{"nrhp_refnum":"06001104","name":"Kinston Battlefield","other_names":["Battle of Kinston","31lr80,f^80,31lr367,31lr367*2,31lr368,31lr369,31lr370"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1.5 mi. S of Kinston on US 258;2-3 mi. S of Kinston on US 258; 3 mi. S of Kinston on NC 58; 4 mi. S of Kinston on 258","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kinston","county":"Lenoir County","state":"NC","lat":35.20863748600004,"lon":-77.61840199013244,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A discontiguous historic district of four separate areas totaling about 614 acres near Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, preserving open battlefield land and Confederate earthworks from the December 1862 Battle of Kinston.","why_significant":"The areas are the best-preserved physical remains of the December 13-14, 1862 Civil War Battle of Kinston, fought as part of the Goldsboro Expedition. Together they reflect the progressive, multi-location nature of the fighting as a mobile Union force attacked Confederate troops defending Kinston. The nomination argues the battlefield retains a high degree of integrity despite an earlier survey ranking it as lost.","narrative":"Four separate areas near Kinston, North Carolina, preserve the land and earthworks of the Civil War Battle of Kinston, fought December 13-14, 1862. Totaling about 614 acres, they include the Southwest Creek engagement site, a Confederate encampment ridge, the Upper Trent Road engagement site at Patterson's Chapel, and the final engagement area just south of the Neuse River. Confederate engineers built the earthworks to protect Kinston from Union forces based at New Bern. Surviving features include roughly 1,900 feet of earthworks at Southwest Creek, an earthen milldam that Union soldiers used as a bridge to flank the Confederate line, and a deeply entrenched remnant of the Wilmington Road. The battle was one of three fought during the Goldsboro Expedition and unfolded at several locations rather than on one field. The district was listed for its military significance and its relatively intact setting, despite an earlier survey that classed the battlefield's integrity as lost.","period_of_significance":"December 13-14, 1862","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current uses include agricultural fields, forest, unoccupied land and a church. Many earthworks remain extant and in good condition, though some segments are truncated, eroded or slightly damaged.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.346472-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7210/47721060/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06001104.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721060","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86539891"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/lenoir-county/kinston-battlefield-06001104/"}