WF03 – Battle of Wyse Fork Driving Tour Series Traditional Cache
WF03 – Battle of Wyse Fork Driving Tour Series
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This Series follows the Kinston Battlefields Driving Tour of the Battle of Wyse Fork, which occurred March 8th thru 10th of 1865, & sometimes called the 2nd Battle of Kinston.
This is the 3rd stop of 12 on the tour. A color brochure with driving directions and descriptive information is available at the Visitor's Center (coords: 35° 14.630' -77° 35.040'); a recommended starting point for the tour. Come see and tread the actual grounds where this momentous event took place!
(See Stop #WF01 (GC1VA0W) for Tour Prologue)
Stop #WF03 – Battle of Wyse Fork
Cobb House / Confederate Hospital
[See storyboard at the site]
Look across Hwy 70 at the 3-story white home – The Cobb House. This house was used as a hospital during the battle. In the early 1970’s, before there were four lanes of the highway, there were large oak trees in the yard with the tops blown off by cannon projectiles. Photos of these trees are on page 38 in the book “Through the Eyes of Soldiers: The Battle of Wyse Fork…”, by T. Edwards & Wm. Rowland.
The 15th Connecticut Regiment had a line directly behind this house. They were all captured in the Hoke flanking attack of March 8.
Note: As you face the storyboard the Cobb House is mostly hidden by the tree grove across the road & off to the right past the old-time gas station/storage building you see. Look to your left as you leave here for Stop #4.
Don't forget the Mystery Clue -- Proceed to Stop #WF04...
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