Stratton Burying Ground

Purchased for $120 by Evesham

in 1813 from Enoch and Hannah

Stratton for a public burying

ground. Became part of Medford

upon the founding of the

township in 1847.

1847-1997

Marker is on Stokes Road (County Route 541) north of Himmelein Road, on the left when traveling ...

“The Cannons’ Flashes Lit Up the Terrible Scene”

The Breakthrough Trail

At various intervals along their lines, Confederate defenders constructed gun emplacements, called redans, such as the one in front of you. Each redan would hold as few as one or as many as six cannons. Virtually every square ...

Lincoln-Haycraft Memorial Bridge

Here along Severn's Valley Creek, Samuel Haycraft, Sr. built mill, raceway in 1796. Thomas Lincoln, father of Pres. Lincoln, employed in building it, received his first monetary wages when about 21 years of age. Abraham Lincoln, age 7, with his ...

Elizabethtown Battle

Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan on his second raid into Kentucky, with 3,900 men, was met by 652 Union troops under Lt. Col. H.S. Smith, Dec. 27, 1862. Object of raid was destruction of L & N R.R. main artery ...

Historic Burlington County Court House

County Building

A-3

Historic Burlington County

Court House

Samuel Lewis

Architect

Built

1796

Marker is at the intersection of High Street and Union Street, on the right when traveling south on High Street.

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The Breakthrough

The Breakthrough Trail

On the evening of April 1, 1865, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant issued orders for a massive attack against the Confederate lines defending Petersburg. Grant scheduled the assault for the following morning.

In the pre-dawn darkness of April 2, ...

The Brace Road School

In the 1830’s James Still,

Herbal Doctor of the Pines,

attended here. The

earliest of Medford’s

four rural one-room

schools, it closed in 1918.

Marker is at the intersection of Church Road and Ark Road, on the left when traveling east on Church Road.

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Gilbert-Alexander House

In the 1780’s Felix and William Gilbert, Virginians, camped in a beautiful grove here and were so pleased with the scenery that they returned later to take land grants. In 1808 they erected the brick portion of this house, one ...

“Our Line of Battle was so Thin”

The Breakthrough Trail

The Confederate troops who defended this portion of the works belonged to Brigadier General James H. Lane’s North Carolina Brigade. These Tarheels assumed responsibility here on March 30 after McGowan’s Brigade moved several miles west to plug a ...

Cranberry Mines

Iron ore deposits near here were mined from ca. 1826 until 1930. Supplied iron to the Confederacy.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 19E and Elk Park Highway (North Carolina Route 194) on U.S. 19E.

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