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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKEK_css-neuse-confederate-ironclad-gunboat_Kinston-NC.html
(Front):Moored near the King Street Bridge, the Confederate States Ship Neuse, and ironclad gunboat, was outfitted in Kinston in late 1863 and early 1864.
(Left):An April 1864 attempt to take her downriver in a concerted attack on New Bern fail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKEJ_john-taylor-wood-csn_Kinston-NC.html
In January 1864, General Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis that "a bold party" could descend the Neuse River to New Bern at night, capture Federal gunboats and use them to assist an assault on Union-held New Bern by a 5,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKEF_cat-hole_Kinston-NC.html
The Confederate ironclad ram Neuse was constructed at Whitehall (present-day Seven Springs) beginning in October 1862. In March 1863, having survived Union Gen. John G. Foster's raid and the engagement at Whitehall the pervious December, Neuse arr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKEC_battle-of-kinston_Kinston-NC.html
(Preface): Late in 1862, Union Gen. John G. Foster's garrison was well entrenched in New Bern and made several incursions into the countryside. On December 11, Foster led a raid from New Bern to burn the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Bridge over …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKE9_battle-of-kinston_Kinston-NC.html
(Preface): Late in 1862, Union Gen. John G. Foster's garrison was well entrenched in New Bern and made several incursions into the countryside. On December 11, Foster led a raid from New Bern to burn the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Bridge over …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKE5_fosters-raid_Kinston-NC.html
On a raid from New Bern to Goldsboro, the Union troops led by Gen. J.G. Foster passed through Kinston, Dec. 14, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKE3_lenoir-county-confederate-memorial_Kinston-NC.html
(Front):Not for wagesNot for gory,'twas for home andRight they fell.(Back):To Perpetuate thevalor of the menfrom Lenoir Countywho wore the grey.Erected May 10th 1924by A.M. Waddell ChapterU.D.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKE1_north-carolina_Kinston-NC.html
North Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids, and the Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDA_css-neuse_Kinston-NC.html
The Confederate ironclad ram Neuse was constructed at Whitehall (present-day Seven Springs) beginning in October 1862. The unfinished hull survived the fighting there during Union Gen. John G. Foster's raid in December of 1863. It was docked at an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKD9_grave-of-richard-caswell_Kinston-NC.html
South of this tablet, 166 yards, is the grave of Richard Caswell, the first Governor of North Carolina, as an independent state.
"I will most cheerfully join any of my countrymen, even as a rank and file man, and whilst I have blood in my veins…