Missouri-Kansas Border War
Monuments and memorials on the Common
The Wyatt Fountain on the Common is in memory of Henry L. Wyatt, a 19-year-old who was the first to die in battle of the Civil War.
1st NC Confederate to die to be honored in Raleigh
A ceremony at the North Carolina Capitol will remember the battle where the first Confederate soldier from the state died.
Nineteen-year-old Henry Lawson Wyatt died at the Battle of Big Bethel in June 1861 in Virginia. Wyatt was born in Richmond, Va., but was living in Edgecombe County when he became a Confederate soldier. A statue dedicated to Wyatt is located on the Capitol grounds.
On Saturday, the North State Rifles re-enacting group will speak about Wyatt's life at his monument, where they also will model the uniforms worn by Tar Heels soldiers in the war's first year and give a lecture on the battle.
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NC to dedicate grave markers for 20 Confederates
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Grave markers honoring 20 Confederate soldiers who died during the three-day Battle of Bentonville will be dedicated at the site in Four Oaks.The Union army paroled at least 45 wounded Confederates before marching on to Goldsboro, leaving the troops in the care of John and Amy Harper, whose home had become a field hospital. Twenty-three of the soldiers died, and 20 were buried on the farm.
The exact location of the graves was lost over time. Using a 19th century photo of the graves and ground-penetrating radar, archeologists found the graves, which will be dedicated Saturday.
Nearly 4,200 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the battle, which occurred in March 1865 near the end of the Civil War.
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