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Civil War Battles Fought in North Carolina Hatteras Inlet Batteries(also known as Forts Clark and Hatteras) Date: August 28–29, 1861 Location: Dare County Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General Benjamin F. Butler; C.S.: Colonel William F. Martin Estimated casualties: 773 (U.S., 3; C.S., 770) Outcome: Union victory Roanoke Island (also known as Fort Huger) Date: February 7–8, 1862 Location: Dare County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside; C.S.: Brigadier General Henry Wise Estimated casualties: 10,500 (U.S., 7,500; C.S., 3,000) Outcome: Union victory New Bern Date: March 14, 1862 Location: Craven County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside; C.S.: Brigadier General Lawrence O'B. Branch Estimated casualties: 1,080 Outcome: Union victory Fort Macon Date: March 23–April 26, 1862 Location: Carteret County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Parke; C.S.: Lieutenant Colonel Moses J. White Estimated casualties: 490 (U.S., 10; C.S., 480) Outcome: Union victory South Mills (also known as Camden) Date: April 19, 1862 Location: Camden County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Jesse Lee Reno; C.S.: Colonel Ambrose Wright Estimated casualties: 150 Outcome: Inconclusive (Union forces withdrew) Tranter's Creek Date: June 5, 1862 Location: Pitt County Principal commanders: U.S.: Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Osborne; C.S.: Colonel George Singletary Estimated casualties: 40 Outcome: Union victory Kinston Date: December 14, 1862 Location: Lenoir County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Brigadier General Nathan Evans Estimated casualties: 685 Outcome: Union victory White Hall Date: December 16, 1862 Location: Wayne County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Brigadier General Beverly Robertson Estimated casualties: 150 Outcome: Inconclusive Goldsboro Bridge Date: December 17, 1862 Location: Wayne County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Brigadier General Thomas Clingman Estimated casualties: 220 Outcome: Union victory Fort Anderson (also known as Deep Gully) Date: March 13–15, 1863 Location: Craven County Principal commanders: U.S.: Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Anderson; C.S.: Major General D. H. Hill Estimated casualties: 7 Outcome: Union victory Washington Date: March 30–April 20, 1863 Location: Beaufort County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Major General D. H. Hill Estimated casualties: 100 Outcome: Inconclusive (Confederate forces withdrew) Plymouth Date: April 17–20, 1864 Location: Washington County Principal commanders: U.S.: Colonel Henry W. Wessells; C.S.: Major General R. F. Hoke Estimated casualties: 2,834 Outcome: Confederate victory Albemarle Sound Date: May 5, 1864 Location: Chowan and Washington Counties Principal commanders: U.S.: Captain Melancton Smith; C.S.: Commander J. W. Cooke Estimated casualties: 88 Outcome: Inconclusive Fort Fisher Date: December 7–27, 1864 Location: New Hanover County Principal commanders: U.S.: Rear Admiral David D. Porter and Major General Benjamin Butler; C.S.: Major General Robert Hoke Estimated casualties: 320 Outcome: Confederate victory Fort Fisher Date: January 13–15, 1865 Location: New Hanover County Principal commanders: U.S.: Rear Admiral David D. Porter and Major General Alfred Terry; C.S.: General Braxton Bragg, Major General Robert Hoke, and Colonel Charles Lamb Estimated casualties: 2,000 Outcome: Union victory Wilmington (also known as Town Creek, Forks Road, and Sugar Loaf Hill) Date: February 12–22, 1865 Location: New Hanover County Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General John Schofield; C.S.: General Braxton Bragg Estimated casualties: 1,150 Outcome: Union victory Wyse Fork (also known as Wilcox's Bridge, Wise's Fork, Second Kinston, Second Southwest Creek, and Kelly's Mill Pond) Date: March 7–10, 1865 Location: Lenoir County Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General John Schofield; C.S.: General Braxton Bragg Estimated casualties: 2,601 (U.S., 1,101; C.S., 1,500) Outcome: Union victory Monroe's Cross Roads (also known as Fayetteville Road and Blue's Farm) Date: March 10, 1865 Location: Hoke County Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick; C.S.: Major General Joseph Wheeler and Lieutenant General Wade Hampton Estimated casualties: 269 (U.S., 183; C.S., 86) Outcome: Inconclusive Averasboro (also known as Taylor's Hole Creek, Smithville, Smith's Ferry, and Black River) Date: March 16, 1865 Location: Harnett and Cumberland Counties Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General Henry Slocum; C.S.: Lieutenant General William Hardee Estimated casualties: 1,419 Outcome: Inconclusive Bentonville Date: March 19–21, 1865 Location: Johnston County Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General William T. Sherman and Major General Henry Slocum; C.S.: General Joseph E. Johnston Estimated casualties: 4,738 (U.S., 1,646; C.S., 3,092) Outcome: Union victory

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