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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTIM_lt-harley-h-pope_Pope-Field-NC.html
Aviation Pioneer1879-1918 Presented by citizensofBedford, Indiana
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5T_rev-james-campbell_Linden-NC.html
One of early Presbyterian ministers in N.C., 1757-1780. Organized Bluff, Barbecue, and Longstreet churches. Grave is 8 mi. east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5S_battle-of-averasboro_Dunn-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. R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5L_oak-grove_Dunn-NC.html
Plantation home of John Smith, used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 16, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5K_prelude-to-averasboro_Dunn-NC.html
Late in 1864, two large Union armies, one in Virginia and the other in Georgia, were beginning to squeeze the Confederacy to defeat. Grant held Lee's Army of Northern Virginia immobile at Petersburg, while Sherman, with 60,000 men, captured Atlant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML97_david-m-williams_Godwin-NC.html
"Carbine" Williams, designer of short stroke piston, which made possible M-1 carbine rifle, widely used in WWII. Lived 2 mi. S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4E_federal-artillery_Dunn-NC.html
From a point 50 yardswest three batteries ofartillery under MajorJ. A. Reynolds shelledthe Confederate firstline of earthworks.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4A_colonel-alexander-mcallister_Godwin-NC.html
Near this spot at Old Bluff Church is buried Colonel Alexander McAllister; Patriot and Revolutionary Hero; Colonel of Cumberland County Militia; Representative First Assembly in Newbern, December 1773; Representative Second Assembly in Newbern, Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML49_old-bluff-church_Godwin-NC.html
(Preface):The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savanna, Georgia, after the "March to the Sea." Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML48_old-bluff-church_Godwin-NC.html
Organized in 1758 by Rev. James Campbell. Present building erected about 1858. N.W. 1 mi.
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