Historical Marker

Foster's Raid

US 70 at US 258 south of Kinston · Kinston · Lenoir

North Carolina marker

Inscription

On a raid from New Bern to

Goldsboro, the Union troops led by Gen. J. G. Foster passed through Kinston, Dec. 14, 1862.

Location

AddressUS 70 at US 258 south of Kinston
CityKinston
CountyLenoir
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.244630, -77.583960

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