Contains the remains of Roanoke Colony (The Lost Colony) the first English settlement in the New World (before Jamestown). Visitors center and museum about the colony as well as the Freedman's Colony established there during the war for former slaves liberated by Union Gen. John G. Foster.
8. FORT MACON STATE PARK in Atlantic Beach.
Site of the April 1862 Battle of Fort Macon. In tact fortifications and masonry.
9. BENTONVILLE BATTLEFIELD in Four Oaks (near Goldsboro).
The Battle of Bentonville fought March 19-21 was the largest fought in the state. This was a final attempt by Confederates to stop Union Gen. Sherman's onslaught across the Carolinas.
10. AVERASBORO BATTLEFIELD MUSEUM in Dunn.
The Battle of Averasboro was fought in 1865 to slow the Union advance of Fayetteville during Sherman's Carolinas Campaign.
--Old B-R'er
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