Burial Trenches and Salisbury Prison - Salisbury NC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 35° 39.556 W 080° 28.496
17S E 547525 N 3946284
You are facing the 18 trenches used by the Salisbury Confederate Prison for the burial of prisoners, most of whom died after October 1864.
Waymark Code: WM138DQ
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Turtle3863
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You are facing the 18 trenches used by the Salisbury Confederate Prison for the burial of prisoners, most of whom died after October 1864.

Erected 1992 by United Daughters of the Confederacy.

LOCATION: Marker is in Salisbury, North Carolina, in Rowan County. Marker is on Government Road when traveling south. Marker is located in Salisbury National Cemetery, at the end of Government Road. Marker is in this post office area: Salisbury NC 28144, United States of America.
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