills, trains, and bridges, includ-ing the Wilmington and Weldon Railroadbridge at Rocky Mount. The Confederatesquickly restored rail service after eachraid. In October 1864, U.S. Navy Lt. WilliamB. Cushing destroyed the ironclad CSSAlbemarle at Plymouth, in one of severalattacks on river defenses.
By August 1864, Wilmington was thelast major Confederate seaport open toblockade runners. After two attempts,Union forces captured Fort Fisher on Jan-uary 15, 1865, then secured rail centers such as Goldsboro. Lee’s supply line wascut, and the war ended three months later.
The following further explore and expand upon the story of the Civil War:
Wilmington & Beaches CVB800-222-4757www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com
Windsor/Bertie Co. C. of C.252-794-4277www.windsorbertiechamber.com
PIEDMONT REGION
Averasboro Battlefield & Museum910-891-5019www.averasboro.com
Bentonville Battlefield910-594-0789www.bentonvillebattlefield.nchistoricsites.org
Burlington/Alamance Co. CVB800-637-3804www.burlington-area-nc.org
Davidson Co. Historical Museum336-242-2035www.visitdavidsoncounty.com
Davie Co. C of C.336-751-3304www.daviechamber.com
Durham CVB800-446-8604www.durham-nc.com
Edgecombe ARTS252-823-4159www.edgecombearts.org
Fayetteville Area CVB800-255-8217www.visitfayettevillenc.com
Visit North Carolina15000 Weston ParkwayCary, NC 27513800-VISITNCwww.visitnc.com
North Carolina Office of Archives and History919-807-7280www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us
North Carolina Historic Sites919-733-7862www.nchistoricsites.org
Civil War Preservation Trust888-606-1400www.civilwar.org
COASTAL REGION
Brunswick County800-795-7263www.ncbrunswick.com
Beaufort County (Washington)800-546-0162www.littlewashingtonnc.com
Chowan County TDA800-775-0111www.visitedenton.com
Crystal Coast TA800-786-6962www.crystalcoastnc.org
Currituck C. of C. and Visitors Center252-453-9497www.currituckchamber.com
Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center252-771-8333www.dismalswampwelcomecenter.com
Duplin County TDC910-296-2181www.duplintourism.org
Franklin Co. C. of C.919-496-3056www.franklin-chamber.org
Goldsboro/Wayne County T&T866-440-2245www.visitgoldsboronc.com
Greater Raleigh CVB800-849-8499www.visitraleigh.com
Halifax County TDA800-522-4282www.visithalifax.com
Johnston County Visitors Bureau800-441-7829www.johnstoncountync.org
Laurinburg/Scotland County Area C. of C.910-276-7420www.laurinburgchamber.com
Lexington TA866-604-2389www.visitlexingtonnc.com
Lincolnton-Lincoln County C. of C.704-735-3096www.lincolnchambernc.org
Northampton County C. of C.252-534-1383www.northamptonchamber.org
Orange County Visitors Center919-732-7741www.visithillsboroughnc.com
Rockingham County TDA800-316-7625www.ncnorthstar.com
Rowan County CVB800-332-2343www.visitsalisburync.com
Statesville CVB877-531-1819www.visitstatesville.org
Stokes County ED336-593-2496www.stokesedc.org
Thomasville Tourism Commission800-611-9907www.tvillenc.com
Secession andwar dividedwesternNorth Carolinians, and neigh-bors and families quickly came toblows as angrywords gaveway to
fists and guns. Confederate conscriptionacts fostered resistance, the mountainssheltered deserters from both sides, and armed bands brutally settled scores.Western North Carolina and East Ten-nessee also produced two notable lead-ers, one Confederate and one Unionist.
Confederate Col. William H.Thomas of North Carolina, the onlywhite man to serve as a Cherokee chief,had helped establish the Qualla Bound-ary (Eastern Band of Cherokee reserva-tion) north of Franklin. He organizedThomas’s Legion of Cherokee Indiansand Mountaineers in Knoxville, Ten-nessee, in 1862, with 400 Cherokee intwo of his companies. It fought in Ten-nessee, Kentucky, and Virginia andlargely prevented the Federal occupa-tion of western North Carolina.
In 1864, Maj. George W. Kirk, aUnionist native of Greeneville in EastTennessee, organized the 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (U.S.). Herecruited men and boys from westernNorth Carolina, especially in nearbyMadison County, as well as in East Ten-nessee. Kirk and his men becamefamous, or infamous, for their raids onConfederate sympathizers and trainingcamps in western North Carolina.
Cherokee veterans of Thomas’s Legion at the 1903 Confederate Reunion in New Orleans.
Vance County Tourism252-438-2222www.kerrlake-nc.com
Wilson Visitors Center800-497-7398www.wilson-nc.com
Winston-Salem CVB866-728-4200www.visitwinstonsalem.com
Yadkin Valley C. of C.336-526-1111www.yadkinvalley.org
MOUNTAIN REGION
Asheville CVB800-257-1300www.exploreasheville.com
Brevard/Transylvania C. of C.828-883-3700www.brevardncchamber.org
Burke County TTC 888-462-2921www.discoverburkecounty.com
Caldwell County C. of C./TDA800-737-0782www.caldwellcochamber.org
Franklin Area C. of C.877-254-2583www.franklin-chamber.com
Graham Couinty TTA800-470-3790www.grahamcountytravel.com
April 17–20 Battle of Plymouth, N.C.
U.S. rifled cannon battery firing on Fort Macon on April 25,1862, Union batteries and gunboats bombarded Fort Macon for eleven hours. The Confederates ran up the white flag at4:30 p.m., and formally surrendered the following morning.
General George Stoneman
General William T. Sherman
General Joseph E. Johnston
Haywood County TDA800-334-9036www.visitncsmokies.com
Jackson County TTA800-962-1911www.mountainlovers.com
Madison County TDA877-262-3476www.visitmadisoncounty.com
Maggie Valley Area Visitors Bureau800-624-4431www.maggievalley.org
McDowell County TDA 888-233-6111www.mcdowellnc.org
Polk Co. T&T800-440-7848www.nc-mountains.org
Rutherford County TDA800-849-5998www.rutherfordtourism.com
Wilkes County C. of C.336-838-8662www.wilkesnc.org
Yancey County/Burnsville C. of C.828-682-7413www.yanceychamber.comTh
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Harper House, at BentonvilleBattlefield State HistoricSite in Johnston Co., was afield hospital.
N O R T H C A R O L I N A
Elizabeth City CVB866-324-8948www.discoverelizabethcity.com
Greene County C. of C.252-747-8090www.greenechamber.com
Greenville-Pitt County CVB800-537-5564www.visitgreenvillenc.com
Kinston-Lenoir County CVB800-869-0032www.visitkinston.com
Martin County TTA800-776-8566www.visitmartincounty.com
New Bern/Craven County CVB800-437-5767www.visitnewbern.com
Onslow County Tourism800-932-2144www.onslowcountytourism.com
Pender Co. TD888-576-4756www.visitpender.com
Perquimans County C. of C.252-426-5657www.visitperquimans.com
Washington County TDA252-793-4804wwww.gowildnc.com
Stoneman’s RaidCivil War Trails Site
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South, first captured Atlanta and thenmarched to the sea, occupying Savannah.
The Carolinas, South and North, feltthe weight of Sherman’s boot early in 1865.Fort Fisher, the “Gibraltar of the South”that protected the blockade-running capi-tal of Wilmington, N.C., fell in mid-January,cutting the supply lifeline to Lee in Vir-ginia. Grant, meanwhile, forced Lee’s lineswestward around Petersburg until theyfinally broke at Five Forks on April 1, aweek and a half after Sherman almostcrushed Confederate Gen. Joseph E. John-ston’s army at Bentonville, North Carolina.Lee evacuated Petersburg and Richmondand marched his dwindling army west, hop-ing to turn south and join Johnston. Grantblocked his way, however, and corneredhim at Appomattox Court House, where Leesurrendered on April 9. The Confederategovernment fled south through North Car-olina. In Washington, John Wilkes Boothassassinated Lincoln on April 14 at Ford’sTheater, then fled through southeasternMaryland to Virginia, where he was shotand killed on April 26. On that same day, atBennett Place near Raleigh, North Caroli-na, Johnston surrendered to Sherman,essentially ending the Civil War.
“James Bennett’s House, Where Johnston Surrendered,”Harper’s Weekly
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Carolinas Campaign Driving Route
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Follow this sign to discovermore than 1,500 Civil Warsites along ten breathtakingtrails. Hundreds of sites are accessible to the publicfor the first time.
Follow these signs to more than 1,000 Civil War sites.
How to Use this Map-Guide
The North Carolina Civil War Trails pro-gram is part of a five-state trails systemthat invites you to explore both well-known and less familiar sites associatedwith America’s greatest drama. Together,more than 1,500 places tell the epic andheart-felt stories of civilians and soldierswho experienced triumph and tragedyduring the war.
This map-guide identifies nearly 200 sites throughout North Carolina.Each site is interpreted and accessibleand encourages you to explore diversesettings where America’s destiny wasforged. Entire Trails and regions can be explored at your own pace,and many sites offer other historical and recreational opportuni-ties. Enjoy one of the numerous walking tours available in manycommunities. Solicit the services of an outfitter for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure through the scenic and historic countryside.Shop at one of hundreds of antique and specialty shops, dine in 19th century taverns and inns, or simply walk amid the serenityof a preserved battlefield. Let the stories you’ve discovered igniteyour imagination as you envision how now peaceful landscapeswere once the scenes of the deadliest battles known to man.
For more detailed travel information, visit any North Carolina,Virginia or Maryland Welcome Center or local Visitor Center, orcontact any of the organizations listed in this guide. For additionalCivil War Trails information, visit www.civilwartrails.org.