2019 North Carolina Historical Highway Marker Guide Book

Town seized by Union troops, Mar. 1862. Efforts to recapture it failed in 1862 & 1863. Union Army withdrew in Apr. 1864. West Main Street in Washington near Van Norden. 1939. B-16. BURNING OF WASHINGTON. The town was burned and shelled by evacuating United States troops in April, 1864. US 17 (Bridge Street) at Second. Street in Washington. 1939 ... ................
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