Battle of Kinston

Battle of Kinston
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Capture of Kinston, North Carolina
Date	December 14, 1862
Location	Lenoir County, North Carolina
Result	Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John G. Foster	Nathan Evans
Units involved
Department of North Carolina, 1st Division 12,000	Evan's Brigade 2,400
Strength
10,000	4,000
Casualties and losses
260	525
	Kinston Battlefield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	Kinston, North Carolina
Area	614 acres (248 ha)
Built	1862
NRHP reference No.	06001104
Added to NRHP	November 30, 2006

The Battle of Kinston was fought on December 14, 1862, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, near the town of Kinston, as part of the Goldsboro Expedition of the American Civil War.

A Union expedition led by Brig. Gen. John G. Foster left New Bern in December to disrupt the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad at Goldsborough. The advance was stubbornly contested by Brig. Gen. Nathan Evans's brigade near Kinston Bridge on December 14, but the Confederates were outnumbered and withdrew north of the Neuse River in the direction of Goldsborough. Foster continued his movement the next day, taking the River Road, south of the Neuse River.^[2]

References

Map of Kinston Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
Kinston Battlefield Park
Drawing of Kinston Swamp by a member of the 45th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

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1861	Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries
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