Battle of Averasborough
| Battle of Averasborough | |||||||
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| Part of the Campaign of the Carolinas | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William T. Sherman | William J. Hardee | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army of Georgia | Hardee's Corps | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 700 | 500 | ||||||
The Battle of Averasborough or the Battle of
Opposing forces
Union
Confederate
Battle
Slocum's troops had crossed the
Battlefield
The Battle of Averasborough was fought on the grounds of Oak Grove, near Erwin, North Carolina.[1] Lebanon was used as a hospital.[2] Prior to the battle, Union soldiers raided the Ellerslie Plantation for supplies and quartered troops in the plantation's main house.[3] The Averasboro Battlefield Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[4] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved more than 568 acres (2.30 km2) of the Averasborough battlefield as of mid-2023.[5]
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Casualties
The Confederates had not held up the Union Army as long as they had hoped. Each side suffered about 700 casualties during the battle.
References
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (May 1972). "Oak Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (April 1972). "Lebanon" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Elliot, Jane Evans (1908). Diary of Mrs. Jane Evans Elliot, 1837–1882. Edwards & Broughton Print Company.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Averasboro Battlefield". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
External links
Further reading
- Davis, Daniel T., and Phillip S. Greenwalt. Calamity in Carolina: The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, March 1865. Emerging Civil War Series. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2015. ISBN 978-1-61121-245-7.
- Smith, Mark A., and Wade Sokolosky. No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar: Sherman's Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro, March 1865, rev. ed. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2017. ISBN 978-1-61121-286-0. First published 2006 by Ironclad Publishing.
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