Battle of Averasborough

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The Battle of Averasborough was an 1865 American Civil War engagement in North Carolina in which Union forces under William T. Sherman clashed with Confederate troops attempting to slow their advance during the Carolinas Campaign.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Averasboro ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective Slow the Union advance in the Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
casualtiesConfederate approximately 865 casualties ⓘ
casualtiesUnion approximately 682 casualties ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander Henry W. Slocum ⓘ
Jefferson C. Davis ⓘ
Joseph Wheeler ⓘ
William B. Hazen ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date March 16, 1865 ⓘ
day 16 ⓘ
endDate March 16, 1865 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Bentonville ⓘ
front Carolinas front ⓘ
involves Confederate cavalry ⓘ
Confederate infantry ⓘ
Union XIV Corps ⓘ
Union XX Corps ⓘ
location Cumberland County, North Carolina ⓘ
Harnett County, North Carolina ⓘ
month March ⓘ
objective Delay Sherman’s advance toward Raleigh and Goldsboro ⓘ
partOf Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Sherman’s March through South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Carolinas Campaign
preservedAt Averasboro Battlefield and Museum ⓘ
result Confederate tactical success ⓘ
Union strategic advantage maintained ⓘ
significance Slowed Sherman’s left wing prior to Battle of Bentonville ⓘ
startDate March 16, 1865 ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
stateOfWar late stage of the American Civil War ⓘ
strengthConfederate approximately 6,000 troops ⓘ
strengthUnion approximately 25,000 troops ⓘ
tacticalNature delaying action by Confederate forces ⓘ
terrain farmland and swampy ground near Cape Fear River ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Carolinas Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Averasborough ⓘ