Kinston, December 14, 1862
A Union expedition led by Brig. Gen. John G. Foster left New Berne in December to disrupt the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad at Goldsborough. The advance was stubbornly contested by Evans’s Brigade near Kinston Bridge on December 14, but the Confederates were outnumbered and withdrew north of the Neuse River in the direction of Goldsborough. Foster continued his movement the next day, taking the River Road, south of the Neuse River. Courtesy of NPS Kinston Battle Summary

(January 2008) Marker Civil War Trails interpretive marker on US-258 (wartime Wilmington Road), just south of the Southwest Creek bridge

(January 2008) Enlarge The Federal battery was positioned near the open field in upper right of picture. The Southwest Creek bridge is in the distance at the break in the tree line. View looking north

(January 2008) Enlarge Southwest Creek looking south, toward Federal advance

(January 2008) Enlarge Southwest Creek, west of the bridge

(January 2008) Marker Harriet Chapel site

(January 2008) Another view of the Harriet Chapel site