Rear: WYATT'S COMRADES / IN DASH TO BURN THE HOUSE / GEORGE T. A / BETHEL REGIMENT / NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS / KILLED AT BETHEL CHURCH / J/ FIRST CONFEDERATE SOLDER | TO FALL IN BATTLE IN THE | WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. Inscriptions:įront: HENRY LAWSON WYATT / PRIVATE CO. He was the first Confederate soldier to die in battle. Monument Removed J - Henry Lawson Wyatt Monument (1912).The two relief plaques portray the Civil War the eastern side shows soldiers departing for war and leaving their loved ones behind, while the western side depicts a weary or injured Confederate soldier returning home.' In 2019, a protester placed Ku Klux Klan hoods on the two figures. The woman, representing the women in the South as the custodians of history, imparts the history of the Civil War to the boy. It sits on top of a granite base with bronze bas-relief plaques. A bronze sculpture depicts an older woman, a grandmotherly figure, holding a book as she sits next to a young boy holding a sword. 'The seven foot tall monument, made possible through a private donation, honors the hardships and sacrifices of North Carolina women during the Civil War. Monument Removed J - Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy, also called Confederate Women's Monument (1914).Front: 'To Our Confederate Dead.' Rear: 'First at Bethel, last at Appomattox'. Two 32 pounder naval cannons stand on each side of the monument.' Contains the Seal of North Carolina. Near the bottom of the column are two statues, one representing the Confederate infantry and the other a Confederate cavalryman. At the top of the column is a statue depicting a Confederate artillery soldier holding a gun. 'This 75-foot-tall monument to fallen Confederate soldiers is located on the State Capitol grounds. Monument Removed J - North Carolina State Confederate Monument (1895), also known as the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.The protestors proceeded to drag one statue to the streets and hang it from a street light. On June 19, 2020, the two statues at the base of the monument were toppled by protestors. The Commission urged the state’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to plan and raise money for a monument recognizing the contributions of African Americans to North Carolina's history. The Commission also found unanimously that the Capitol monuments are 'an overrepresentation and over-memorialization' of the Confederacy and Civil War in North Carolina. The Commission found that the 2015 law prohibited their removal, but recommended signage to add context to the monuments, including noting that slavery was a cause of the Civil War. In 2017, Governor Roy Cooper unsuccessfully petitioned the North Carolina Historical Commission to move the following three Confederate monuments from the grounds of the state Capitol to the Bentonville Battlefield, a Civil War site in Johnston County. The legislature relocated to its current location in the North Carolina State Legislative Building in 1963. The Capitol currently houses the offices of the Governor of North Carolina. State Confederate Monument to the west of the state capitol He has called for the repeal of a 2015 law requiring legislative approval to remove Confederate monuments. Governor Roy Cooper 'has called for the removal of monuments honoring Confederate soldiers and generals', including the Chapel Hill Silent Sam statue.

Nor does it include figures connected with the origins of the Civil War or white supremacy, but not with the Confederacy.Īccording to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are at least 140 public spaces with Confederate monuments in North Carolina. This list does not include items which are largely historic in nature such as historic markers or battlefield parks if they were not established to honor the Confederacy. Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War, these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other observances, and the names of schools, roads, parks, bridges, counties, cities, lakes, dams, military bases, and other public works.

This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials in North Carolina that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Note: This is a sublist of List of Confederate monuments and memorials from the North Carolina section.

See also: List of Confederate monuments and memorials and Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials § North Carolina

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