From the March 18, 2021, Chowan (NC) Herald "Week in NC History."
On March 19, 1865, at Bentonville in North Carolina near Goldsboro, a Confederate army led by Gen. Joseph Johnston attacked the left wing of Union Gen. William Sherman's army. General Lee directed Confederates to make a stand in North Carolina to prevent Sherman from linking up with General Grant's army in front of Petersburg, Virginia.
Union General Henry Slocum, initially not realizing her faced an entire army, pushed forward, but was driven back in the afternoon. Confederates led by Gen. Daniel H. Hill were able to flank Slocum's troops, pouring a devastating fire into them.
Johnston continued his assaults throughout the evening but pulled back once he realized that the right wing of Sherman's army, which was marching from Fayetteville to Goldsboro, would arrive soon.
--Old Secesh
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