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Sherman's March

Sherman's March is a North Carolina historical marker in Scotland County, dedicated 1940.

US 15/401 at NC/SC boundary

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As Sherman's army moved north from Georgia on its path of destruction, one part entered North Carolina near here, March 4-7, 1865

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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South Carolina, 1865, covering the location of Sherman's March, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
South Carolina, 1865, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

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