In 1862, 2,400 Confederate troops went to battle with 12,000 Union troops in what history remembers as the Battle of Kinston. Today, visitors can travel back in time to experience what the battle would have been like at Kinston Battlefield Park. Guests will start their journey through the park with a short film about this historic moment in time and will get the chance to peruse several displays. While exploring the memorial site, visitors will find war markers, an 1860s Baptist church that was once Harriet’s Chapel, several earthworks, and even a Confederate defensive hold that later became a Union hospital. To culminate the trip to the Kinston Battlefield Park, guests can visit the park’s plaza which honors the US states that deployed soldiers to the Kinston Battle.

1400 Harriette Drive, Kinston, North Carolina 28504

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