Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

On 24 Apr. 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips’s force of 2,500 British regulars landed at City Point, 12 miles to the east on the James River, as part of a major campaign to disrupt the American force’s main ...

First Union Attack

Brig. Gen. W. P. Carlin’s

Division attacked the

Confederate line above

the road here on March

19. Repulsed, they threw

up works but were

driven out by the Con-

federate charge.

Marker is on Harper House Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Fayetteville State University

Est. 1867 as Howard School. State-supported since 1877. A part of The University of North Carolina since 1972.

Marker is at the intersection of Murchison Road (North Carolina Route 210) and Coley Drive, on the left when traveling south on Murchison ...

Confederate Main Charge

After overrunning two

Union lines above

this road, the Confed-

erates crossed here

in the main assault

of March 19, 1865.

Union reinforcements

halted their advance

in the woods below

the road.

Marker is at the intersection of Harper House Road and Battlefield Road, on the left when traveling east ...

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War S

Lee's Retreat

Here, the Union’s Sixth Army Corps broke through the Confederate line defending Petersburg, causing a series of actions which eventually led to the evacuation of the city by Lee’s army that evening. Nearby, Confederate General A.P. Hill was ...

DeLong Reservation

National Park Service

DeLong

Reservation

Chickamauga & Chattanooga

National Military Park

Department of the Interior

Marker is on North Crest Road south of Brown Wood Drive, on the left when traveling north.

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1999 Father's Day Fire

(side 1)

June 20, 1999 – Father’s Day – was disrupted by a blaze that destroyed seven buildings on the west side of Main Street in downtown Iola under a gorgeous blue-sky and calm weather. More than 200 firefighters from Iola, ...

Confederate Attacks

Across the fields be-

hind this marker the

Confederate Right Wing

made five attacks on

Union positions to the

left, March 19, 1865.

They were thrown back

by the XX Federal Corps.

Marker is on Harper House Road, on the left when traveling east.

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Water's Alabama Battery.

Major Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Water's Alabama Battery.

2 - 6 PDR. Bronze; 3 - 12 PDR. Howitzers.

Major Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's (Anderson's) Division, Hardee's Corps.

Lieut. William P. Hamilton, Commanding,

Lieut. C. W. Watkins,

Lieut. George D. Turner.

Nov. 25th 1863, 4 P.M.

The ...

Attempt On The Life Of Jose Marti

1893

In a small isolated cottage located in this vicinity, an attempt to poison Jose Marti, the leader of the Cuban Insurrection of 1895, was made by two Spanish agents. Marti's intuition saved his life. The traitors repented and Marti forgave ...