Goldsboro (Sherman's resupply, March 1865)
Rail junction, Goldsboro, North Carolina.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Rail junction
- Where
- Goldsboro, North Carolina
- Years
- 1865
GOLDSBORO RAIL JUNCTION
Schofield's troops entered Goldsboro on March 21, 1865, and Sherman's armies arrived on March 23 after Bentonville. The rail junction tied Sherman to supplies from the coast, and more than 100,000 Union soldiers occupied the town for about three weeks.
SHERMAN'S MARCH
Sherman's army, on its march from Savannah, entered Goldsboro, its chief North Carolina objective, Mar. 21, 1865.
Then
Schofield's troops entered Goldsboro on March 21, 1865, and Sherman's armies arrived on March 23 after Bentonville. The rail junction tied Sherman to supplies from the coast, more than 100,000 Union soldiers occupied the town for about three weeks, and Union generals called off open foraging once the railroad supplied them.
Now
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and CSX run through Goldsboro today.
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