South Carolina Troops at Battle of Averasboro, NC

On this field March 15-16 1865 men of South Carolina stood with men of other Southern States and fought bloodily and bravely for their beliefs and way of life. In doing so they wrote their names in imperishable letters in ...

Battle of Averasboro

Battle

of

Averasboro

March 16,

1865

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[ Right of Monument: ]

In

memory

of our

Confederate

Dead

who fell upon

that day.

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[ Back of Monument: ]

The hearts

that were

true

to their

country

and

God

shall report

at the

Grand Reveillre.

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[ Left of Monument: ]

Dulce et Decorum

est pro

Patria Mori.

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Marker is on McLellon Road (North Carolina Route 82), on the left when ...

Battle of Averasboro

Sherman’s Left Wing Departs Averasboro

(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. ...

Battle of Averasboro

Phase Two – March 16, 1865

You are standing at the center of the second phase of fighting in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15,16, 1865.

On the morning of March 16th, after the fight of the preceding afternoon around John Smith’s ...

Battle of Averasboro

Union Route to Bentonville

(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 ...

Battle of Averasboro

Third Confederate Defensive Line

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 ...