Battle of Fort Anderson, New Bern N.C.

From Wikipedia.

Not to be confused with the Fort Anderson on the Cape Fear River below Wilmington, N.C..

Also called the Battle of Deep Gully.  Fought March 13-15, 1863.  We are coming up on the 155th anniversary of it.

Part of the Longstreet Tidewater Campaign.

Confederate General D.H. Hill advanced on New Bern, North Carolina.  Confederate Gen. W.H.C. Whiting at Wilmington refused to cooperate and send men.

Hill had initial success at Deep Gully on March 13 and the federals retreated to Fort Anderson on the opposite side of the Neuse River from New Bern.  Investing it, Confederate forces were forced to withdraw with the arrival of Union gunboats.

Hill then moved to threaten Union forces at Washington, North Carolina.

--Old Secesh