New Bern in Craven County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Rhode Island Monument

Photographed by Mike McKeown, January 16, 2026

1. Rhode Island monument Marker

Inscription.
Erected by the State of Rhode Island to commemorate the services of Rhode Island Volunteers who gave up their lives in North Carolina during the Civil War 1861-1865 Fourth Rhode Island Infantry Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery - Battery F First Rhode Island Light Artillery

Erected 1909 by State of Rhode Island.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 35° 7.422′ N, 77° 3.156′ W. Monument is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County. It can be reached from the intersection of National Avenue and Court Street, on the right when traveling south. On the grounds of New Bern National Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 1711 National Ave, New Bern NC 28560, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North

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America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 15th Connecticut Vol. Infantry Monument (here, next to this marker); A National Cemetery System (within shouting distance of this marker); New Bern National Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Greenwood Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); King Solomon Lodge (approx. one mile away); Cedar Grove Cemetery (approx. one mile away); St. Peter's A.M.E. Zion Church (approx. one mile away); William Henry Singleton (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Bern.

Also see . . . Rhode Island Monument. Commemorative Monuments website entry (Submitted on February 10, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Mike McKeown, January 16, 2026

2. Rhode Island monument Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2026, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 43 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2026, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.