 view gallery |   Battle of New Bern - New Bern NC
in U.S. Civil War Sites Troops engaged in the Battle of New Bern: Union: Major General Ambrose Burnside - commanding Division. Brigadier General John G. Parke's Brigade. Confederate: Confederate: Brigadier General Lawrence O'B. Branch - commanding Brigade. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | New Bern Battlefield Park - New Bern NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Here you will find pristinely preserved Confederate defensive earthworks on the 27 acres owned by the New Bern Historical Society. A ferocious battle was fought here on 14 March 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | A National Cemetery System - New Bern NC in U.S. Civil War Sites An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 an April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Robert E. Lee-Dixie Highway - Marshall NC in U.S. Civil War Sites In loving memory of Robert E. Lee and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Starr's Battery-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | The Union Artillery-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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 forced the Confederates to abandon the line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | The Action in the Swamp-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites A large swamp separated the advancing Union army and the Confederate defenders one-half mile north. The swamp slowed the Union advance and provided cover for the Confederates. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | The Center of the Confederate Line-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Wessells' Advance—December 14, 1862-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | The Confederate Defenses of Kinston-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate engineers built fortifications around Kinston and along the approaches from New Bern. You can see a portion of these earthworks from the boardwalk. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Caring for the Wounded-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | The Site of Harriet's Chapel-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Fighting at Harriet's Chapel-Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Battle of Bentonville - Selma NC in U.S. Civil War Sites At Bentonville, General William T. Sherman's Union Army, advancing from Fayetteville toward Goldsboro, met and battled the Confederate Army of General Joseph E. Johnston. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | The Night of December 13, 1862 Harriet's Chapel Battlefield Park - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | General Robert Hoke Memorial - Wyse Fork NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Near this spot, March 8, 1865, about 9 a.m., Hoke's Division, C.S.A. under the immediate command of Major-General Robert F. Hoke, broke the advanced columns of Cox's First Division, 23rd Corps, U.S.A. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Battle of Wyse Fork March 8-10, 1865 - Wyse Fork NC in U.S. Civil War Sites The Battle of Wyse Fork (also known as the Battle of Kinston and the Battle of Southwest Creek) involved one of the largest concentrations of troops ever on North Carolina soil. The armies engaged were exceeded in size only by those at Bentonville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Headquarters of Fort Fisher - Kure Beach NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Here stood the Headquarters of Fort Fisher. The construction of the fort began in the summer of 1862 under the direction of Colonel William Lamb Commandant. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Fort Fisher State Historic Site - Kure Beach NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Largest earthen coastal fortification in the Confederacy. Original construction commenced May, 1861 and continued until December, 1864, when the fort came under Federal assault. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Arsenal Park - Fayetteville NC in U.S. Civil War Sites The outbreak of the American Civil War resulted in the arsenal being surrendered to North Carolina and turned over to the Confederacy. The facility was quickly manufacturing ammunition, repairing rifles, and modernizing muskets. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/9/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Arsenal Stones - Fayetteville NC in U.S. Civil War Sites These stones formed part of the foundations for buildings within the main arsenal compound. When United States troops destroyed the arsenal in 1865, local citizens salvaged usable building materials. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/9/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Burnside Expedition of 1862 - Manteo NC in U.S. Civil War Sites Much of coastal North Carolina fell to Union forces in 1862.
Under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, a Rhode Islander, Union forces swept across the region, rolling up one victory after another. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 10/9/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | “Get Down You Fool” Battleground to Community - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites Hearing those words, President Abraham Lincoln ducked down from the Fort Stevens parapet during the Civil War battle that stopped the Confederates from taking Washington. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites On July 11-12, 1864 Fort Stevens defended the city from a Confederate attack under the command of General Jubal Anderson Early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallery | Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens
July 12, 1864
Erected 1920 by The Associated Survivors Sixth Army Corps, Washington, D.C. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
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