Campaign : Burnside’s North Carolina Expedition.
Date : April 19, 1862.
Principal Commanders : Brig. Gen. Jesse Lee Reno [US]; Col. Ambrose Wright [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 150 total.
The Union planned an expedition to destroy the Dismal Swamp Canal locks to prevent transfer of Confederate ironclad ships to Albemarle Sound.
On the morning of April 19, Union troops under Brig. Gen. Jesse Lee Reno marched north on the road to South Mills.
At the crossroads a few miles below South Mills, elements of Col. Ambrose Wright’s Confederta command delayed the Unions until dark.
Reno abandoned the expedition.
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