NC Civil War Trails

North Carolina joins Virginia and Maryland in a three-state heritage tourism venture that leads travelers to more than 700 interpreted Civil War sites. The program in North Carolina was officially dedicated at Bentonville Battlefield on March 14, 2005.

Phase 1 of the North Carolina Civil War Trail, featuring more than 80 newly interpreted sites, is open. The centerpiece of the Trail is a driving tour of the 1865 Carolinas Campaign following many of the roads the soldiers used. That tour includes the battlefields at Bentonville and Averasboro and the site of the surrender of the Confederate army near Durham. Other sites included in this first phase relate to the early Federal occupation of the eastern part of the state, Confederate ironclads, coastal fortifications, the Confederate supply lifeline, hospitals and prisons. The next phase of the Trail will focus on the western part of the state.

Civil War Traveler :: North Carolina