Havelock Wedding

Havelock is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 22,442 at the 2000 census. The city is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region and is home to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, the largest airbase in the world.

Havelock is one of eight cities in the world named after Sir Henry Havelock. The town was the initial landing point for a civil war battle known as the Battle of New Bern. On March 11, Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside's command embarked from Roanoke Island to rendezvous with Union gunboats at Hatteras Inlet for an expedition against New Bern. On March 13, the fleet sailed up the Neuse River and disembarked infantry on the river's south bank. Elements of the Rhode Island Heavy artillery came ashore near the location of the Officer's Club on Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and also near the Carolina Pines Golf and Country Club. The Federals captured nine forts and 41 heavy guns and occupied a base. Despite several Confederate attempts to reclaim the town and the surrounding area, the Federals did not withdraw until after the end of the war.