Note: This is a sublist of List of Confederate monuments and memorials from the North Carolina section.
This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials in North Carolina that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War, these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other observances, and the names of schools, roads, parks, bridges, counties, cities, lakes, dams, military bases, and other public works.
This list does not include items which are largely historic in nature such as historic markers or battlefield parks if they were not established to honor the Confederacy. Nor does it include figures connected with the origins of the Civil War or white supremacy, but not with the Confederacy.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are at least 140 public spaces with Confederate monuments in North Carolina.
Governor Roy Cooper "has called for the removal of monuments honoring Confederate soldiers and generals", including the Chapel Hill Silent Sam statue. He has called for the repeal of a 2015 law requiring legislative approval to remove Confederate monuments.
State capitol
North Carolina State Capitol. The Capitol currently houses the offices of the Governor of North Carolina. The legislature relocated to its current location in the North Carolina State Legislative Building in 1963.In 2017, Governor Roy Cooper unsuccessfully petitioned the North Carolina Historical Commission to move the following three Confederate monuments from the grounds of the state Capitol to the Bentonville Battlefield, a Civil War site in Johnston County. The Commission found that the 2015 law prohibited their removal, but recommended signage to add context to the monuments, including noting that slavery was a cause of the Civil War. The Commission also found unanimously that the Capitol monuments are "an overrepresentation and over-memorialization" of the Confederacy and Civil War in North Carolina. The Commission urged the state’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to plan and raise money for a monument recognizing the contributions of African Americans to North Carolina's history. On June 19, 2020, the two statues at the base of the monument were toppled by protestors. The protestors proceeded to drag one statue to the streets and hang it from a street light. Monument Removed June 21, 2020 - North Carolina State Confederate Monument (1895), also known as the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. "This 75-foot-tall monument to fallen Confederate soldiers is located on the State Capitol grounds. At the top of the column is a statue depicting a Confederate artillery soldier holding a gun. Near the bottom of the column are two statues, one representing the Confederate infantry and the other a Confederate cavalryman. Two 32 pounder naval cannons stand on each side of the monument." Contains the Seal of North Carolina. Front: "To Our Confederate Dead." Rear: "First at Bethel, last at Appomattox". Monument Removed June 21, 2020 - Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy, also called Confederate Women's Monument (1914). "The seven foot tall monument, made possible through a private donation, honors the hardships and sacrifices of North Carolina women during the Civil War. A bronze sculpture depicts an older woman, a grandmotherly figure, holding a book as she sits next to a young boy holding a sword. It sits on top of a granite base with bronze bas-relief plaques. The woman, representing the women in the South as the custodians of history, imparts the history of the Civil War to the boy. The two relief plaques portray the Civil War; the eastern side shows soldiers departing for war and leaving their loved ones behind, while the western side depicts a weary or injured Confederate soldier returning home." In 2019, a protester placed Ku Klux Klan hoods on the two figures. Monument Removed June 21, 2020 - Henry Lawson Wyatt Monument (1912). He was the first Confederate soldier to die in battle. Sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. Inscriptions:Front: HENRY LAWSON WYATT / PRIVATE CO. A / BETHEL REGIMENT / NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS / KILLED AT BETHEL CHURCH / JUNE 10, 1861 / FIRST CONFEDERATE SOLDIER | TO FALL IN BATTLE IN THE | WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.Rear: WYATT'S COMRADES / IN DASH TO BURN THE HOUSE / GEORGE T. WILLIAMS / JOHN H. THORPE / ROBERT H. RICKS / ROBERT H. BRADLEY / THOMAS FALLON / ERECTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA | DIVISION, UNITED DAUGHTERS | OF THE CONFEDERACY. / JUNE 10, 1912Base, east face: GORHAM. Co. FOUNDERS. In addition, the following Civil War monuments are on the Capitol grounds: A statue of Confederate Colonel Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor during the Civil War, 1862–1865. Monument to Civil War Captain and North Carolina legislator Samuel A'Court Ashe (1940), two plaques on a large granite block.
Monuments Courthouse monuments
Albemarle: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1925) Asheville: To be removed per 6–1 decision of Asheville City Council on March 23, 2021: Zebulon Baird Vance Monument, a granite obelisk erected in 1896. Near the obelisk, a small granite marker memorializes the Dixie Highway, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Col. John Connally, a Confederate officer who was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Near the Buncombe County Courthouse entrance, a smaller obelisk memorializes Confederate soldiers from Buncombe County who fought at Chickamauga and in other Civil War battles. The monument was vandalized in August 2017 and 4 individuals out of 30–40 protesters were arrested for trying to remove it with crowbars. Monument to 60th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers (1905) Memorial plaque to Lieutenant William Henry Hardy (1930), "the First Soldier from Buncombe County to Fall in the War Between The States" Bakersville: Mitchell County's Confederate Dead Monument (2011) commemorates 79 men "who died for their freedom and independence. And not for slavery." Beaufort: Carteret County Confederate Soldiers Monument (1926) at the Carteret County Courthouse. "TO THE MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE DEAD OF CARTERET COUNTY 1861-1865 ERECTED BY THE DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY FORT MACON CHAPTER BEAUFORT, N.C. 1926 NOT EVEN TIME CAN DESTROY HEROISM" Burgaw: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1914) Burnsville: Confederate Soldiers Monument (2009) Clinton: Monument removed July 12, 2020. Confederate Soldiers Monument (1916). "In honor of the Confederate soldiers of Sampson County who bore the flag of a nation's trust and fell in a cause though lost still just and died for me and you." Columbia: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1902); "In appreciation of our faithful slaves" Concord: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1892) at Old Cabarrus County Courthouse Currituck: Confederate Soldiers Monument "To Our Confederate Dead 1861–1865" (1918) Dallas: Gaston County Confederate Soldier Monument (2003) Danbury: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1990) Dobson: Confederate Soldiers Monument (2000) Elizabeth City: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1911) Gastonia: Confederate Soldiers Monument, Gaston County Courthouse, dedicated November 21, 1912 Graham: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1914), Alamance County Courthouse. Demonstrators called for its removal in 2017, and the matter was discussed at an Alamance County Commission meeting. Greenville: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1914) Hendersonville: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1905) Hertford: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1912) Laurinburg: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1912), sponsored by UDC. "The Scotland County monument has been moved several times in the years since first being placed. Originally it sat in the middle of the road in front of the courthouse at Main and Church streets. It was then moved onto the grounds of the courthouse after becoming a traffic hazard. When the new courthouse was completed in the 1960s, the monument moved with it and was placed in its current location.... [T]he inside contains time capsules." Lincolnton: Confederate Soldiers Memorial Drinking Fountain (1911) Louisburg: The Confederate Memorial Drinking Fountain (1923) is dedicated to North Carolinian Orren Randolph Smith, who designed the Stars and Bars, the first official flag of the Confederacy. It is five feet high, six feet across, and has separate "white" and "colored" drinking fountains. A similar marker is in Wilson, North Carolina (below). Lumberton: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1907) Marion: Veterans Memorial Morganton: Confederate Soldiers Monument at Old Courthouse (1918) Newton: Catawba County Confederate Soldiers Monument (1907), Old Catawba County CourthouseCommemorative Landscapes. Catawba County Confederate Soldiers Monument. Oxford: the Granville Gray- originally dedicated directly in front of the Granville County Courthouse it was moved to the local library after the 1970 protests following the murder of Henry Marrow. Plymouth: Battle of Plymouth monument (1928) at Washington County Courthouse Roxboro: Confederate Monument (1931) Confederate Soldiers Monument, Person County Courthouse, erected in 1922, UDC. Rutherfordton: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1910) Shelby: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1907) at Old Courthouse Snow Hill: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1929) Statesville: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1906) at Iredell County Courthouse Taylorsville: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1958) Trenton: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1960) Wadesboro: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1906) Confederate Women Monument (1934) Warrenton: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1913) Waynesville: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1940) Wilkesboro: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1998) Wilson: Memorial Drinking Fountain (1926). This fountain, like a similar one from the same artist in Louisburg, NC, originally had "white" and "colored" water fountains, separated by the Confederate flag. The water bowls have been removed and replaced with generic tops, and the labels "white" and "colored" sandblasted off; their location is clearly visible. Winton: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1913)
Other public monuments
Asheboro: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1911) Asheville: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1903), Newton Academy Cemetery Beaufort: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1926), Carteret County Courthouse Bentonville: Monuments located at the Battle of Bentonville site include: Confederate Monument (1895) Joseph E. Johnston Monument stands on private property near the State Operated historic site (2010) Unincorporated Cabarrus County, near Concord: Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center (a correctional facility) Charlotte: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1977) Jefferson Davis Plaque (1960) Last Meetings of the Confederate Cabinet Marker (1915) 1929 Confederate Reunion Marker (1929). "Erected by citizens of City of Charlotte and County of Mecklenburg commemorating the 39th Confederate Reunion June 4–7, 1929." Currently (2018) protected by a glass enclosure. Judah P. Benjamin Memorial "erected in His Honor by Temple Israel and Temple Beth El, the Jewish Congregations of Charlotte, as a Gift to the North Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy" (1948) Concord: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1892) Jefferson Davis Camp marker, showing where Davis "hitched his horse to a tree which stood on this spot" (1941) Cornelius: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1910), Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. 19600 Zion Avenue. Edenton: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1909); moved from courthouse in 1961 Enfield: Confederate Soldiers Memorial (1928) at Elmwood Cemetery. Originally located in downtown Enfield, the sculpture contains a drinking fountain. Faison: Monument to the "Confederate Grays" 20th Regiment North Carolina State Troops (1932) Fayetteville: