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Monroe's Crossroads,
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C.
March 10, 1865
On March 10, 1865, the 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was noted as being in Monroe’s Crossroads (Turner 3-4). Monroe’s Crossroads is found in Fayetteville, Cumberland County. Depending on the route taken, the distance between Fayetteville and the regiment’s last noted movement in Solemn Grove is 46+ miles (Google Maps).
Skirmishes took place in Fayetteville on March 11 and March 13; although, the 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment is not listed as an involved unit (“North Carolina Civil War Battles”).
However, the regiment may have been present at a skirmish on March 15 near Smith’s Mill (“North Carolina Civil War Battles”). At the time, Smith’s Mill was found on the Black River in Sampson County. Sampson County is adjacent to Cumberland County.
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Cumberland County, Fayetteville, N.C. Skirmish between Union soldiers under the command of H. Judson Kilpatrick and Confederate soldiers under the command of Wade Hampton at Fayetteville, March 11, 1865. [Between 1850-1990] Photographic print. Retrieved from the Univerity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
References
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Google Maps, Google, www.google.com/maps/.
“North Carolina Civil War Battles.” National Park Service, U.S. Department of the
Interior, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/northcarolina.htm.
Turner, Assistant Adjutant General, Col.George H., editor. “Ninth Cavalry.” Record of
Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War (1861-1865), vol. 39, Senate and
House of Representatives of the Michigan Legislature,
https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/IO_e7cddf59-87fb-4fd7-bf14-