Monuments North Carolina Civil War Monuments

Confederate Soldiers Monument

Town Common, N. Main St., Tarboro NC.

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Henry Lawson Wyatt Memorial Fountain

Memorial Fountain in honor of Henry L. Waytt. The first Confederate soldier killed in the Civil War. Wyatt was killed at the Battle of Big Bethel in Virginia on June 10, 1861. Town Common, N. Main St., Tarboro NC.

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Confederate Soldiers Memorial


Old Haywood County Courthouse, 215 N. Main Street, Waynesville
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The "Battle" of Waynesville

Waynesville was the scene of the last and perhaps most unusual skirmish in the eastern theater of the American Civil War. On May 6, 1865, Union Colonel William C. Bartlett's 2nd North Carolina (Federal) Mounted Infantry were raiding, pillaging, burning homes and engaging in other activities to undermine the economic base of the area and were attacked at White Sulphur Springs (east of Waynesville) by a detachment of rebels from the Thomas Legion of Highlanders, who had been summoned for help by locals. East of the Mississippi, Thomas' Legion fired "The Last Shot" of the Civil War in White Sulphur Springs, North Carolina. The Legion consisted of soldiers who had served under Jubal A. Early during the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864, but had been sent back to their native North Carolina mountains to engage in guerrilla warfare against the remaining Union forces. The disoriented Union soldiers retreated into Waynesville, and on the evening of May 6 remaining elements of the Thomas Legion surrounded the town. The soldiers lit numerous bonfires on the ridges above the town and engaged in war chants in an effort to intimidate the Federals. The following day the Confederate commanders Gen. James Green Martin and Col. William Holland Thomas (for whom the Legion was named) negotiated a surrender. These commanders had been made aware that Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston had already capitulated, and that continued hostilities would prove pointless.
 
Let me echo the many thanks posted so far for the pictures.

I can't remember who I was discussing North Carolina Confederate monuments with the other day, but this thread is a great culmination.

I am very proud to be born and raised in the Great state of North Carolina and particularly proud of the bravery and sacrifice of those that served in the Civil War from NC.

I live only about 20 minutes from the Gaston County Courthouse and remember when the monument there was placed. And yes, the soldiers on the monuments are facing North.
 
The "Battle" of Waynesville

Waynesville was the scene of the last and perhaps most unusual skirmish in the eastern theater of the American Civil War. On May 6, 1865, Union Colonel William C. Bartlett's 2nd North Carolina (Federal) Mounted Infantry were raiding, pillaging, burning homes and engaging in other activities to undermine the economic base of the area and were attacked at White Sulphur Springs (east of Waynesville) by a detachment of rebels from the Thomas Legion of Highlanders, who had been summoned for help by locals. East of the Mississippi, Thomas' Legion fired "The Last Shot" of the Civil War in White Sulphur Springs, North Carolina. The Legion consisted of soldiers who had served under Jubal A. Early during the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864, but had been sent back to their native North Carolina mountains to engage in guerrilla warfare against the remaining Union forces. The disoriented Union soldiers retreated into Waynesville, and on the evening of May 6 remaining elements of the Thomas Legion surrounded the town. The soldiers lit numerous bonfires on the ridges above the town and engaged in war chants in an effort to intimidate the Federals. The following day the Confederate commanders Gen. James Green Martin and Col. William Holland Thomas (for whom the Legion was named) negotiated a surrender. These commanders had been made aware that Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston had already capitulated, and that continued hostilities would prove pointless.

I’ve read Col. Holland’s Cherokee escort scared the bejeebers out of the Federal officers at the surrender. It seems the colonel picked the biggest, meanest looking Cherokees he could find to escort him to hat doleful rite.

“While I am able for service I intend to stand by the cause while a banner floats to tell where freedom’s sons still supports her cause.”

Major Walter Clark of the North Carolina Junior Reserve Brigade in a letter to his mother.


 
I’ve read Col. Holland’s Cherokee escort scared the bejeebers out of the Federal officers at the surrender. It seems the colonel picked the biggest, meanest looking Cherokees he could find to escort him to hat doleful rite.

“While I am able for service I intend to stand by the cause while a banner floats to tell where freedom’s sons still supports her cause.”

Major Walter Clark of the North Carolina Junior Reserve Brigade in a letter to his mother.



One of my all-time favorite books is " Storm in the Mountains " a history of the Thomas Legion by Vernon Crow ! Love to read about them !
 
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