FIRST - Soldier to Die in Battle in Civil War
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North Carolina suffered the first casualty of the Civil War, a North Carolinian named Henry Lawson Wyatt of Edgecombe County. By the end of the war, North Carolina had over 40,000 soldiers dead, more than any other Confederate state.
Waymark Code: WMM2H
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2006
Views: 48
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Henry Lawson Wyatt moved with his family to Tarboro, Edgecombe County, in 1856. In April 1861 he enlisted in the Edgecombe Guards, which became Company A, First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers. At the Battle of Bethel, Wyatt was wounded and died on the evening of June 10, 1861. He was the only Confederate death at the battle and was the first Confederate to die in battle in the Civil War.
This statue is located on the state capitol grounds in Raleigh. It was dedicated on June 10, 1912 and was placed by the North Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The inscription reads:
HENRY LAWSON WYATTPRIVATE IN
BETHEL REGIMENT
NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS
KILLED AT BETHEL CHURCH
JUNE 10, 1861
FIRST CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
TO FALL IN BATTLE IN THE
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.
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