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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2M_kinston-battlefield-park_Kinston-NC.html
This site was the center of the Confederate's final line of defense during the Dec. 13-14, 1862 Battle of Kinston. It occurred as Union General John G. Foster's Division was enroute from New Bern to Goldsboro to destroy the Wilmington-Weldon Railr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLS_moving-the-css-neuse_Kinston-NC.html
When asked by superiors about the completion of the Confederate ironclad being built on the Neuse River upstream from New Bern, Gen. John Peck of the Union army stated, "Hitherto it has been a question of iron and time." Paraphrasing the general, …
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKD7_richard-caswell_Kinston-NC.html
First Governor of the state, 1776. Revolutionary statesman and soldier. Grave 166 yards south.