Record #:

23012

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

In 1895 there were two Confederate organizations in Pitt County, The Bryan Grimes Camp of Confederate Soldiers (formed in 1893) and The Pitt County Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans (formed in 1894). In 1899, the Col. George E. B. Singletary Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy formed and soon after The Thomas J. Jarvis Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy also formed. In 1902, the two Daughters of the Confederacy chapters unveiled a Civil War monument in Cherry Hill Cemetery. In 1908, Congressman John H. Small shipped 40 odd cannonballs to Greenville to be placed beside the monument. In 1915, the large Civil War monument was unveiled on the Court House square.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Feb 12-25 1997, p6

Subject(s):

Memorials--Civil War--Greenville