Carolina Quotes Supply Lines

New Bern

Supply base, New Bern, North Carolina.

Side
Union
Kind
Supply base
Where
New Bern, North Carolina
Years
1862-1865
Civil War Supply Lines

NEW BERN

Union forces captured New Bern on March 14, 1862, and held it to the end of the war. By 1865 it was the main supply center for the Federal drive on Goldsboro, and the column that opened the railroad to Goldsboro started here in March 1865.

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Then

Union forces captured New Bern on March 14, 1862, and held it to the end of the war. By 1865 it was the main supply center for the Federal drive on Goldsboro, and the column that opened the railroad to Goldsboro started from New Bern in March 1865.

Now

Lines owned by Norfolk Southern run through New Bern today.

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Sources

  1. New Bern, North Carolina (Wikipedia)
  2. Battle of New Bern (Wikipedia)
  3. Grant, Sherman Visit New Bern (New Bern Magazine)
  4. Report of Lieutenant-General U.S. Grant, 1864-65 (HistoryOfWar.org)