Stoneman Enters Virginia,
3 Apr. 1865
Mt. Airy
DEEP GAP
Elkin
Greensboro
Wilkesboro
Taylorsville
Mocksville
Gibsonville
SHALLOW Jamestown
FORD
Hillsborough
hB
Catawba
Rutherfordton
Salisbury
Roa
nok
Rocky Mount
Concord
Wilson
Pamli
R.
R.
Pee Dee
co R.
WYSE FORK
Kinston Ne
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se
Whitehall
Mt. Olive
Fayetteville
New Bern
Tre
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R.
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Ne
Gillett’s Farm
Lilesville
S
lico
Pam
R.
Warsaw
Rose Hill
Laurinburg
Roanoke I.
Washington
Goldsboro
Faison
R.
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Cape
Hatteras
BURNSIDE’S
ENTRY
Beaufort
Morehead City
Lumberton
Ca
SHERMAN’S ARMY
Enters North Carolina,
7-8 Mar. 1865
Albemarle Sound
.
Tranter’s Creek
Mitchener’s Sta.
MONROE’S
CROSSROADS
Edenton
Plymouth
AVERASBORO
Rockingham
Wadesboro
Elizabeth City
RALEIGH
BENTONVILLE
Charlotte
MAJOR CAMPAIGNS
Burnside Expedition (Eastern North Carolina) — January-July 1862
Foster’s Raid (New Bern to Goldsboro) — December 1862
Campaign of the Carolinas (Sherman’s March) — February-April 1865
Stoneman’s Raid (Western North Carolina) — March-April 1865
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Smithfield
Hendersonville
HOWARD’S GAP
Morrisville
R.
Morganton
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Lexington
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Ha
c
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Thomasville
Statesville
Lincolnton
Halifax
High Point
Marion
SWANNANOA
GAP
Durham
Station
Winton
.
Patterson
Lenoir
Asheville Occupied
26 Apr. 1865
Salem
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Yad
Henderson
South Mills
Garysburg
Chowan R
Jonesville
Blowing Rock
Asheville
R.
Weldon
Johnston Surrenders to
Sherman at Bennett Place,
26 Apr. 1865
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Germanton
Gaston
Townsville
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nR
Danbury
Dobson
Boone
Fr
Stoneman Returns to North Carolina,
9 Apr. 1865
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Stoneman’s Cavalry
Enters North Carolina
from East Tennessee,
28 Mar. 1865
Whiteville
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Fea
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Burgaw
Fort Macon
Cape Lookout
Rocky
Point
Federal Amphibious Operations
PRINCIPAL BATTLES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Wilmington
RAILROAD KEY:
Kinston (Foster’s Raid) — 13-14 Dec. 1862
FORT FISHER
Whitehall (Foster’s Raid) — 15-16 Dec. 1863
1. Wilmington & Weldon
2. North Carolina
Roanoke Island (Burnside Expedition) — 7-8 Feb. 1862
3. Atlantic & North Carolina
Elizabeth City — 9-10 Feb. 1862
Cape Fear
4. Wilmington, Charlotte, & Rutherfordton
Burning of Winton — 20 Feb. 1862
5. Raleigh & Gaston
6. Western North Carolina
New Bern (Burnside Expedition) — 14 Mar. 1862
7. Richmond & Danville
Siege of Fort Macon (Burnside Expedition) — 23 Mar.-26 Apr. 1862
Map by Mark A. Moore
8. Wilmington & Manchester
Gillett’s Farm (Burnside Expedition) — 13 Apr. 1862
South Mills (Burnside Expedition) — 19 Apr. 1862
Tranter’s Creek (Burnside Expedition) — 5 June 1862
Confederate Siege of Union-Occupied Washington — 30 Mar.-16 Apr. 1863
Plymouth — 17-20 Apr. 1864
Principal Battles and Engagements
Fort Fisher (largest land-sea operations of the Civil War) — 24-27 Dec. 1864; 12-15 Jan. 1865
Wyse Fork (Carolinas Campaign) — 8-10 Mar. 1865
Destruction of Property during Stoneman’s Raid
Monroe’s Crossroads (Carolinas Campaign) — 10 Mar. 1865
Towns under Federal Control in Eastern N.C.
Averasboro (Carolinas Campaign) — 16 Mar. 1865
Bentonville (Carolinas Campaign) — 19-21 Mar. 1865
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 with
Sherman)
Federal Approaches for Land-Sea
Operations
Sherman’s March through
North Carolina