Battle of Wyse Fork

Battle of Wyse Fork
Part of the Campaign of the Carolinas
DateMarch 7, 1865 (1865-03-07) – March 10, 1865 (1865-03-10)
Location
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John M. Schofield
Jacob D. Cox[1]
Braxton Bragg
Units involved
Cox's Provisional Corps

Department of North Carolina

Hoke’s Division (Army of No. Virginia)
Strength
12,000 8,500
Casualties and losses
1,257 1,500[2]

The Battle of Wyse Fork, also known as the Battle of Kinston, was fought in the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, resulting in a Union Army victory.

  1. ^ "Maps of Wyse Fork, North Carolina (1865)". Civil War Trust. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Battlefields.org