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

Batchelder's Creek

By Don Morfe, August 14, 2014

1. Batchelder's Creek Marker

Inscription. Site of Union outpost captured by Confederate Generals Hoke & Pickett on February 1, 1864. The earthworks are 300 yards North.

Erected 1976 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number C 51.)

Location. 35° 10.123′ N, 77° 9.989′ W. Marker is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County. Marker is on State Highway 55 half a mile east of Hyman Road (County Route 1244), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Bern NC 28562, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A National Cemetery System (approx. 7.2 miles away); New Bern National Cemetery (approx. 7.2 miles away); Fort Totten (approx. 7½ miles away); Greenwood Cemetery (approx. 7.7 miles away); Cedar Grove Cemetery (approx. 8 miles away); St. Peter's A.M.E. Zion Church (approx. 8 miles away); William Henry Singleton (approx. 8 miles away); King Solomon Lodge (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Bern.

Categories. • War, US Civil •

By Don Morfe, August 14, 2014

2. Batchelder's Creek Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on September 7, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 331 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 7, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.