KINGSTON, NC
\kˈɪŋstən], \kˈɪŋstən], \k_ˈɪ_ŋ_s_t_ə_n]\
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Here, December 14, 1862, General Foster, en route with 11,000 Federals to destroy the important railroad junction at Goldsboro, fell in with the Confederate General Evans, commanding 6000 troops. An engagement was immediately begun. Evans was posted between a dense swamp and the bridge over the Neuse River. This was speedily captured and the Confederates dispersed.-Again, March 8 and 10, 1865, there was some sharp fighting between the Federals under Cox, of Schofield's army, and the Confederates under Bragg and D. H. Hill. Bragg was in full retreat from Wilmington when he was overtaken by Cox. Bragg was compelled to retire to Goldsboro March 10. There were about 12,000 men engaged on either side.
By John Franklin Jameson
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