Historical Marker
Union Assault on the Bridge
Historical marker location:
Goldsboro, North Carolina
( Marker is on Old Mt. Olive Highway south of Route 117, on the left when traveling south.)
Battle of Goldsborough Bridge.
The Cherokee Indians originally inhabited much of western North Carolina before being forcibly removed by the federal government in the 1800s. Today, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians still maintains a reservation in the western part of the state.