General Robert Hoke Monument
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N 35° 13.447 W 077° 31.782
18S E 269766 N 3900829
This is an old Historical Commission Marker honoring North Carolina's own General Robert Hoke and his "glorious victory" in the Battle of Wyse Fork. This marker is located at a pull-out on U.S. Highway 70. The Battle of Wyse Fork marker is at this location as well.
Waymark Code: WMGC5
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2006
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This marker was moved in 1994 from its original location 6/10th of a mile west. The marker is rather worn and difficult to read. Here is the inscription:
NEAR THIS SPOT, MARCH 8, 1865, ABOUT 9 A.M.,
HOKE'S DIVISION, C.S.A. UNDER THE IMMEDIATE
COMMAND OF MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT E. HOKE,
BROKE THE ADVANCED COLUMNS OF
COX'S FIRST DIVISION, 18TH CORPS, U.S.A. AND
CAPTURED PRINCIPALLY FROM UPHAM'S BRIGADE
1500 PRISONERS AND THREE PIECES OF ARTILLERY
AND AT THIS SPOT GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG
MET GENERAL HOKE AND CONGRATULATED HIM
IN PERSON UPON HIS GLORIOUS VICTORY.
ERECTED 1920 BY
THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
(AND) A.M. WADDELL CHAPTER, U.D.C.
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