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64 killed. 101 wounded. 413 men and nine cannons captured or missing. The Battle of New Bern (also known as the Battle of New Berne) was fought on March 14, 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War. The US Army's Coast Division, led by Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside and ...
and Hoke’s Brigade. Casualties and losses. 13 killed. 26 wounded. 364 captured and missing [1] 200-300 [2] The Battle of New Bern was fought during the American Civil War from February 1–3, 1864. The battle resulted in the failure of Confederate forces trying to recapture the coastal town of New Bern which had been lost to the Union Army in ...
8 killed. 16 wounded. ~400 captured [5] The siege of Fort Macon took place from March 23 to April 26, 1862, on the Outer Banks of Carteret County, North Carolina. It was part of Union Army General Ambrose E. Burnside 's North Carolina Expedition during the American Civil War . In late March, Major General Burnside’s army advanced on Fort ...
The opening phase of what came to be called the Burnside Expedition, the Battle of Roanoke Island was an amphibious operation of the American Civil War, fought on February 7–8, 1862, in the North Carolina Sounds a short distance south of the Virginia border. The attacking force consisted of a flotilla of gunboats of the Union Navy drawn from ...
v. t. e. During the American Civil War, North Carolina joined the Confederacy with some reluctance, mainly due to the presence of Unionist sentiment within the state. [ 2] A popular vote in February, 1861 on the issue of secession was won by the unionists but not by a wide margin. [ 3] This slight lean in favor of staying in the Union would ...
Catherine von Graffenried (mother) Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg (15 November 1661 – 27 October 1743) was a Swiss nobleman and explorer who was one of the founders of New Bern, North Carolina. Born in Worb Castle in the Canton of Bern, he played a major role in the colonisation of North America by German and Swiss settlers.
October 19, 2001. New Bern Battlefield Site is a historic site of the American Civil War Battle of New Bern located near New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. The battle was fought on 14 March 1862. The New Bern Battlefield Site consists of two discontiguous sites. [2] The Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]
The 249-year-old musket balls were discovered by archeologists doing "compliance activities" in preparation for an event, the National Park Service said in a news release Tuesday. Early analysis ...