Action In Western North Carolina Jan-Feb. 1864

Even though these would not involve ships, this goes to show there was action in the western part of the state of North Carolina which had a lot of pro-Union sentiment.

January 1864--  General Robert B. Vance leads 500 Confederate troops on an expedition from Asheville, N.C., to Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  Vance is captured by  a Federal cavalry detachment.  This was one of the largest military missions that took place in Western North Carolina.   (In case you're wondering, Robert Vance was the brother of N.C. Governor  Zebulon Vance.)

JAN. 31-FEB. 7--  Federal expedition from Maryville, Tennessee, to Quallatown, N.C..  Major Francis M. Davidson leads 600 Illinois cavalrymen into Cherokee County to destroy Thomas' Legion.

FEB. 2--  Action at Deep Creek.

FEB 5--  Action at Quallatown.

FEB. 17-22--  Federal expedition from Motley's Ford, Tenn., to Murphy, N.C., and vicinity, Cherokee County.

--Old B-Runner