General Robert Hoke Monument (Kinston, North Carolina)
Confederate
Monument type:
Plaque
Artist:
Dedication Date:
1920-01-01
Address:
Kinston
Lenoir
North Carolina
USA
Inscription:
NEAR THIS SPOT, MARCH 8, 1865, ABOUT 9 A.M. / HOKE'S DIVISION, C.S.A. UNDER THE IMMEDIATE / COMMAND OF MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT E. HOKE, BROKE THE ADVANCE COLUMNS OF / COX'S FIRST DIVISION, 23RD CORPS, U.S.A. AND / CAPTURED PRINCIPALLY FROM UPHAM'S BRIGADE / 1500 PRISONERS AND THREE PIECES OF ARTILLERY / AND AT THIS SPOT GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG / MET GENERAL HOKE AND CONGRATULATED HIM IN / PERSON UPON HIS GLORIOUS VICTORY.
Ground, plaque: THE "HOKE MONUMENT" / RELOCATED MARCH 12 1994 FROM ORIGINAL SITE / (.6 MILES WEST) BY C.S.S. RAM NEUSE CAMP / "SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS" / "REDEDICATED MAY 20 1995"
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Material:
Granite and metal
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Erected by:
Funded by:
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and North Carolina Historical Commission
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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