With President Davis held last full meetings April 22-26, 1865 in a house which was located here.
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Enclosure, 16 acres. Once held 10,000 men. Destroyed by Federals, 1865. Site one block south.
General Johnston's men paid off and mustered out near here, May 1-2, 1865, after surrender near Durham, April 26.
Chartered 1828; opened 1836. Jonathan Worth, N.C. governor (1865-68), its president. Supplied clothing for Confederate war effort. 2 mi. N.
Completed 1858. Interior was burned, 1865, rebuilt ca. 1867. Fine example of Classical Revival style.
Associate Justice, State Supreme Court, 1878-1887; Member of Congress, 1873-1877; Member of Confederate Congress; legislator. Home is one mile west.
President Davis, fleeing southward after Lee's surrender, with members of his cabinet spent the night of Apr. 16, 1865, in a pine grove nearby.
Kilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's army marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Wadesboro, March 3-5, 1865.
As Sherman's army moved north from Georgia on its path of destruction, one part entered North Carolina near here, March 4-7, 1865.
Kilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's Army, marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Rockingham on March 7-8, 1865.