Compliments of the good folks at HMDB on March 15th. They scour all things historical and on a stick or marker.
This involved a marker for the Forks Road engagement February 21-22, 1865 and was an attempt by Confederate General Robert F. Hoke to make a stand on the east side of the Cape Fear River. His division along with General Thomas Clingman's brigade and the Wilmington Horse Artillery repulsed Union Col. Elias Wright's brigade of US Colored Troops including the 5th USCT.
The Confederates inflicted 50 casualties and caused the Federals to retreat a short distance where they returned fire for 34 hours. Hoke withdrew on the 22nd and Wilmington was captured later that day.
Nearing the End of the War. --Old B-Runner
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