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The Battle of Bentonville Memoir Relates March 1865 Skirmish
A Civil War memoir recounts Sherman's march toward Goldsboro and the Bentonville battle on March 19 1865. The narrator, ill and fatigued, details marching, trenching, an artillery duel, and a near misidentification of rebel troops marching in a blue uniform, followed by a fierce left flank engagement.
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Bertonville
A. D
Sherman
North Carolina
Goldsboro
Terry
Grant
Army of the Potomac
Averysboro
Grand Army
Chattanooga
Bentonville
Wheeler
Slocum
Fourteenth Corps
Union
Twentieth Corps
Fater
Michigan
France