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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKD7_richard-caswell_Kinston-NC.html
First Governor of the state, 1776. Revolutionary statesman and soldier. Grave 166 yards south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKBH_ram-neuse_Kinston-NC.html
Confederate Ironclad, built at Whitehall and floated down the Neuse. Grounded and burned by Confederates in 1865. Remains are 250 yds. S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRN_battle-of-wyse-fork_Kinston-NC.html
The yellow sidebar in the upper left of the marker provides a brief synopsis of the Carolinas Campaign. It states: The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFQ5_confederate-headquarters_Kinston-NC.html
At this location was the site of the Howard House, used as Confederate Headquarters during the Battle of Wyse Fork, March 8-10, 1865. General Braxton Bragg commanded the Confederate Army that was composed of the forces of Major General D.H. Hill a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNU_first-battle-of-kinston_Kinston-NC.html
The yellow sidebar in the upper left provides a brief background: 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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNT_battle-of-kinston_Kinston-NC.html
The yellow sidebar in the upper left provides a brief background: 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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFL7_general-robert-hoke-monument_Kinston-NC.html
Near this spot, March 8, 1865, about 9 a.m., Hoke's Division, C.S.A. under the immediate command of Major-General Robert E. Hoke, broke the advanced columns of Cox's First Division, 23rd Corps, U.S.A. and captured principally from Upham's brigade …