There are 326 users online
You can register for a user account here.
Login
Military Photos
Main Menu
Online
Library of Congress
Past Articles
Military Quotes
Anybody who does not have fear is an idiot. It is just that you must make the fear work for you. When somebody shot at me, it made me madder than hell, and all I wanted to do was shoot back. -- General Robin Olds |
New Berne, 1862(197 total words in this text)(1939 Reads)  Location: Craven County Campaign: Burnside?s North Carolina Expedition (January-July 1862) Date(s): March 14, 1862 Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside [US]; Brig. Gen. Lawrence O?B. Branch [CS] Forces Engaged: Expeditionary Force and Foster?s, Reno?s, and Parke?s Brigades [US]; 5 regiments, militia [CS] Estimated Casualties: 1,080 total Description: On March 11, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside?s command embarked from Roanoke Island to rendezvous with Union gunboats at Hatteras Inlet for an expedition against New Berne. On March 13, the fleet sailed up the Neuse River and disembarked infantry on the river?s south bank to approach the New Berne defenses. The Confederate defense was commanded by Brig. Gen. Lawrence Branch. On March 14, John G. Foster?s, Jesse Reno?s, and John G. Parke?s brigades attacked along the railroad and after four hours of fighting drove the Confederates out of their fortifications. The Federals captured nine forts and 41 heavy guns and occupied a base which they would hold to the end of the war, in spite of several Confederate attempts to recover the town. Result(s): Union victory |
Military History
Forum Posts
This Day in History
1863:
The Battle of Chancellorsville ends when Union Army retreats.
1864: The Army of the Potomac embarks on the biggest campaign of the Civil War and crosses the Rapidan River, precipitating an epic showdown that eventually decides the war. 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea commences. 1951: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to raise the maximum strength of the Marine Corps to 400,000 -- double its strength at the time. The bill also made the Commandant of the Marine Corps a consultant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1961: Secretary of State Dean Rusk reports that Viet Cong forces have grown to 12,000 men and that they had killed or kidnapped more than 3,000 persons in 1960. While declaring that the United States would supply South Vietnam with any possible help, he refused to say whether the United States would intervene militarily. |
