Showing posts with label Battle of Goldsboro Bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Goldsboro Bridge. Show all posts

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Some More Eastern North Carolina Civil War Sites

The last three posts were restricted to just ten sites and did an excellent job of featuring them, but there are more sites, including:

Port O' Plymouth in Plymouth.

Fort Branch  on the Roanoke River near Hamilton.

The CSS Neuse Center and CSS Neuse II in Kinston.

The Battle of Goldsboro Bridge in Goldsboro.

The Battle of White Hall (Seven Springs) in Wayne County.

--Old B-Runner


Saturday, December 2, 2017

Action in North Carolina, December 1862-- Part 2: Foster's Raid


Foster's Raid went from December 11-20, 1863 from New Bern and eventually as far as Goldsboro, North Carolina.

11-  Skirmish at Kinston Road

11-12--  Skirmish at Kinston Road

12-15--  Operations on the Neuse River

13-14--  Actions at Southwest Creek

14--  Engagement at Kinston, N.C.

15.  Action at Whitehall Bridge  (Ram CSS Neuse in the process of being built comes under attack)

16.  Action at Whitehall

16--  Affairs at Mt. Olive and Goshon Creek

17--  Raid on Dudley's Station

17--  Skirmish at Goldsboro Bridge

17.  Reconnaissance to Diascund Bridge

After this, Foster's Raid was over and his force returned to New Bern.

27--  Action at Elizabeth City

31--  Loss of the USS Monitor off Cape Hatteras

--Old B-R'er