Qualla: Battle of Wyse Fork https://qualla.com/battle-of-wyse-fork en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/2/b/battle-of-wyse-fork-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Wyse Fork https://qualla.com/battle-of-wyse-fork Battle of Wyse Fork: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-wyse-fork/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. The North Carolina Junior Reserves panicked and refused to advance. These were teenage boys, some as young as seventeen, conscripted from the dwindling manpower of a dying Confederacy. General D.H. Hill had just sent them charging into the Union left flank along Southwest Creek, east of Kinston, and they simply stopped. Hill left them where they stood, pushed forward with his veterans, and drove the Federal brigade back. It was March 7, 1865, and the Battle of Wyse Fork was the Confederacy's last credible attempt to prevent three Union armies from converging on Goldsboro, North Carolina. That convergence would seal the fate of the Southern cause within weeks.

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/2/b/battle-of-wyse-fork-wp/dq2b-battle-of-wyse-fork-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Wyse Fork: Three Armies Closing In https://qualla.com/battle-of-wyse-fork/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. By late February 1865, the war was all but over and everyone knew it. Sherman's forces had burned their way through Georgia and South Carolina and were now crossing into North Carolina. The port city of Wilmington had just fallen to Union troops under Major General John M. Schofi...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/2/b/battle-of-wyse-fork-wp/dq2b-battle-of-wyse-fork-three-armies-closing-in.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Wyse Fork: The Assault Along Southwest Creek https://qualla.com/battle-of-wyse-fork/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. Bragg positioned his forces along Southwest Creek east of Kinston, blocking Cox's path and threatening the vital crossroads and railroad the Federals needed. Cox recognized the danger and pushed forward the divisions of Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer to guard the railroad and ...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/2/b/battle-of-wyse-fork-wp/dq2b-battle-of-wyse-fork-the-last-confederate-push.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Wyse Fork: The Gathering at Goldsboro https://qualla.com/battle-of-wyse-fork/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. Bragg's attack at Wyse Fork delayed Cox for only a few days. Schofield consolidated his forces into the reconstituted Army of the Ohio, two full corps strong. Sherman's armies, fresh from defeating Johnston at Bentonville on March 19-21, marched into Goldsboro on March 23. For th...

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]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/2/b/battle-of-wyse-fork-wp/dq2b-battle-of-wyse-fork-the-gathering-at-goldsboro.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Wyse Fork: Holding Ground, Losing Ground https://qualla.com/battle-of-wyse-fork/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Today, the American Battlefield Trust and its partners have preserved portions of the Wyse Fork battlefield, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The land along Southwest Creek where Hoke charged and the Junior Reserves broke still carries the contours of ...

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