Battles (69)

by Coffey, Michael W. During the siege of Washington in April 1863, Union troops armed African Americans to participate in the defense of the town. The incident is an early example in North Carolina of the shift in U.S. [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Dalton, Bryan. On 16 May 1771 the North Carolina militia, under the command of royal governor William Tryon, defeated backcountry farmers known as the Regulators in a two-hour engagement at a site six miles south [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Troxler, George W. Alamance, Battle of by George W. Troxler, 2006 See also: Johnston's Riot Act; Alamance Battleground; The Regulator Movement for K-8 Students The Regulator Movement, also known [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Inscoe, John C. Asheville, Battle of by John C. Inscoe, 2006; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, April 2023 See: More on Civil War Battles from the Encyclopedia of North Carolina | More on [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Faulkner, Ronnie W. The Battle of Averasboro was a costly delaying action that began in Harnett County on 15 Mar. 1865, near the end of the Civil War. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Union army of 60,000 men was moving [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Faulkner, Ronnie W. The largest Civil War land engagement in North Carolina, the Battle of Bentonville took place during 19-21 Mar. 1865 in rural Johnston County. The encounter was one of the Confederacy's last attempts [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yancey, Noel. The stunning victory won by a force of about 1,800 backcountry "Overmountain Men" over approximately 1,000 Tories at King's Mountain on 7 Oct. 1780 has been justly described as a key turning point in [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . This film, which won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary, was made by John Ford, a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve at the time and on temporary duty at Midway Island during the battle as [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

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by Barefoot, Daniel W. The Civil War battle of Wyse Fork, also known as the Battle of Southwest Creek, was a fierce engagement between Union and Confederate forces near Kinston on 8-10 Mar. 1865. The Union army of Maj. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Branch, Paul, Jr. Claimed by some to be the last engagement of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Beaufort took place as a result of a British raid on the town in April 1782. The surrender of Lord Charles [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Bentonville Battlefield by William S. Powell, 2006 See also: Battle of Bentonville Bentonville Battlefield, a North Carolina State Historic Site located in southern Johnston County, consists [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Butler, Lindley S., McKinnon, Henry A., Jr. Bettis's Bridge (also known as Betti's or Beattie's Bridge), located near the present crossing of the Lumber River (formerly Drowning Creek) by U.S. Highway 401 between Raeford and Wagram at the Hoke [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Kiger, Fred W. Located in Northampton County, Boon's (or Boone's) Mill was the site of a Civil War Federal repulse by Confederate forces under Brig. Gen. Matt W. Ransom on 28 July 1863. Boon's Mill was situated on [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Barefoot, Daniel W. Bruce's Cross Roads, located in northern Guilford County in the present community of Summerfield, was the site of a Revolutionary War skirmish on 12 Feb. 1781 between American forces commanded by Lt. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. The Cabarrus Black Boys were nine young men from Rowan and Mecklenburg (later Cabarrus) Counties who took part in an infamous raid against a royal governmental military convoy during the Regulator [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Norris, David A., Barefoot, Daniel W. On 26 Sept. 1780 the Revolutionary War battle at Charlotte pitted the British troops of Lord Charles Cornwallis against a greatly outnumbered but surprisingly combative force of North Carolina [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lunk, Daniel. Civil War battles in North Carolina Map of Civil War battles in North Carolina, including railroads and major [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Hill, Michael. Near Clapp’s Mill on Beaver Creek not far from the Alamance battlefield, Col. Henry Lee’s Legion, supported by local militia and some Catawba Indians, surprised the mounted cavalry of Lt. Col. [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Cross, Jerry L. Cowan's Ford, Battle of by Jerry L. Cross, 2006 The Battle of Cowan's Ford, which took place in northwestern Mecklenburg County, was a Revolutionary War action [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hughes, Nathaniel C., Jr. The Battle of Cowpens took place on 17 Jan. 1781 near Spartanburg, S.C. To reverse the appalling pattern of defeat in the South during the American Revolution, Gen. George Washington appointed Gen. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Anderson, William L. The Battle of Deep Creek, also called the Battle of Quallatown, was a Civil War engagement that occurred on February 2, 1864. Union troops from the 14th Illinois Cavalry under Major Francis M. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hairr, John. The Revolutionary War battle of Earle's Ford occurred on 15 July 1780 in western South Carolina adjacent to the far southern end of present-day Polk County. On 13 July 1780 Col. John Jones of Georgia [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Branch, Paul, Jr. The Battle of Elizabeth City, also known as the Battle of Cobb's Point, was a Civil War engagement between Union and Confederate gunboats on the Pasquotank River in February 1862. Flag Officer [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Tetterton, Beverly. The Battle of Elizabethtown, which took place on or around 27 Aug. 1781 and essentially crushed the Tories' sway in the North Carolina's Cape Fear region, involved one of the great ruses in the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)