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Proud member of:
North Carolina Federation of Historical Societies
Kinston Chamber of Commerce
Lenoir County Heritage Tourism Council
The
Historical Preservation Group is a diverse
group of individuals that came together with a common interest and passion
for the preservation of our history. With the financial help of Civil War
Preservation Trust and several private individuals, the Historical
Preservation Group received their non-profit status June 2002.
Kinston Civil War Round Table
being formed under the auspice of the Historical Preservation Group
Ed Bearss Visits First Battle
Kinston Battlefield Park
Ed Bearss, historian emeritus of the
National Park Service, is the most well known battlefield guide in
America and leads military history tours year-around of the Civil War,
American Revolution, American West, and World War I and World War II in
Europe. He is acclaimed as one of the stars of Ken Burns's award-winning
PBS series, The Civil War. In 1956, he helped locate and raise
the ironclad gunboat Cairo, one of the most significant
artifacts of the Civil War. He is the author of several books including
Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and the Salvage of the Cairo;
and, with James McPherson, Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the
Civil War.
Upon touring Harriet's Chapel,
Starr's Battery
and the Memorial Sites on the Kinston Battlefield,
Ed Bearss said, "Its remarkable what's here, I'm impressed."
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First
Battle of Kinston
Battlefield Park
Top Picture: Memorial Site
Where Union forces first broke through the Confederate linesLeft
Picture: Harriet's Chapel Site
Used as a defenses position by Confederates and after battle uses as a
field hospital by the Union.
Right Picture: Boardwalk leading to Starr's Battery,
Artillery position of Capt. J. Starr |
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Looking for a unique place to have a wedding?
This historic site just may fit the bill.
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Memorial Site
Plaza on the
First Battle of Kinston Battlefield |
1860's chapel on the
First Battle of Kinston Battlefield |
For more information contact Jane
Phillips
diamondgp@suddenlink.net
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Items
of Interest about Eastern North Carolina History as reported in the
Kinston Free Press |
Under the umbrella of the Historical Preservation Group are:
diamondgp@suddenlink.net
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