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15th Connecticut Infantry Monument
Erected in honor of the men of the 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry regiment.
New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
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
Abernethy, Charles Laban b. March 18, 1872 d. February 23, 1955
US Congressman. He was elected to represent North Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Samuel M. Brinson, serving from 1922 to 1935.
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Barden, Graham Arthur b. September 25, 1896 d. January 29, 1967
US Congressman. During World War I, Barden served in the U.S. Navy. He was a North Carolina state house of representative (1933) before being elected as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. He was in Congress for over 25 years (1935-1961). (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Blackledge, William Salter b. 1793 d. March 21, 1857
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Carolina's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1823. Also served as a Member of the North Carolina State Legislature.
New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Bradham, Caleb Davis b. May 27, 1867 d. February 19, 1934
Pharmacist. He is best remembered as the inventor of Pepsi-Cola. Born in Chinquapin, North Carolina, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and then attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine. About 1890, he dropped out of the University of Maryland when his father's business went bankrupt. He returned to North Carolina where he taught public school for a year, and then opened a drug store in New Bern, North Carolina, called the Bradham Drug Company...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Brinson, Samuel Mitchell b. March 20, 1870 d. April 13, 1922
US Congressman. Brinson was the president of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Company before being elected in 1919 as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. He died in office in 1922. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Donnell, Richard Spaight b. September 20, 1820 d. June 3, 1867
US Congressman. He was elected to represent North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 until 1849. In 1861, he was a delegate to the North Carolina State secession convention. During the Civil War, he served for two years in the State house of commons (1862 to 1864). (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Gaston, William b. September 19, 1778 d. January 23, 1844
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Carolina's 4th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 to 1817. Also served as a Member of the North Carolina State Legislature, and State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Cedar Grove 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
Masterson, Walt b. June 22, 1920 d. April 5, 2008
Major League Baseball Player. A native of Philadelphia, he was a pitcher for fourteen seasons (1939 to 1942, 1945 to 1953, 1956) with the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. He made his big league debut on May 8, 1939, less than two months shy of his 19th birthday. His notable career highlights include two-time selection to the American League All Star Team (1947 and 1948). During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. In 399 career games, Masterson won 78 and...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Saint Joseph's Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Nash, Abner b. August 8, 1740 d. December 2, 1786
North Carolina Governor, Continental Congress member. He was a member of North Carolina state legislature, in both the house of commons and state senate from 1777 to 1780, and again in 1782. He was then the Governor of North Carolina from 1780 to 1781. He was a member of the Continental Congress from North Carolina from 1782 until his death during a session in 1786. He was originally buried at St. Paul�s Churchyard in New York, but was reinterred in the family cemetery at Pembroke. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Pembroke Plantation Family Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
O'Hara, James Edward b. February 26, 1844 d. September 15, 1905
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Carolina's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1887. He was defeated in 1886. Also served as a Member of the North Carolina State House of Representatives from 1866 to 1869, and Delegate to the North Carolina State Constitutional Convention in 1875. (Bio by: K)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Ransom, Robert b. February 12, 1828 d. January 14, 1892
Civil War Confederate Major General. Born in North Carlolina, he graduated from West Point in 1850 and served as an officer in the 1st Dragoons on the Western Frontier. At the start of the Civil War, he resigned his commission and was appointed a Captian in the Confederate Cavarly in early 1861. Promoted Colonel of the 1st North Carolina Cavalry in October 1861, he fought in the Peninsula and was promoted Brigadier General in March, 1862. He led his North Carolina Brigade in the battles of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cedar Grove 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
Shepard, Charles Biddle b. December 5, 1808 d. October 25, 1843
US Congressman. Shepard served as a member of North Carolina state legislature from 1831 to 1832. In 1837, he was elected as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, serving until 1841. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Simmons, Furnifold McLendel 'F.M.' b. January 20, 1854 d. April 30, 1940
US Congressman, US Senator. He was elected as a Representative from North Carolina to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1889. In 1901, he was elected as a Senator from North Carolina to the United States Senate, serving for thirty years until he left office in 1931. Following the sinking of the luxury liner "RMS Titanic" in 1912, he served on a Congressional committee looking into the disaster. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Spaight Jr., Richard Dobbs b. 1796 d. November 17, 1850
US Governor, US Congressman. Spaight, the son of Constitution signer Richard Spaight, Sr., served as a member of the North Carolina state house of commons in 1819. He followed that as a state senator from 1820 to 1822. He was then elected as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1823 to 1825. After leaving Congress, he once again became a state senator, this time for ten years. (1825-1835). From 1835 to 1836, he served, as his father had, as a Governor of North Carolina. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Clermont Estate Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Spaight, Richard Dobbs b. March 25, 1758 d. September 6, 1802
US Congressman, Governor of North Carolina, Signer of US Constitution. After the death of his parents this native of New Bern, North Carolina was sent to live with relatives in Ireland at the age of eight. His kinfolk made sure the young man received a good education which culminated with him reportedly graduating from the University of Glasgow just before his return to North Carolina in 1778. The timing of his trip back home placed him in the middle of America's War for Independence. Although...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Clermont Estate Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA

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