Mill Creek in Four Oaks, North Carolina

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Mill Creek

Devil's Race Track, Four Oaks, NC, USA

North Carolina State
Historical Marker

Marker Text:

"The flooded state of this creek upstream prevented an attack by Wheeler's Confederate cavalry on the rear of Sherman's Army, March 19, 1865. A bridge here was the Confederates' sole line of retreat after the battle."

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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy

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