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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EY_fighting-south-of-the-goldsboro-road-the-bull-pen_Four-Oaks-NC.html
You are looking south of the Goldsboro Road at the area where Union Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan's division began a defensive position facing Gen. Robert F. Hoke's division after being deflected by the main Confederate line. These battle-hardened Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EX_fighting-at-the-cole-plantation-the-battle-of-acorn-run_Four-Oaks-NC.html
You are looking north of the Goldsboro Road at the site of the former Willis Cole plantation. Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton chose this ground (a mixture of dense vegetation and open fields) as an ideal location for Confederate forces to block the advance …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3ET_village-of-bentonville_Four-Oaks-NC.html
You are looking at the village of Bentonville. This small hamlet bore the name of the largest battle ever fought in North Carolina. Named after local resident John Benton, the hamlet had a post office as early as 1849. In the 1860s Bentonville was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EP_hardees-counterattack_Four-Oaks-NC.html
To your front and left, Confederate forces counterattacked Union forces under Maj. Gen. Joseph Mower on three sides. Leading a counterattack to protect the vital Mill Creek bridge - the only avenue of retreat for Johnston's army - Gen. William Har…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EH_mowers-charge-reaches-johnstons-headquarters_Four-Oaks-NC.html
In the field in front of you skirmishers from the 64th Illinois, armed with Henry repeating rifles, overran Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's headquarters, forcing the general and his staff to flee on foot toward Bentonville (to your left). Maj. Gen. Jose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3E8_battle-of-bentonville_Newton-Grove-NC.html
Johnston's Confederates checked Sherman's Union army, March 19-21, 1865. Historic site 2½ Mi. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3E4_union-artillery-at-the-morris-farm_Four-Oaks-NC.html
A point approximately 400 yards in front of you marks the center of a line of Union cannons positioned on the Morris Farm on March 19, 1865. These massed guns played a significant role in blunting the final Confederate attacks on the first day of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3E0_confederate-high-tide_Four-Oaks-NC.html
You are standing at the Morris farm, where part of the Union XX Corps arrived late in the afternoon on March 19,1865, to stop the main Confederate assault, which had crushed Carlin's division of the XIV Corps at the Cole plantation. In the morning…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3DY_confederate-north-carolina-junior-reserve-line_Four-Oaks-NC.html
In front of you is where the North Carolina Junior Reserves stood as the Army of Tennessee made its last grand charge against Carlin's division at the Cole plantation on March 19, 1865. Three regiments and one battalion of Junior Reserves were ass…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3DX_merging-of-the-armies_Four-Oaks-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.…