Battle of Wyse Fork on the New Bern to Goldsboro railroad
March 8, 1865, Wyse Fork, near Kinston, North Carolina.
- Date
- March 8, 1865
- Where
- Wyse Fork, near Kinston, North Carolina
- What happened
- Other
- Event
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Cox's column left New Bern to open the railroad to Goldsboro and was attacked at Wyse Fork. After fighting through March 10 the Confederates fell back, and Union troops occupied Kinston on March 14.
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