Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Appendix 2

1. Morrisville Town Hall

100 Town Hall Drive Begin your tour at Morrisville’s Town Hall

Erected in 1999, the historic marker here commemorates the April 13, 1865 Civil War skirmish in Morrisville. A display of artifacts recovered from the community can be viewed inside Town Hall. Located a few hundred yards west, on the heights above Indian Branch Creek, is an undisturbed portion of the battlefield. In this area are believed to be several original rifle pits dug by Union and Confederate soldiers during the skirmish. New development has already impacted a number of these sites. Besides being a part of the battlefield, several thousand Union soldiers

Photo by Ernest Dollar

camped here during the last weeks of the war.

Photo by Ernest Dollar

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