List of Confederate monuments and memorials in North Carolina explained

See also: List of Confederate monuments and memorials.

Note: This is a sublist of List of Confederate monuments and memorials from the North Carolina section.

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. 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 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. Nor does it include figures connected with the origins of the Civil War or white supremacy, but not with the Confederacy.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are at least 140 public spaces with Confederate monuments in North Carolina.[1]

Governor Roy Cooper "has called for the removal of monuments honoring Confederate soldiers and generals", including the Chapel Hill Silent Sam statue. He has called for the repeal of a 2015 law requiring legislative approval to remove Confederate monuments.[2]

State capitol

Monuments

Courthouse monuments

Other public monuments

Private monuments

Buildings

Inhabited places

Counties

Towns

Natural features

Roads

Schools

Zeb Vance Elementary[78]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Whose heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy. Gunter. Booth. Kizzire. Jamie. April 21, 2016. Gunter. Booth. Southern Poverty Law Center. August 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816191639/https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/whoseheritage_splc.pdf. August 16, 2017. dead.
  2. News: Gov. Cooper gives UNC green light to remove 'Silent Sam', UNC holds off, citing 2015 law. August 22, 2017. Jeff. Moore. North State Journal.
  3. News: NC governor has a new site in mind for 3 Confederate monuments on Capitol grounds. Lynn. Bonner. News & Observer. September 8, 2017.
  4. News: Confederate statue vandalized in North Carolina. Avery. Anapol. August 19, 2018. The Hill.
  5. News: Commission Votes Against Removing 3 Confederate Monuments in NC Capitol. David. Boraks. August 22, 2018. WFAE. November 18, 2018.
  6. Web site: Chapin. Josh. 2020-06-20. Demonstrators topple 2 statues from Confederate monument outside NC Capitol building. 2020-06-20. ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. en.
  7. Web site: Workers dismantling 75-foot Confederate monument at NC Capitol. News and Observer. Jul 21, 2020.
  8. Web site: Confederate Monument, State Capitol, Raleigh. Documenting the American South. April 15, 2018.
  9. Web site: Workers dismantling 75-foot Confederate monument at NC Capitol. News and Observer. Jul 21, 2020.
  10. Web site: Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy, Raleigh. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. April 15, 2018.
  11. News: Raleigh man charged after KKK hoods placed on Capitol Confederate monument. CBS 17 staff. WBTV. March 5, 2019.
  12. Web site: Henry Lawson Wyatt Monument, Raleigh. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 3, 2017.
  13. Web site: Samuel A'Court Ashe Monument. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. April 15, 2018.
  14. News: Confederate Governor's monument coming down in Asheville, N.C.. Andrea. Cooper. 8–9. Jewish Journal (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). April 7, 2021.
  15. News: Debate over Asheville's Confederate memorials continues. Hunt. Max. July 6, 2017. Mountain Xpress. August 15, 2017. en-US.
  16. News: Barrett. Mark. 4 charged with damaging Lee plaque at Vance Monument. August 19, 2017. Citizen-Times. August 18, 2017.
  17. News: A modest proposal for the Vance Monument. October 27, 2017. Peter. Robbins. Mountain Xpress.
  18. Web site: William Henry Hardy Plaque, Asheville. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 18, 2017.
  19. News: Confederate monuments, more than 700 across USA, aren't budging. USA Today. May 22, 2017. November 24, 2017. Rick. Hampson.
  20. Web site: Carteret County Confederate Soldiers Monument, Beaufort . Documenting the American South . 19 March 2010 . The University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . 19 February 2020.
  21. Web site: Since George Floyd's Death, These Confederate Monuments Have Been Removed in North Carolina. 21 December 2020.
  22. Winberry. John J.. 1983. "Lest We Forget": The Confederate Monument and the Southern Townscape. Southeastern Geographer. 23. 2. 107–21. 10.1353/sgo.1983.0008. 201779463. 1549-6929.
  23. Web site: Tyrrell County Confederate Memorial, Columbia. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 28, 2017.
  24. News: 'Loyal Slave' Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History. Kali. Holloway. March 25, 2019. The Nation. August 23, 2019. November 15, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191115105301/https://www.thenation.com/article/loyal-slave-confederate-monuments-civil-war-slavery/. dead.
  25. Web site: Confederate War Memorial. Currituck Outer Banks. August 17, 2017. November 21, 2013.
  26. Web site: North Carolina Civil War Monuments. 19 March 2010. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. September 21, 2017.
  27. News: County leaders, NAACP address Confederate statue at Alamance County Courthouse. August 22, 2017. Carly. Hildyard. WGHP (MyFox8).
  28. News: Silent Sam sparking emotions. August 23, 2018. Laurinburg Exchange. Katelin. Gandee. October 15, 2018.
  29. Web site: Orren Randolph Smith, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 23, 2017.
  30. http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/261/ Commemorative Landscapes. Catawba County Confederate Soldiers Monument
  31. Web site: Battle of Plymouth (1928), Plymouth. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 18, 2017.
  32. Web site: Wilson County Civil War Memorial. December 2, 2018.
  33. Web site: Confederate Monument, Bentonville Battlefield, Four Oaks . 19 March 2010 . Documenting the American South . December 3, 2017.
  34. Web site: Joseph Johnston Monument . 19 March 2010 . Documenting the American South . December 3, 2017.
  35. News: Protesters want Confederate monuments removed from SC State House. Bristow. Marchant. August 25, 2017. The State. April 18, 2018.
  36. Web site: Judah P. Benjamin Memorial, Charlotte. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 15, 2017.
  37. Web site: Jefferson Davis Camp, Concord. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 15, 2017.
  38. Web site: North Carolina Civil War Monuments. North Carolina Department of Natural Resources. 19 March 2010. January 2, 2018.
  39. Web site: Judah P. Benjamin Marker, Fayetteville. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 15, 2017.
  40. Web site: Jefferson Davis, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  41. Web site: Orren Randolph Smith, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  42. Web site: Henry Timrod, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  43. Web site: Matthew Fontaine Maury, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  44. Book: Horne, Gerald. The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade. New York University Press. 2007. 106. 9780814790731.
  45. Web site: Robert E. Lee Dixie Highway Marker, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  46. Web site: Zebulon Baird Vance, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  47. Web site: Albert Pike, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  48. Web site: Calvary Episcopal Church Memorial, Fletcher. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 18, 2017.
  49. Web site: Confederate Monument, Goldsboro. docsouth.unc.edu . Goldsboro, North Carolina. May 10, 1883.
  50. Web site: Since George Floyd's Death, These Confederate Monuments Have Been Removed in North Carolina. 21 December 2020.
  51. Web site: North Carolina Civil War Monuments. ncmonuments.ncdcr.gov. 19 March 2010.
  52. Web site: General Junius Daniel, Halifax. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 18, 2017.
  53. Book: Butler, Douglas J. . North Carolina Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated History . McFarland . 2013 . 16, 18, 20. 9781476603377 .
  54. Web site: Robert E. Lee Dixie Highway Marker, Hendersonville. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 18, 2017.
  55. Web site: Confederate Soldiers Monument, High Point . 19 March 2010 . Documenting the American South . December 4, 2017.
  56. Web site: 1932 Fort Fisher Confederate Monument, Kure Beach . 19 March 2010 . Documenting the American South . December 4, 2017.
  57. News: Lexington Confederate monument removed overnight into Friday. WXII 12. October 17, 2020. October 21, 2020.
  58. Web site: Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina. March 19, 2010. docsouth.unc.edu.
  59. News: A Confederate statue. A mostly black college. And simmering small-town resentment.. Martha. Quillin. April 20, 2018. News & Observer.
  60. Web site: Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina. May 25, 2017. docsouth.unc.edu.
  61. Web site: Confederate Monument, Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 3, 2017.
  62. Web site: New Confederate statue goes up in Reidsville. December 12, 2013. myfox8.com. August 17, 2017.
  63. News: Rocky Mount mayor says city council votes to remove Confederate monument at local park. June 2, 2020. wral.com.
  64. News: 111 years after its dedication, 'Fame' hoisted away from West Innes Street. Bergeron. Josh. Salisbury Post. July 7, 2020. October 21, 2020.
  65. News: A year after removal, 'Fame' Confederate monument relocated to new home. Anderson. Natalie. Salisbury Post. July 23, 2021. July 26, 2021.
  66. Web site: The Last Grand Review (Confederate Army), Selma. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 16, 2017.
  67. Web site: Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina. 19 March 2010.
  68. Web site: Robert E. Lee Dixie Highway Marker, Tuxedo. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 18, 2017.
  69. Web site: Rockingham County Confederate Monument, Wentworth. 19 March 2010. Documenting the American South. September 15, 2017.
  70. News: Kay . Lindell J. . June 11, 2020 . A Confederate Controversy: Wilson Divided Over Civil War Monuments . The Wake Weekly.
  71. https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/711 Memorial to the Confederate Dead, Windsor, NC
  72. News: Confederate memorial in Durham vandalized. July 1, 2015. August 3, 2018. WTVD.
  73. News: Durham Confederate soldiers monument vandalized. Virginia. Bridges. April 7, 2019. News & Observer.
  74. News: These UNC dorms and academic buildings are no longer named after white supremacists. Kate. Murphy. News & Observer. July 29, 2020. October 21, 2020.
  75. Web site: Randolph County Public Library . January 19, 2024 . Town History – Ramseur .
  76. News: Trees a living memorial to Confederate veterans. Corwin. Brook. 2001-08-10. Hendersonville Times. 2017-08-29. en.
  77. Web site: 148-year-old handwritten notes show Confederate origins of Stonewall St. – and others. Harrison. Steve. 2017-08-26. The Charlotte Observer. 2017-08-30.
  78. Web site: About Us . Zeb Vance Elementary . July 9, 2020.