135th USCT Re-Enactment Goldsboro-- Part 4: Mustered Into Service in Goldsboro in 1865

Then General  Sherman stayed in Scotland County, North Carolina, on the March through the Carolinas.  Scotland County is on the S.C. border and where Laurinburg is located.  While there, they used the Old Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church for headquarters (built 1856).

Then they went to Fayetteville where they destroyed the arsenal and then to the Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.  After the Union victory at Bentonville, Sherman continued on to Goldsboro.  There his troops were supplied.

The 135th was created when over 1,100 black men enlisted after Sherman arrived in Goldsboro, which is why  the 135th's re-enactment is taking place there.  Between late March and early April, the 135th trained and were issued uniforms and equipment.

USCT regiments acted as the U.S. Navy Seabees do, they created roads by felling trees and covering them with soil and built bridges.

I's Sure Like to be in Goldsboro for this event this weekend.  --Old Secesh