Starr's Battery

Starr's Battery (HM1C3I)

Location: Kinston, NC 28504 Lenoir County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 14.433', W 77° 35.233'

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Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park

— Battle of Kinston Military Park —

In front of you is the position held by Capt. Joseph B. Starr's Battery. Starr's Battery defended this position against the Union advance on December 14. Finally, his ammunition exhausted, Starr withdrew across the Neuse River.

Capt. Starr had lost one gun at Southwest Creek the day before but his remaining fire smoothbore cannon fought tenaciously that cold December Sunday. The Confederates deployed artillery at key positions along the line to aid the thinly stretched infantry. A South Carolina soldier witnessed it effectiveness: "The enemy first attacked our right and were repulsed several times by our artillery and infantry. Our artillery did good execution, sending the vandals back at every onset?"

Starr and the rest of the Confederate line held for hours against the much larger Union force. A soldier in the 17th Massachusetts wrote of the Confederate artillery fire as it pounded them: "The fire of the rebels upon our attacking columns was rapid and well directed, and did great havoc among them?"

Capt. Starr held until his ammunition was exhausted. With no ammunition and Union infantry pressing them Starr had little choice but to pull back across the Neuse River. Starr abandoned one gun, all of its horses killed by Union fire.

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(upper left) A Confederate battery at Charleston, South Carolina

(upper right) Starr's battery probably looked much like this captured Confederate fortification.

(lower right) Each gun in a battery had eight horses, six to pull the gun and caisson and two spare.
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HM NumberHM1C3I
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Placed ByBattle of Kinston Military Park
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Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 10:19pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 264578 N 3902787
Decimal Degrees35.24055000, -77.58721667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 14.433', W 77° 35.233'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 14' 25.98" N, 77° 35' 13.98" W
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Area Code(s)252
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 552 Lakeland Dr, Kinston NC 28504, US
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