General Robert Hoke Monument (Kinston, North Carolina)

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Title

General Robert Hoke Monument (Kinston, North Carolina)

Source

american,confederatemonument,informationforms,sonsofconfederateveterans,daughters

Language

English

Type

Site

Identifier

1384

Date Issued

1920-01-01

Extent

m x m x m

Spatial Coverage

current,35.22411,-77.5297;previous1,35.22826780766119,-77.54127894232829;

Europeana

Country

USA

Europeana Data Provider

General Robert Hoke Monument

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/General_Robert_Hoke_Monument

Monument Type

Plaque

Funded by

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and North Carolina Historical Commission

Material

Granite and metal

Inscription

NEAR THIS SPOT, MARCH 8, 1865, ABOUT 9 A.M. / HOKE'S DIVISION, C.S.A. UNDER THE IMMEDIATE / COMMAND OF MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT E. HOKE, BROKE THE ADVANCE COLUMNS OF / COX'S FIRST DIVISION, 23RD CORPS, U.S.A. AND / CAPTURED PRINCIPALLY FROM UPHAM'S BRIGADE / 1500 PRISONERS AND THREE PIECES OF ARTILLERY / AND AT THIS SPOT GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG / MET GENERAL HOKE AND CONGRATULATED HIM IN / PERSON UPON HIS GLORIOUS VICTORY. Ground, plaque: THE "HOKE MONUMENT" / RELOCATED MARCH 12 1994 FROM ORIGINAL SITE / (.6 MILES WEST) BY C.S.S. RAM NEUSE CAMP / "SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS" / "REDEDICATED MAY 20 1995"

State

North Carolina

County

Lenoir

Affiliation

Confederate

City

Kinston