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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3I_starrs-battery_Kinston-NC.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3G_the-union-artillery_Kinston-NC.html
Twenty-four guns of the 3rd New York Artillery supported Gen. Wessells' infantry as they advanced through the swamp toward the Confederate line. The overwhelming firepower of Union infantry and artillery eventually forced the Confederates to aband…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3F_the-action-in-the-swamp_Kinston-NC.html
A large swamp separated the advancing Union army and the Confederate defenders one-half mile north. Described by one Union soldier as, "difficult to cross, and densely covered with a growth of small trees and pine," the swamp slowed the Union adva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3D_the-center-of-the-confederate-line_Kinston-NC.html
Harriet's Chapel stood in the center of the Confederate line. A heavily wooded wetland stood in front of the line. Behind it was the Neuse River. Three regiments of infantry and two batteries of artillery held this portion of the Confederate line.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3B_wessells-advance-december-14-1862_Kinston-NC.html
Gen. John Gray Foster's long blue line slowly marched north from Southwest Creek toward the Confederate line. The Confederates, behind a formidable line of earthworks protected by a swamp in their front, braced for the Union assault.
Gen. Henry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C34_the-confederate-defenses-of-kinston_Kinston-NC.html
Confederate engineers built fortifications around Kinston and along the approaches from New Bern. You can see a portion of these earthworks from the boardwalk. This line of earthworks originally straddled the road to Jones Bridge, which was near t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C32_caring-for-the-wounded_Kinston-NC.html
As the fighting surged past the church and the battle moves into Kinston, surgeons of both armies began the task of caring for the wounded. Harriet's Chapel became a refuge and men from both sides found care at the church.
The fighting around H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2W_the-site-of-harriets-chapel_Kinston-NC.html
Harriet's Chapel saw some of the most intense fighting of the Battle of Kinston. In 2010, Historical Preservation Group moved this building, once New Beaverdam Primitive Baptist Church, to this site to interpret Harriet's Chapel's role in the batt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2U_fighting-at-harriets-chapel_Kinston-NC.html
On December 14, Union troops overwhelmed the Confederate line at Harriet's Chapel. After making a determined stand, the outnumbered Confederates withdrew, fighting as they pulled back toward Jones Bridge.
Union Gen. Henry Wessells spent hours m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2O_the-night-of-december-13-1862_Kinston-NC.html
After the fighting near Southwest Creek, the Confederates withdrew toward Kinston. Marching north, they crossed a creek and waded through the frigid swamp. Many cold, wet soldiers spent a miserable night at Harriet's Chapel.
The Confederate off…