Inscription
Site of Confederate
batteries on Pamlico River
which enabled Gen. D. H.
Hill's forces to besiege
Washington in spring of
1863. 5 mi. E.
Location
AddressNC 33 at Windmill Road southeast of Chocowinity
CountyBeaufort
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.456570, -77.058860
Sources
More markers in Beaufort
Dr. Susan Dimock
Washington, NC
Native of Washington, Zurich graduate, head of a Boston hospital, 1st woman member N.C. Medical Society, 1872.
First Post Road
Bath, NC
The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot.
Matthew Rowan
Bath, NC
Acting governor, 1753-54.
Daniel G. Fowle
Washington, NC
Governor, 1889-91, state Adjutant General, 1863, Confederate officer, superior court judge, state legislator.
Alexander Stewart
Bath, NC
Anglican minister to N.C., 1753-71.
