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Five Forks is an unincorporated community in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States, at the western terminus of North Carolina Highway 904, west-southwest of Fairmont. It lies at an elevation of 135 feet (41 m).
Five Forks, North Carolina may refer to: Five Forks, Person County, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in North Carolina; Five Forks, Robeson County, North Carolina, an unincorporated community; King, North Carolina (formerly called Five Forks) a city in Stokes and Forsyth counties
The 292-day Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (Siege of Petersburg) began when two corps of the Union Army of the Potomac, which were unobserved when leaving Cold Harbor at the end of the Overland Campaign, combined with the Union Army of the James outside Petersburg, but failed to seize the city from a small force of Confederate defenders at the Second Battle of Petersburg on June 15–18, 1864. [4]
Five Forks Battlefield is a battlefield of the American Civil War, the location of the Battle of Five Forks (April 1, 1865), in which Union Army forces broke through Confederate Army lines, opening the way to gain control of the last rail line to besieged Petersburg.
NC 904 is a 67.5-mile (108.6 km) east–west highway (physically running northwest–southeast) that travels from NC 130 in Five Forks, to East First Street in Ocean Isle Beach. It passes through Brunswick, Columbus, and Robeson Counties. [1]
The 49th North Carolina Infantry is portrayed by the Southern Piedmont Historical Reenactment Society based in central North Carolina. The group portrays both the 49th NC and the 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. They participate in battle reenactments and living history demonstrations throughout the eastern United States.
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Five Forks may refer to: . The Battle of Five Forks, a battle of the American Civil War in Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Places in the United States. Five Forks, Alabama; Five Forks, Bartow County, Georgia