Rocky Mount, North Carolina
The Battle family was also involved in building the longest continuous railroad in the world at the time, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, which ran about  east of the mill. The railroad had a lot of influence on the development of the town. In 1871, the county line moved from the Tar River to its present location in the center of the tracks. The Raleigh-Tarboro stage route also passed just south of Rocky Mount.