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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Confederate Women's Home | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- ↑ "18. Confederate Women's Home Historical Marker" in Fayetteville, N.C. Military Sites Tour Map at http://www.visitfayettevillenc.com/images/military/sites/Fayetteville_MilitarySites.pdf Archived 20 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 13 January 2010). The home's ending date can be estimated from an article discussing the use of the Home's chapel by others in 1945: Haymount United Methodist Church, "Church History" at http://www.haymountumc.com/HUMCHIistory.html Archived 2 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 13 January 2010).
- ↑ "Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina". docsouth.unc.edu. March 19, 2010.
- 1 2 Mullen, Rodger. "FayWHAT? Were Confederate women's graves moved from near Terry Sanford High School?". The Fayetteville Observer.
- ↑ "Confederate Women's Home Historical Marker". www.distinctlyfayettevillenc.com.