Battle of South Mills
Battle of South Mills | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jesse L. Reno | Ambrose R. Wright | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Department of North Carolina |
3rd Georgia Infantry Ferebee's North Carolina Militia McComa's Battery Gillett's Southampton Cavalry Co. | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000[2] | ~1,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
6 killed, 19 wounded, 3 captured |
The Battle of South Mills, also known as the Battle of Camden, took place on April 19, 1862 in Camden County, North Carolina as part of Union Army Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina expedition during the American Civil War.
Learning that the Confederates were building ironclads at Norfolk, Burnside planned an expedition to destroy the Dismal Swamp Canal locks to prevent transfer of the ships to Albemarle Sound. He entrusted the operation to Brig. Gen. Jesse L. Reno's command, which embarked on transports from Roanoke Island on April 18. By midnight, the convoy reached Elizabeth City and began disembarking troops. On the morning of April 19, Reno marched north on the road to South Mills. At the crossroads a few miles below South Mills, elements of Col. Ambrose R. Wright's command delayed the Federals until dark. Reno abandoned the expedition and withdrew during the night to the transports at Elizabeth City. The transports carried Reno's troops to New Bern where they arrived on April 22.
Notes[]
- ^ Union withdrew
- ^ Jump up to: a b Earl J. Hess (2005). Field Armies & Fortifications In The Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8078-2931-8. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
References[]
Coordinates: 36°25′49″N 76°18′12″W / 36.4304°N 76.3033°W
- Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
- Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
- Confederate victories of the American Civil War
- Battles of the American Civil War in North Carolina
- Camden County, North Carolina
- 1862 in North Carolina
- 1862 in the American Civil War
- April 1862 events
- American Civil War battle stubs