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Moored near the King Street Bridge, the Confederate States Ship Neuse, an ironclad gunboat, was outfitted in Kinston in late 1863 and early 1864. An April 1864 attempt to take her downriver in a concerted attack on New Bern failed. The CSS Neuse was scuttled to prevent capture by Union forces on March 12, 1865, approximately one quarter mile downstream from this location. The ship remained on the river bottom until her recovery in 1963.
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Kinston, North Carolina · United States
