Confederate Jail
This house was built about 1809 for John Jones, owner of a local turpentine distillery, and the west wing was added about 1820. After the U.S. Army defeated Confederate troops in the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862, and occupied the town, military authorities used the house as a jail for Confederate Sympathizers. According to local tradition, Union soldiers confined the notorious Confederate spy Emeline Pigott here. An ardent supporter of the Confederate cause who had served as a nurse, Pigott smuggled confidential military information, personal letters, clothing, food, and other items through Union lines by hiding them underneath her hoop skirts. When arrested, she carried a heavy load of contraband, but Federal officials never convicted her of a crime. She was released from jail and lived out the remainder of her life at her home in Carteret County, near Beaufort.| HM Number | HM1FFN |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2004 |
| Placed By | North Carolina Civil War Trails |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 29th, 2014 at 5:59pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 313624 N 3886807 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 35.10686667, -77.04495000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 35° 6.412', W 77° 2.697' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 35° 6' 24.72" N, 77° 2' 41.82" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 252, 919 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 701-711 Pollock St, New Bern NC 28562, US |
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