Events in March: Lincoln, Pea Ridge, Averasboro, Kelly's Ford, Bentonville, Kernstown, Glorieta Pass and White Oak Road

From the 2021 American Battlefield Trust calendar for March.

MARCH 4, 1861   

Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of the United States of America.

MARCH 7, 1862

Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, begins.

MARCH 16m 1865

Battle of Averasboro, North Carolina, begins.

MARCH 17, 1863

Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia

MARCH 19, 1865

Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, begins.

MARCH, 23m 1862

First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, opening salvo of the Valley Campaign.

MARCH  26, 1862

Battle of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory, begins.

MARCH 31, 1865

Battle of White Oak Road, Virginia.

--Old Secesh

White Oak Road, Va.

From the 2021 American Battlefield Trust calendar for March.

WHITE OAK ROAD, Virginia

951 acres saved

Photo of White Oak Battlefield in Dinwiddie County, Va. by Kristi A. Gordon.

On March 31, 1865, Major General Gouverneur Warren's Union V Corps assaulted entrenched Confederates along White Oak Road.

Visitors to the battlefield today can still see the remains of these Confederate earthworks along a 0.64-mile interpretive trail managed by the Trust.

The more than 900 acres the Trust has saved here, including 48 acres in 2020, will eventually be a part of the Petersburg National Battlefield. 

--Old Secesh