Civil War Battles & Skirmishes in North Carolina [Archive] - Civil War Quest

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November 29th, 2005, 03:55 PM

Thank you Mark for your contribution. Here is a little more information.

1861

January 9—Seizure of Fort Johnston
January 10—Citizens of Smithville seize Fort Caswell
January 14—Fort Caswell returned to the United States
April 15—North Carolina refused to supply militia to the United States
April 15—Fort Macon seized by North Carolina
April 16—State troops seize Forts Johnston and Caswell
April 22—State troops seize the U.S. arsenal at Fayetteville
May 20—North Carolina officially secedes from the Union

August 28-29—Union forces capture the Confederate batteries at Hatteras Inlet with the loss of only one man
October 1—Confederates Capture the U.S. steamer Fanny near Loggerhead Inlet
October 4—Affair at Chicamacomico
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1862

January 11—Burnside’s expedition to North Carolina sails
January 13—Burnside’s expedition to North Carolina arrives at Hatteras Inlet

February 8—Battle of Roanoke Island
February 10—Action at Elizabeth City
February 18-21—Expedition to Winton
February 19-20—Expedition to Currituck Sound
February 19—Skirmish near Winton

March14—Battle of New Berne
March 20-21—Expedition to Washington
March 23-Apr. 26—Siege of Fort Macon
March 31—Skirmish at Deep Gully

April 7-8—Expedition to Elizabeth City
April 7—Skirmish at Foy's Plantation
April 7—Skirmish near Newport
April 13—Skirmish at Gillett's Farm
April 19—Battle of South Mills
April 19—Skirmish on the Trent Road
April 27—Skirmish near Haughton's Mill
April 29—Skirmish near Batchelder's Creek

May 2—Skirmish near Deep Gully
May 7-8—Expedition toward Gatesville
May 15—Skirmish near Trenton Bridge
May 15—Skirmish at Young's Cross-Roads
May 16—Skirmish at Pollocksville
May 22—Skirmish at Trenton and Pollocksville Cross-Roads
May 27-31—Reconnaissance of Edenton
May 30Skirmish at Tranter's Creek

June 2—Skirmish at Tranter's Creek
June 5—Battle of Tranter's Creek
June 24—Reconnaissance to Tranter's Creek

July 6—Burnside leaves North Carolina with reinforcements for the Army of the Potomac
July 9—Union forces capture Hamilton
July 24-28—Union expeditions from New Berne
July 26-29—Reconnaissance to Young's Cross-Roads
July 26—Skirmish at Mill Creek
July 28—Expedition on the Neuse Road

August 14-15—Reconnaissance to Swansborough
August 30—Skirmish near Plymouth

September 6—Attack on Washington
September 17—Operations at Shiloh, North Carolina
September 20—Operations around Shiloh, North Carolina

November 1-12—Expedition from New Berne
November 2—Skrimish at Little Creek
November 2—Skirmish at Rawle's Mill
November 11—Demonstration on New Berne
November 18—Skirmish at Core Creek
November 25—Confederates capture the U.S.S. Ellis on the New River

December 10—Attack on Plymouth
December 11-20—Expedition to Goldsborough
December 12—Skirmishes on the Kinston Road
December 12-15—Naval operations on the Neuse River
December 13-14—Skirmishes at Southwest Creek
December 14—Battle of Kinston
December 15—Affair at White Hall Bridge
December 16—Affair at Goshen Swamp
December 16—Affair at Mount Olive Station
December 16—Battle of White Hall
December 17—Raid on Dudley Station
December 17—Battle of Goldsborough Bridge
December 17—Skirmish at Thompson's Bridge
December 27—Skirmish at Elizabeth City
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1863

January 17-21—Reconnaissance from New Berne
January 19—Skirmish at White Oak Creek
January 20—Skirmish near Jacksonville
January 27-28—Reconnaissance on the Neuse, Dover, and Trent Roads

February 1-10—Expedition to Plymouth
February 2—Union destruction at the salt-works at Wale's Head
February 7—Skirmish near Edenton
February 10—Skirmish at Batchelder's (Bachelor’s) Creek
February 12-13—Expedition from Batchelder's (Bachelor’s) Creek
February 13—Skirmish near Sandy Ridge
February 13—Skirmish near Washington
February 23—Engagement at Fort Caswell

March 1-6—Expedition to Swan Quarter
March 3—Skirmish near Fairfield
March 4—Skirmish near Swan Quarter
March 6-10—Expedition from New Berne
March 6-8—Demonstration on Kinston
March 7-14—Expedition to Lake Mattamuskeet Lake
March 7-10—Expedition to Cedar Point
March 7—Skirmish at Core Creek
March 7—Skirmish near Dover
March 8-16—Expedition against New Berne
March 10-13—Demonstration on Plymouth
March 13-14—Skirmishes at Deep Gully
March 14—Attack on Fort Anderson
March 23—Skirmish at Winfield
March 24—Skirmish at Rocky Hock Creek
March 30-April 20—Confederates siege Washington and the Union pursues the Confederate forces
March 30—Skirmish at Deep Gully
March 30—Skirmish at Rodman's Point
March 30—Confederate forces invest Washington

April 1—Engagement at Rodman's Point
April 2—Engagement at Hill's Point/
April 4—Engagement at Rodman's Point
April 6—Skirmish at Nixonton
April 9—Attack on Blount's Creek
April 13-21—Union Expeditions to Swift Creek Village
April 15—Union forces raise the siege of Washington
April 16-21—Expedition toward Kinston
April 16—Affair at Hill's Point
April 16—Affair at Rodman's Point
April 17-19—Expedition to Washington
April 17-18—Skirmishes at Core Creek
April 19—Skirmish at Big Swift Greek
April 20—Skirmish at Sandy Ridge
April 27-May 1—Expedition toward Kinston
April 28—Skirmish at Wise's Cross-Roads

May 5—Skirmish at Peletier's Mill
May 15—Confederates capture the Union steamer Emily and Arrow
May 20-23—Demonstration on Kinston
May 22—Skirmish at Gum Swamp
May 23—Skirmish at Batchelder's (Bachelor’s) Creek

June 5-7—Reconnaissance through Gates County
June 8—Scout to South Mills
June 17-18—Scout from Rocky Run
June 28—Reconnaissance to Nichol's Mills

July 3-7—Union raid on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
July 5-7—Expedition from Plymouth
July 5—Skirmish at Kenansville
July 5—Skirmish at Warsaw
July 6—Skirmish at Free Bridge
July 13-16—Reconnaissance from Newport Barracks
July 17-20—Expedition to Swift Creek Village
July 18-24—Expedition to Tarborough
July 20—Skirmish at Sparta
July 20—Skirmish at Tarborough
July 21—Skirmish at Street's Ferry
July 22—Skirmish at Scupperton
July 25-Aug. 3—Expedition to Jackson
July 25-31—Expedition to Winton
July 26-29—Expedition to Foster's Mills
July 26—Skirmish at Potecasi Creek
July 27—Skirmish at Foster's Mills
July 28—Skirmish at Boone Mill

August 5-12—Expedition to Currituck and Camden Counties
August 11-19—Expedition to Edenton
August 14—Skirmish at Washington
August 18—Skirmish near Pasquotank
August 23—United States Navy captures the blockade-runner Hebe and destroys her

September 11—Riots at Raleigh
September 12—Skirmish at South Mills
September 15-19—Expedition to Indiantown

October 10-17—Expedition from New Berne
October 13—Scout to Indiantown
October 17—Skirmishes near Camden Court House
October 23—Skirmish at Warm Springs
October 26—Skirmish at Warm Springs
October 30—Affair at Ford's Mill

November 4-9—Expedition up the Chowan River
November 4—Skirmish near Rocky Run
November 9—Operations near Weldon
November 13-14—Reconnaissance to entrances of the Cape Fear River
November 21—Union Navy captures the blockade-runner Banshee
November 25—Skirmish near Greenville
November 26—Skirmish near Plymouth
November 26—Skirmish at Warm Springs

December 1—Skirmish at Cedar Point
December 5-24—Expedition to South Mills
December 5—Scout towards Kinston
December 10—Skirmish at Hertford
December 16—Skirmish near Free Bridge
December 17—Expedition to Chicoa Creek
December 18—Skirmish at Indiantown/skirmish
December 18—Skirmish at Sandy Swamp
December 21-24—Scout towards Trenton
December 25—Union destroys the Confederate salt works at Bear Inlet
December 27-29—Expedition from Newport Barracks
December 30—Skirmish near Greenville
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1864

January 4—Affair at Lockwood's Folly Inlet
January 11—Affair at Lockwood's Folly Inlet
January 28-Feb. 10—Expedition against New Berne
January 30—Skirmish at Windsor

February 1—Skirmish at Batchelder's (Bachelor’s) Creek
February 2—Skirmish at Bogue Sound Block House
February 2—Skirmish at Gales' Creek
February 2—Skirmish at Newport Barracks
February 2—Confederates capture the U.S.S. Underwriter
February 6—Skirmish near Newport Barracks
February 7—Affair at Waccomo Neck
February 9—Reconnaissance toward Swansborough
February 16—Affair at Fairfield
February 29-Mar. 1—Skirmishes at Ballahock

March 25-26—Expedition to Bogue and Bear Inlets
March 26—Skirmish near Black Jack Church

April 1—Skirmish near Plymouth
April 2—Confederates destroy the Cape Lookout Light House
April 5—Affair near Blount's Creek
April 17-20—Confederates capture Plymouth
April 17—Skirmish at Beaver Creek
April 21—Union froces destroy the Confederate salt works at Masonborough Inlet
April 26-30—Union forces evacuate Washington
April 27-29—Affairs at Masonborough Inlet
April 29-30—Expedition to Swansborough

May 4-6—Operation around New Berne
May 4—Skirmish on the Trent Road
May—Naval Engagement on Albermarle Sound

May 5—Union forces surrender at Croatan
May 5—Skirmish on the south side of the Trent River

June 20-25—Union expedition against the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
June 20-23—Expedition to near Kinston
June 22-23—Scout from Piney Green
June 22—Skirmish at Southwest Creek

July 27-Aug. 4—Expedition into North Carolina
July 28-31—Expedition to Manning's Neck

September 9—Skirmish at Currituck Bridge
September 29—Action in the Scuppernong River

October 11-13—Scout to Gum Swamp
October 27-28—Union froces destroy the ram C.S.S. Albemarle at Plymouth

December 6-10—Expedition to Hertford
December 7-27—Expedition to and operations against Fort Fisher
December 10-15—Scout to and skirmishes at Southwest Creek/scout to and skirmishes
December 11-19—Operation about the Chowan River
December 20-22—Engagement at Poplar Point
December 24—Union powder boat U.S.S. Louisiana explodes of Fort Fisher
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1865

January 3-17—Union expedition to and capture of Fort Fisher
January 8—Union fleets arrives off Beaufort
January 13-15—Operations against Fort Fisher
January 13—Bombardment of Fisher
January 13 –Union Forces land near Fort Fisher
January 13— Skirmish near Fort Fisher
January 15—Assault and capture of Fort Fisher
January 16-17—Confederate forces abandon Smithville and blow up Fort Caswell
January 16—Magazine at Fort Fisher explodes

January 19—Reconnaissance to Myrtle Sound
January 19—Skirmish at Half-Moon Battery

January 1-Apr. 26—Carolinas campaign

February 9—U.S. Twenty-third Corps arrives at Fort Fisher
February 11—Action near Sugar Loaf
February 17—Skirmish near Smithfield
February 18—Action at Anderson
February 18—Skirmish at Orton Pond
February 19-20—Skirmish at Town Creek
February 19—Capture of Anderson
February 21—Skirmish at Eagle Island
February 21—Skirmish at Fort Strong
February 22—Skirmish at Northeast Ferry
February 22—Skirmish at Smith's Creek
February 22—Occupation of Wilmington by Union troops

March 3—Skirmish near Blakeny's Cross-Roads, S.C. (skirmish actually in North Carolina)
March 3—Skirmish near Hornsborough, S.C. (skirmish actually in North Carolina)
March 4—Skirmishes at and near Phillips' Cross-Roads
March 7—Skirmish at Rockingham
March 7—Skirmish at Southwest Creek
March 7-10—Battle of Kinston or Wise Forks
March 8—Skirmish at Love's or Blue's Bridge
March 10—Engagement at Monroe's Cross-Roads
March 11—Skirmishes at and near Fayetteville
March 11—Occupation of Fayetteville by Union troops
March 13—Skirmish near Fayetteville
March 14—Union forces occupy Kinston
March 14—Reconnaissance to Black River
March 14—Reconnaissance to Silver Run Creek
March 15—Skirmishes near Smith's Mills on the Black River
March 15—Skirmishes on the South River
March 16—Battle of Averasborough
March 16—Skirmish at Little Cohera Creek
March 17—Skirmish at Averasborough
March 17—Skirmish at FallingCreek
March 18—Skirmish near Benton's Cross-Roads
March 18—Skirmish at Bushy Swamp
March 18—Skirmish at Mingo Creek
March 19-21—Battle of Bentonville
March 19-20—Skirmishes at and near Cox's Bridge, Neuse River
March 19—Skirmish at the Neuse River Bridge near Goldsborough
March 20—Skirmish near Falling Creek
March 21—Occupation of Goldsborough by Union forces
March 22—Skirmish at Black Creek
March 22—Skirmish at Hannah's Creek
March 22—Skirmish at Mill Creek
March 23—Skirmishes at and near Cox's Bridge on the Neuse River
March 24—Skirmish near Moccasin Creek
March 28—Skirmish near Snow Hill
March 29—Skirmish near Moseley Hall
March 31—Skirmish at Gulley's
March 31—Skirmish at Hookerton

April 1—Skirmish near Snow Hill
April 2—Skirmish near Goldsborough
April 5-7—Confederates destroy U.S. transports on the Neuse River
April 10—Skirmish at Boonville
April 10—Skirmish at Moccasin Swamp
April 10—Skirmish near Nahunta Station
April 10—Sherman’s army moves toward Raleigh
April 11—Skirmish near Beulah
April 11—Affair near Pikeville
April 11—Occupation of Smithfield
April 11—Skirmishes at Smithfield
April 12—Action near Raleigh
April 12—Action at Swift Creek
April 13—Skirmish at Morrisville
April 13—Occupation of Raleigh
April 13—Skirmish near Raleigh
April 14—Skirmish near Morrisville
April 14—Affair near Saunders' Farm
April 15—Skirmish near Chapel Hill
April 18-26—General Sherman and General Johnston agree to suspend hostilities
April 26—Surrender of Confederate forces at Bennett's House near Durham Station, North Carolina
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