9th New Jersey Infantry Monument b. 1905 This monument, erected in 1905 by the regiment's survivors, commemorates the 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, which served from October 1861 to July 1865. Although it was the last regiment from New Jersey to be fully recruited and equipped in 1861, it was the first to produce the state's first combat casualties of the Civil War, as well as its first Officer to die from wounds (Captain Joseph Henry of Company H), when it fought in the Battles on Roanoke Island, North Carolina in February 1862...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Heaton, David b. March 10, 1823 d. June 25, 1870 US Congressman. A prominent Reconstruction-era politician, he represented North Carolina in the first session of Congress after that state was readmitted to the Union in 1868. Heaton was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He was a practicing attorney when elected to his first public office, the Ohio State Senate (1855). Two years later he moved to Minnesota and was a State Senator there for six terms (1858 to 1863). The Civil War changed the course of his career. In 1863 Heaton was named a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Massachusetts Civil War Monument b. 1908 The Massachusetts Monument was erected in 1908 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in memory of her Soldiers and Sailors who died in North Carolina during the Civil War. The sculpture was completed in 1908 by Melzar Hunt Mossman of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The monument is a bronze female figure holding a pen in her right hand and shield with her left. She has written on the face of the shield,"AFTER LOYAL SERVICE, UNION AND PEACE". The bronze stands on a granite base with three bronze plaques. (Bio by: Jim Dugan) New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Rhode Island Civil War Monument b. 1908 The Rhode Island Monument was erected by the State of Rhode Island to commemorate the services of Rhode Island Volunteers who died in North Carolina during the Civil War. The sculpture was completed in 1908 by William Whitney Manatt, of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, Founders, Providence, Rhode Island. It was dedicated on October 6, 1909. The monument is a bronze female sculpture dressed in classical drapery on a pink granite base with the inscription. (Bio by: Jim Dugan) New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
b. 1905