Robert Lester Blackwell

Historical marker location:

105 S Main St, Roxboro, North Carolina

( Memorial is at the intersection of Abbitt Street and South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Abbitt Street.)

Born Oct. 4, 1895. Son of a Tenant Farmer.

The famous Civil War battle of Fort Fisher, which took place in January 1865, was the largest naval engagement of the entire war.