Monthly Archives: March 2015

“The aid of the people of the county is necessary…”

Posted on March 31, 2015 by WilliamH

After the engagement at Bentonville, North Carolina, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston pulled his army back to the area near Smithfield to reorganize his growing forces and to keep an eye on Major General William T. Sherman’s Union armies in … Continue reading →

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“I was on the Skirmish Line”

Posted on March 21, 2015 by WilliamH

By nightfall on March 20th, Major General William T. Sherman had finally connected both wings of his combined Union armies along the Goldsboro Road. He finally felt secure in the knowledge that his veteran regiments were now in support of … Continue reading →

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“…Enemy moving…”

Posted on March 20, 2015 by WilliamH

Despite the success during the afternoon of March 19, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston realized that it was imperative for him to withdraw his forces back over Mill Creek before Major General William T. Sherman can bring his combined Union … Continue reading →

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“…old Sherman lit up with a sad disappointment…”

Posted on March 19, 2015 by WilliamH

By the middle of March 1865, the Confederate forces in the Eastern North Carolina found themselves within a slowly closing vise of three major Union military advances. Union Major General John G. Schofield was moving his “Army of the Ohio” … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Averasboro and its aftermath as seen through civilian eyes.

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Chris

March 16th, 1865 near the county line between Harnett and Cumberland County, North Carolina, Lt. Gen. William Hardee’s corps of the Confederate army fought a delaying action against the left wing of General William Sherman’s army. Sherman’s army was marching … Continue reading →

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First Wednesdays – “…we took it a foot for fayetteville NC…”

Posted on March 4, 2015 by WilliamH

By March 1865, the Southern experiment as a separate nation on the North America continent was quickly coming to a close. In Virginia, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant was preparing his two field armies for a spring offensive to … Continue reading →

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