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Related Historical Markers
Markers related to the CSS Neuse.
By Craig Swain, May 7, 2010
The Battle of Whitehall Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Main Street at East River Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | On this site, Confederate and Union troops engaged in battle. Confederates took position N. side of river, after burning bridge. Union troops occupied S. side and hill above, destroying much of village. CSS Neuse damaged during shelling. After . . . — — Map (db m30542) HM |
| On West River Street at New Street, on the right when traveling west on West River Street. |
| | (Preface): Late in 1862, Union Gen. John G. Foster's garrison was well entrenched in New Bern and made several incursions into the countryside. On December 11, Foster led a raid from New Bern to burn the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Bridge . . . — — Map (db m30540) HM |
| On Main Street at East Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Reported missing. |
| | On December 15-16, 1862, on a raid at Whitehall, Union troops led by Gen. J.G. Foster damaged the Confederate Ram "Neuse." — — Map (db m207551) HM |
| On West Vernon Avenue (U.S. 70/258), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | Confederate Ironclad, built at Whitehall and floated down the Neuse. Grounded and burned by Confederates in 1865. Remains are 250 yds. S. — — Map (db m226243) HM |
| On Richard Caswell Grave Road at West Vernon Avenue (U.S. 70/258), on the right when traveling east on Richard Caswell Grave Road. Reported permanently removed. |
| | The Confederate ironclad ram Neuse was constructed at Whitehall (present-day Seven Springs) beginning in October 1862. The unfinished hull survived the fighting there during Union Gen. John G. Foster's raid in December of 1863. It was docked . . . — — Map (db m153658) HM |
| On South Heritage Street at West Caswell Street, on the right when traveling south on South Heritage Street. |
| | The Confederate ironclad ram Neuse was constructed at Whitehall (present-day Seven Springs) beginning in October 1862. In March 1863, having survived Union Gen. John G. Foster's raid and the engagement at Whitehall the pervious December, . . . — — Map (db m30533) HM |
| On South Heritage Street at West Caswell Street, on the right when traveling south on South Heritage Street. |
| | (Front): Moored near the King Street Bridge, the Confederate States Ship Neuse, and ironclad gunboat, was outfitted in Kinston in late 1863 and early 1864. (Left): An April 1864 attempt to take her downriver in a concerted . . . — — Map (db m30538) HM |
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