Civil War Trail Markers in Durham
The "Carolinas Campaign: End of the War" Civil War Trail traces Union Gen. Sherman's march across North Carolina and culminates in Durham, where the war effectively ended. Retrace the war's final days by following the six specialized markers detailing the historical signifigance of Durham's Civil War sites.
Printable PDF of Durham Civil War Markers
 | Bennett Place:
The End of WarSite where the Civil War ended and emancipation took effect in the states of the Confederacy. Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston met here 17 days after Lee's 1865 Appomattox surrender to arrange the largest troop surrender of the war. |
| | |
 | Brassfield Station:
A Path Both Traveledin 1865, Union cavalrymen pursued retreating Confederates through this area toward Durham's Station. Less than a century later, thousands of acres in this part of Durham came to encompass Research Triangle Park, created in 1959. |
| | |
 | Duke Homestead:
Prosperity from WarNational Historic Landmark and State Historic Site features Duke family's mid-1800s home, tobacco barns, and original factory. Their brightleaf tobacco, confiscated and distributed by soldiers, led to a manufacturing and marketing revolution that helped rejuvenate the South after the Civil War. |
| | |
 | Durham's Station:
Prelude to PeaceThe station (present-day Downtown Durham) was the primary stop for Union officers during surrender negotiations at James Bennett's farm, and Union Commander Kilpatrick established headquarters at the nearby home of Dr. Richard Blacknall. |
| | |
 | Last Shots:
The Creek of New HopeIn 1865, Union and Confederate forces clashed three times near Richard Stanford Leigh's 1,000-acre plantation - the third skirmish providing the last shots of the Civil War campaigh. Part of Leigh's estate is now home to Patterson's Mill Country Store, an authentic turn-of-the-ninteenth-century country store and doctor's office/pharmacy. |
| | |
 | West Point Truce Line
Waiting, Looting and ShootingOnce a mill villiage, now one of two City of Durham heritage parks, West Point was marked by Union Gen. Sherman as the northern end of a truce line separating his forces from the Confederates. Union cavalrymen patolled the surrounding area and camped here during the surrender negotiations at James and Nancy Bennett's farm. |
| | |
