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The Battle of Averasborough or the Battle of Averasboro, fought March 16, 1865, in Harnett and Cumberland counties, North Carolina, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, was a prelude to the climactic Battle of Bentonville, which began three days later.
Averasboro Battlefield Historic District is a national historic district located near Erwin, Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.It encompasses four contributing buildings, three contributing sites, three contributing structures, and one contributing object on the battlefield associated with the American Civil War Battle of Averasboro of March 15–16, 1865.
[2] [3] [1] It is located on the northern bank of the Cape Fear River in northeast Cumberland County, North Carolina, [4] near the county border with Johnston. [3] The town of Averasboro was the site of an American Civil War battle known as the Battle of Averasborough. [5] Only a cemetery and a Civil War Museum remain. [1]
The Averasboro Battlefield and Museum is dedicated to the Battle of Averasborough, a Civil War battle fought on March 16, 1865. The museum, founded in 1994 by the Averasboro Battlefield Commission, Inc, is located on the battlefield in Dunn, North Carolina. The battlefield attained National Register Historic District status in May 2001. [1]
New construction is taking place at VanStory History Village, which is part of The NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
50th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in April 1862, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina.Men of this unit were raised in the counties of Person, Robeson, Johnston, Wayne, Rutherford, Moore, and Harnett.
Harnett County (/ ˈ h ɑːr n ɪ t / HAR-nit) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,568. [2] Its county seat is Lillington; [3] its largest community is Anderson Creek. [4] Harnett County is part of the Anderson Creek, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area. [5]
The Civil War in North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Carbone, John S. (2001). The Civil War in Coastal North Carolina. North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Clinard, Karen L.; Richard Russell, eds. (2008). Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family. Winston-Salem, NC ...