Historical Marker

Burney Place

Historical marker location:
2000 Cannon Price Road, Grifton, North Carolina
( Memorial is at the intersection of Cannon Price Road and Stokestown Saint Johns Road (County Route 1753), on the right when traveling east on Cannon Price Road.)

"... yelling like wild Indians". Potter's Raid.

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