Kinston

Kinston

December 14, 1862
Lenoir County, NC
Campaign: Blockade and Coastal Raids

Brig. Gen. John G. Foster, USA
Brig. Gen. Nathan Evans, CSA

The Union deployed a division, Evans only a brigade.

Casualties were just under 700 combined.

A Union expedition led by Brig. Gen. John G. Foster left New Berne in December to disrupt the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad at Goldsborough. The advance was stubbornly contested by Evans's Brigade near Kinston Bridge on December 14, but the Confederates were outnumbered and withdrew north of the Neuse River in the direction of Goldsborough. Foster continued his movement the next day, taking the River Road, south of the Neuse River.

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