Battle Of Kinston
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Nearest city Kinston, North Carolina Area 614 acres (248 ha) Built 1862 NRHP reference No. 06001104 Added to NRHP November 30, 2006
Kinston Battlefield
The Battle of Kinston was fought on December 14, 1862, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, near the town of Kinston, as part of the Goldsborough Expedition of the American Civil War.
A Union expedition led by Brig. Gen. John G. Foster left New Bern in December to disrupt the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad at Goldsborough. The advance was stubbornly contested by Brig. Gen. Nathan Evans's brigade near Kinston Bridge on December 14, but the Confederates were outnumbered and withdrew north of the Neuse River in the direction of Goldsborough. Foster continued his movement the next day, taking the River Road, south of the Neuse River.
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Map of Kinston Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. -
Kinston Battlefield Park -
Drawing of Kinston Swamp by a member of the 45th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
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Categories:
- Goldsborough Expedition
- Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
- Union victories of the American Civil War
- Battles of the American Civil War in North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Lenoir County, North Carolina
- 1862 in the American Civil War
- 1862 in North Carolina
- North Carolina in the American Civil War
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- December 1862 events