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19 March 1865 A.D. Battle of Bentonville, NC: GEN Sherman, USA v. GEN Johnston, CSA Editors. “Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina.” History.com. 2009. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-bentonville-north-carolina .   Accessed 18 Mar 2015. On this day in 1985, at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, Confederate General Joseph Johnston makes a desperate attempt to stop Union General William T. Sherman’s drive through the Carolinas in the Civil War’s last days; however, Johnston’s motleyforce cannot stop the advance of Sherman’s mighty army. Following his famous March to the Sea in late 1864, Sherman paused for a month at Savannah, Georgia. He then turned north into the Carolinas, destroying all that lay in his path in an effort to demoralize the South and hasten the end of the war. Sherman left Savannah with 60,000 men divided into two wings. He captured Columbia, South Carolina, in February and continued towards Goldsboro, North Carolina, where...

18 February 1827 A.D. New Bern, NC: GEN Lewis Armistead, CSA, Born—Leads Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg & Mortally Wounded; Buried at Old St. Paul’s (Protestant) Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland Editors. “ 1827 – Confederate General Lewis Armistead is born in New Bern, North Carolina.” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/february-18/ . Accessed 17 Feb 2015. 1827 – Confederate General Lewis Armistead is born in New Bern, North Carolina. Armistead is best known for leading Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded. Armistead’s father, Walker Keith Armistead, and his five uncles served in the military during the War of 1812. One of them, George Armistead, commanded Fort McHenry at Baltimore during the British bombardment that produced the Star Spangled Banner. Lewis Armistead entered West Point in 1834 but did not graduate due to poor grades, although some sources indicate that the reason ...