Wyse Fork
Second Kinston
Lenoir County, NC | Mar 7 - 10, 1865
In an effort to link up with Sherman's troops advancing into North Carolina, Union Gen. John M. Schofield advanced inland from Wilmington in late February 1865. Schofield ordered Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox to move his XXIII Corps from New Berne toward Goldsboro. Cox’s advance was blocked, however, by Confederate divisions under Gen. Braxton Bragg at Southwest Creek just east of Kinston. Bragg tried to wrest the initiative from the Federals by attacking their flanks on the 8th. After initial success, the Southern attacks stalled. Union reinforcements arrived on March 9, just in time to repulse Bragg’s renewed attacks the next day. After heavy fighting and unable to dislodge Cox, Bragg withdrew across the Neuse River.
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Lenoir County, NC | March 7, 1865
Result: Union Victory
Commanders
Union
John M. SchofieldConfederate
Braxton BraggForces Engaged
20,500
Union
12,000
12,000
Confed.
8,500
8,500
Estimated Casualties
2,601
Union
1,101
1,101
Confed.
1,500
1,500