The good folks at the Historical Marker data Base have been increasing their storehouse of knowledge.
Recently, they did one for the USS Constellation, which was the flagship of the US African Squadron which was to stop the slave trade. The marker and the USS Constellation are in Baltimore, Md.
They also visited the Bentonville Battlefield in North Carolina and photographed the marker showing where Confederate lines crossed the Goldsboro Road. These Confederates in Hoke's division consisted of his regulars from the Army of Northern Virginia, Red Infantry (artillerymen from Fort Fisher and other coastal forts -artillery piping on uniforms was red), and three regiments of teenage boys.
This was erected in 2005 by the North Carolina Civil War Trails organization, a group that is doing a lot to increase the knowledge of the war in the state.
Of interest, every HMdb entry also includes nearby markers.
http://www.hmdb.org/
Keep up the Great Work. --Old Blockade-Runner
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