Willow Dale Cemetery- 306 East Elm Street

Mass Confederate Grave

Brigadier General William Gaston Lewis- biography from findagrave.com- Civil War Confederate Army Brigadier General. When the Civil War broke out, he was a railroad civil engineer, who joined the Confederate Army and was commissioned a Major. He saw action at the Battle of Bethel, Battle of New Bern, was promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the 33rd North Carolina Regiment in 1862 and participated in the defense of Richmond. In 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was a Colonel in command of the 33rd North Carolina and led a brigade in the Battle Of Cold Harbor. In June 1864, he was promoted Brigadier General in charge of the entrenchments of Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia, where he saw his last action. Following the war, he returned to his career as a civil engineer, serving as the State Engineer of North Carolina and general superintendent for several railroads.

Two antebellum churches

St. Stephens Episcopal Church- built 1857

Civil War Earthworks at 35.3759720, -77.9662451- the corner of Mulberry and Claiborne

One block away other earthworks- 35.3746606, -77.9667098 at the corner of Walnut and Claiborne