New Bern

Beaufort

Wilmington

Albemarle Sound

PamlicoSou

nd

Cape Fear R.

HawR.Deep

R.

Pee Dee

Yadkin

R.Dan

R.

French Broad

Cataw

baR.

R.

Neuse R.Trent

Pamlico R.

Roanoke R.

The Civil WarPrincipal Campaigns and Battles,1861-1865

Cape Fear

Cape Lookout

CapeHatteras

R.

Neuse R.

Federal Amphibious Operations

KinstonAVERASBORO

WYSE FORK

FORT FISHER

MONROE’SCROSSROADS

Durham

Station

R.

Fayetteville

SHERMAN’S ARMYEnters North Carolina,

March 7-8, 1865

Morrisville

Smithfield

WILMINGTON CAMPAIGN — 1865— February 11

— February 18— February 19-20— February 20

— February 22

Sugar LoafFort AndersonTown CreekForks RoadNortheast Station

BENTONVILLE

Johnston Surrenders toSherman at Bennett Place,April 26, 1865

Asheville

Danbury

Germanton

MocksvilleTaylorsville

Boone

Wilkesboro

Jonesville

Elkin

Dobson

Mt. Airy

Blowing Rock

Hendersonville

Lenoir

Patterson

SWANNANOAGAP

HOWARD’S GAP

DEEP GAP

SHALLOWFORD

Marion

Salem

Statesville

Lincolnton

Stoneman’s CavalryEnters North Carolinafrom Tennessee,March 28, 1865

Stoneman Enters Virginia,April 3, 1865

Stoneman Returns to North Carolina,April 9, 1865

Asheville OccupiedApril 26, 1865 Goldsboro

RALEIGH

Greensboro

SalisburyMorganton

Charlotte

Whiteville

Lumberton

Wilson

Rocky Mount

Henderson Halifax

Burgaw

Faison Mt. Olive

Hillsborough

Mitchener’s Sta.

Thomasville

Gibsonville

High Point

Jamestown

RockyPoint

Rose Hill

Warsaw

Weldon

GastonTownsville

Garysburg

Laurinburg

Rockingham

Concord

Lexington

Rutherfordton

Lilesville

Wadesboro

Chowan

R.

Elizabeth CityWinton

Edenton

Washington

Plymouth

South Mills

Roanoke I.

Tranter’s Creek

Gillett’s FarmMorehead City

Fort Macon

BURNSIDE’SENTRY

Principal Forts

Stoneman’s First Raid into North Carolina

Stoneman’s Second Raid into North Carolina

Federal Occupation of Goldsboro(Schofield and Terry, in conjunction withSherman)

Federal Approaches for Land-SeaOperations

Sherman’s March throughNorth Carolina

Principal Battles and Engagements

Engagements of the Burnside Expedition

Destruction of Property during Stoneman’s Raid

Towns under Federal Control in Eastern N.C.

MAP BY MARK ANDERSON MOORE

BooneWilkesboroShallow FordMocksvilleYadkin River BridgeSalisburyMorgantonHoward’s Gap

STONEMAN’S RAID— March 28, 1865

— March 29, 1865— April 11, 1865

— April 11, 1865— April 12, 1865

(Grant’s Creek) — April 12, 1865(Catawba River) — April 17, 1865

— April 22, 1865

NOTABLE CLASHES:

BURNSIDE EXPEDITION — 1862— March 23-April 26

— April 13— April 19

— June 5

Siege of Fort MaconGillett’s FarmSouth MillsTranter’s Creek

D.H. HILL IN EASTERN N.C. — 1863— March 13-14— March 30-April 15

Attack on New BernSiege of Washington

FOSTER’S RAID (GOLDSBORO EXPEDITION) — 1862— December 13-14

— December 14— December 16

— December 17

Southwest CreekKinstonWhitehallGoldsboro Bridge

Roanoke IslandNew BernPlymouth

Wyse ForkMonroe’s CrossroadsAverasboro

MAJOR CAMPAIGNS— January-July 1862

— December 1864-February 1865(Sherman & Johnston) — February-April 1865

— March-April 1865

Burnside ExpeditionFort Fisher-Wilmington CampaignCampaign of the CarolinasStoneman’s Raid

— February 7-8, 1862 (Burnside Expedition)— March 14, 1862 (Burnside Expedition)— April 17-20, 1864 (Recaptured by Hoke’s Confederates)

• — December 24-25, 1864; January 13-15, 1865

— March 8-10, 1865— March 10, 1865

— March 16, 1865• — March 19-21, 1865

PRINCIPAL BATTLES & ENGAGEMENTS

FORT FISHER

BENTONVILLE

(Largest land-sea operations of the Civil War)

(Largest land battle ever fought in North Carolina)

PICKETT IN EASTERN N.C. — 1864— February 1-3Attack on New Bern

GOLDSBORO TO RALEIGH — 1865(Sherman & Johnston)

— April 10, 1865— April 11, 1865

— April 12, 1865— April 12, 1865

— April 13, 1865— April 13, 1865

Moccasin CreekSmithfieldStalling’s StationSwift CreekMorrisvilleRaleigh

RAILROAD KEY:

1. Wilmington & Weldon2. North Carolina3. Atlantic & North Carolina4. Wilmington, Charlotte, & Rutherfordton5. Raleigh & Gaston6. Western North Carolina7. Richmond & Danville8. Wilmington & Manchester

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