Erected in June 2001, the large marker replaced four older markers, all of which were scrapped when construction commenced on the new US 17 bridge across the Chowan River.
Topics Related to Civil War
Confederates, on Apr. 19, 1862, repelled Union army here, prevented demolition of Dismal Swamp Canal locks three miles N.W.
On December 26, 1919, Civil War soldier, planter and politician William Ruffin Cox died in Richmond, Virginia.
On December 15, 1862, federal and Confederate forces clashed at what’s today known as Seven Springs, but was then called Whitehall.
On December 15, 1836, Confederate spy Emeline Jamison Pigott was born in Carteret County.
On December 14, 1862, Union forces under the command of Gen. John G. Foster launched their second attack on Confederate Gen. Nathan G. “Shanks” Evans at the First Battle of Kinston.
On December 9, 1861, the Confederate prison at Salisbury took in its first Yankee prisoners.
On November 27, 1864, General Braxton Bragg was given command of the Department of North Carolina of the Confederate States Army.
On November 17, 1862, 19-year-old James Wells Champney drafted a collection of small images titled “First impressions of North Carolina, sketched in cars on the [way] to newbern.”
On November 12, 1903, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association appointed a committee to investigate and report on the various claims made about North Carolina’s involvement in the Civil War.