Laurinburg

Burning Depot

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 ...

Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base

U.S. Army Air Force glider base, 1942-45. Trained units active in D-Day assault, June 6, 1944. Field 3 mi. N.

Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway (U.S. 74) and Airport Road on Martin Luther King Jr. ...