It was along the top of this railroad embankment that one Union regiment, the 17th
Massachusetts, approached the railroad bridge one quarter mile to your left. As the men
of the 17th fought their way along the top of the embankment they came under . . . — — Map (db m28554) HM
(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 m28291) HM
Nearly 15,000 men clashed on these fields December 17, 1862. At stake was the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge which spanned the Neuse River here. Confederate troops, outnumbered five to one, fought bravely to defend the bridge, a vital link in . . . — — Map (db m28541) HM
Opened by state in 1880 for black citizens with mental illness. Named in 1959 for R. Gregg Cherry, governor, 1945-49. Open to all races since 1965. — — Map (db m65498) HM
(West face) Erected by members of Company E, 119th
Infantry, Goldsboro Rifles, In memory of
Their comrades who gave their lives in the
World War.
(North face)
William A. Brickwell
John W. Thompson, Jr.
Chas. R. . . . — — Map (db m66301) WM
After Union troops burned the railroad bridge they began to leave the field. The Confederates decided to re-cross the river by way of a wagon bridge one half mile above the railroad and counterattack the small Union rear guard.
The right wing . . . — — Map (db m28583) HM
On this Courthouse Square November 1, 1898, the
First Pentecostal Holiness Church Congregation
was organized with nine charter members.
J.J. Street W.H. Huggans
I.L. Puryer Mr. & Mrs. E.L. . . . — — Map (db m67950) HM
During the Civil War, Goldsboro
(then spelled Goldsborough) wa an
important railroad junction and a
vital link in the Confederate supply
chain. Here the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, which ran from
Morehead City to Raleigh, . . . — — Map (db m64795) HM
In Commemoration of
John Lawson
Surveyor General of the
Province of Carolina
and its first historian
brutally murdered by the
Tuscarora Indians
Sept. 22, 1711
Erected by the
North Carolina Society
of the Colonial . . . — — Map (db m67912) HM
Last Sec'y of War & first Sec'y of Army, 1947-49. Attorney; state senator; brig. gen., 1943-45. Led military justice reform. Home was here. — — Map (db m31557) HM
Orphanage and school opened in 1892. Provided for 960 children before closing in 1971. The original 20-acre tract is now a city park. — — Map (db m67578) HM
Seymour Johnson Field, established on June 12, 1942, six months after the United States entered
World War II, is named in honor of Lieutenant Seymour A. Johnson. A Goldsboro native and U.S.Navy test
pilot, he was killed in an aircraft crash . . . — — Map (db m66699) HM
Field used, 1942-46, for flight training by Army Air Forces; reopened in 1956. Named for Seymour Johnson, naval aviator and Goldsboro native. — — Map (db m65448) HM
Union General John G. Foster’s prime objective, the wooden covered Wilmington & Weldon railroad bridge, crossed the Neuse River here. After the 51st and 52nd North Carolina regiments were pushed back by the Union advance coming through the fields on . . . — — Map (db m28569) HM
We must honor those sons of ours who fought so bravely.
A Grateful Citizen (1925)
(Walkway plaque)
Most of them were boys when they died and they gave up two lives--the one they were living and the one they would have lived when . . . — — Map (db m66520) WM
First seat of Wayne County, incorporated 1787. The town died after the county seat was moved to Goldsboro in 1850. Site is here. — — Map (db m60357) HM
Confederate Senator, Speaker State House of Representatives, head of commission to codify State laws, 1883. Home is 1, grave 6, blocks S. — — Map (db m31553) HM
(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 m77311) HM
(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 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
