tlyne
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- Joined
- Apr 25, 2016
- Location
- Cambridge, OH
We will be in North Carolina in the spring/early summer of 2019. What are some of the better Civil War sites to visit? Thanks in advance.
Greetings from Columbus, Ohio.
DEFINITELY go to Bentonville if you can, and visit the Averasboro battlefield too.
A large percentage of the Bentonville battlefield has been preserved in largely pristine condition, and virtually the entire Averasboro battlefield is preserved, too.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/
https://www.averasboro.com
There's a nice 1862 battlefield park for the First Battle of Kinston.
http://www.historicalpreservationgroup.org/wil_park.htm
There's a portion of Fort Fisher that remains, if you're going to be near Wilmington.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/fisher/
There's the site where Joseph E. Johnston surrendered 90,000 Confederates to William T. Sherman in April 1865, Bennett Place, a place near and dear to my heart.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bennett/
There are a couple of interesting sites at Fayetteville, including the remnant of the Fayetteville Arsenal, which is part of the Museum of the Cape Fear. Both are worth a visit.
https://museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.gov/arsenal-park
There's a nice little battlefield park at Goldsboro, too: the Goldsboro Bridge Battlefield.
http://www.goldsboroughbridge.org
Those are the main ones. That ought to give you plenty to explore.
Greetings from Columbus, Ohio.
DEFINITELY go to Bentonville if you can, and visit the Averasboro battlefield too.
A large percentage of the Bentonville battlefield has been preserved in largely pristine condition, and virtually the entire Averasboro battlefield is preserved, too.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/
https://www.averasboro.com
There's a nice 1862 battlefield park for the First Battle of Kinston.
http://www.historicalpreservationgroup.org/wil_park.htm
There's a portion of Fort Fisher that remains, if you're going to be near Wilmington.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/fisher/
There's the site where Joseph E. Johnston surrendered 90,000 Confederates to William T. Sherman in April 1865, Bennett Place, a place near and dear to my heart.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bennett/
There are a couple of interesting sites at Fayetteville, including the remnant of the Fayetteville Arsenal, which is part of the Museum of the Cape Fear. Both are worth a visit.
https://museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.gov/arsenal-park
There's a nice little battlefield park at Goldsboro, too: the Goldsboro Bridge Battlefield.
http://www.goldsboroughbridge.org
Those are the main ones. That ought to give you plenty to explore.
Looking at things, can you do Bentonville, and Aversaboro, in three days total?
Thanks for the information about the Goldsboro Bridge Battlefield! That's a new site to me and
its located right in the middle of the area where my wife grew up and her familly still lives. I'm
going to have to make a side trip and check that out the next time we go to visit her kindred.
Thank you. I’ll probably have three, maybe three and a half days to spend in the are.
I live about 80 miles east of Columbus. It says Bentonville is an eight hour drive from Cambridge. I’m a school teacher, and I’m thinking about going to NC on spring break. The only hang up would be a bad winter and make up days.
Also, thank you very much for the information!