Located on the traffic island at this intersection, the marker points out the The marker reads, "Member of N.C. Assembly and U.S. Congress. Confederate colonel. Killed in attack on New Bern, Feb. 1, 1864. Home & grave about 150 feet West." Online, there is more information. Henry M. Shaw was a physician turned politician and soldier who represented Currituck County before resigning to lead the Eighth North Carolina Troops. Born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1819, he studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania with help from a benefactor and later opened a practice in Indiantown. Shaw served in the state senate and twice in the U.S. House before the Civil War. As colonel, he commanded at Roanoke Island, where his regiment was captured in February 1862. After months in prison he was exchanged, returned to command at Camp Mangum, and was killed at Batchelder's Creek in 1864. He and his wife, Mary Riddick Trotman, had three children and are buried at their home in Shawboro. It is marker number A-62 and it was erected in 1967 by the North Carolina Archives and Highway Departments. [Review 3 of 2026 - 4516 in North Carolina - 25194 overall] read more