On Old Mt. Olive Highway south of U.S. 117, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Old Mt. Olive Highway just south of U.S. 117, on the left when traveling south.
(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
On Old Mt. Olive Highway south of U.S. 117, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Old Smithfield Road (State Highway 581) 0.5 miles north of West Ash Street /Stevens Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.
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
On East Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west.
(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
On Old Mt. Olive Highway near U.S. 117, on the left when traveling south.
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 East Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west.
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
On William Street near Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
On East Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west.
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
On West Ash Street (Business U.S. 70) at North James Street, on the right when traveling west on West Ash Street.
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
On East Ash Street (Business U.S. 70) near Herman Street, on the right when traveling west.
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
On North William Street near East Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Berkeley Boulevard at Elm Street, in the median on Berkeley Boulevard.
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
On Old Mt. Olive Highway south of Route 117, on the left when traveling south.
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
On East Walnut Street near North William Street, on the right when traveling west.
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
On U.S. 117 at South Old Waynesgorough Road on U.S. 117.
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
On East Ash Street (U.S. 70) at North William Street, on the right when traveling east on East Ash Street.
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
On Northwest Center Street (County Route 1938) at West College Street, on the left when traveling north on Northwest Center 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 m77311) 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 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
