Oatlands
By the eve of the Civil War, 133 men, women, and children were enslaved at Oatlands. Their labor sustained the farm, enabled owner Elizabeth O. Carter...
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Free blacks and slaves living west of Second St. and north of Broad St. founded the Third African Baptist Church in 1857. In 1858, it was dedicated on...
John Mercer Langston Birthplace
John Mercer Langston – first black congressman elected from Virginia – was born 5.5 miles N.W. of here on 14 Dec. 1829, son of plantation owner Ralph...
Hartwell Tavern
Spreading the Alarm The Hartwell Tavern was also the home of the Hartwell family. Ephraim and Elizabeth Hartwell received thirty acres of land and the...
New Bern National Cemetery
Among the 6,500+ veterans buried in the New Bern National Cemetery are more than 404 United States Colored Troop (USCT) soldiers and an unknown number...
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
President James Garfield, who served in the Civil War as a colonel of the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, used this house to launch his political career...