For this trip we stayed at Atlantic Beach in an Airbnb one block from the ocean. The sites in Atlantic Beach, Morehead City, and Beaufort were only about 15 minutes away. New Bern was a little less than a 60 minute drive and Kinston a little less than 90 minutes. The highlights of the sites I visited below not in any particular order were Fort Macon, the New Bern Battlefield site, the CSS Neuse Museum, and Stop #10 on the Wyse Fork Battlefield Driving tour. I was able to visit several sites relevant to both the First and Second Battle of Kinston (Wyse Fork) with the help of Dennis Harper and Skip Riddle. Both do great work with the Save Wyse Fork Battlefield Commission (link).

Atlantic Beach- Hoop Pole Creek Nature Preserve, The Bombardment and Surrender of Fort Macon- April 25-26, 1862, Fort Macon Visitor Center, Casemate Exhibits on the Fort’s Lower Level, SS Pevensey Shipwreck

Morehead City- Morehead City, History Museum of Carteret County

Swannsboro- Hammocks Beach State Park

Beaufort- Beaufort

New Bern- The Battle of New Bern- March 13, 1862, New Bern Battlefield Park Part 1 and Part 2, The Siege of Fort Macon- From New Bern to Fort Macon, Other Civil War Sites, New Bern Historical Society Museum

Kinston- First Battle of Kinston Overview, First Battle of Kinston Driving Tour (Tour, Stop 10, Stop 12), Kinston and Lenoir County Visitor Center, CSS Neuse Interpretive Museum-First Floor, Museum Second Floor, Other Civil War Sites, the Wyse Fork Battlefield Driving Tour (Tour, Stop 10)- future post