Historic Sites in Goldsboro, NC

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(Preface): Late in 1862. Union Gen. John G. Foster?s garrison was well entrenched in New Bern and made several incurs...

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Found off the beaten path, two miles south of Fremont, the historic site features a mid-19th-century farm...

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It was along the top of this railroad embankment that one Union regiment, the 17th Massachusetts, approached the rail...

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- Located in the Coastal Region of North Carolina, approximately 30,000 visitors come to Waynesborough State Par...

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Built by the State, 1851-56, from Goldsboro to Charlotte. Eastern terminus a few yards N.

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On a raid from New Bern Union troops led by Gen. J.G. Foster attacked Goldsboro, December 17, 1862.

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Last Sec'y of War & first Sec'y of Army, 1947-49. Attorney; state senator; brig. gen., 1943-45. Led military justice ...

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Sherman's Army, on its march from Savannah, entered Goldsboro, its chief North Carolina objective, Mar. 21, 1865.

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Three miles south of this spot on Walnut Creek is a marker indicating the exact site of Dobbs County Court House 1756...

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Governor of North Carolina, 1901-1905. Crusader for universal education. His law office is 2 blocks S.W.

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After Union troops burned the railroad bridge they began to leave the field. The Confederates decided to re-cross the...

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Confederate Senator, Speaker State House of Representatives, head of commission to codify State laws, 1883. Home is 1...

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Union General John G. Foster?s prime objective, the wooden covered Wilmington & Weldon railroad bridge, crossed the N...

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In early 1853, Colonel Charles Nelson was authorized by the City Commissioners to survey and plan a cemetery. Toda...

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Field hospital of the XX Corps during the Battle of Bentonville was located here. Four hundred Union soldiers, wounde...

Goldsborough Bridge