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Battle of Averasborough (March 1865), US Civil War

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Zachariah ''Taylor'' Gillum, (USA) (1846 - 1923)
A death notice reported "Taylor Gillum, an old resident of this county and a veteran of the civil war passed away at his home in this city Sunday forenoon, about ten o'clock. He suffered a stroke of pa...
Pvt. James Everett Matthews, (USA) (1847 - 1925)
James Matthews served in Co. C, 21st Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. He was living in Cazenovia when he enlisted on August 16,1864. He was discharged in New York on June 10, 1865.
Brevet Maj. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams (USA), US Congress (1810 - 1878)
Starkey Williams (September 29, 1810 – December 21, 1878) was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.Early lifeWilliams was born in Deep River, Con...
Major General Joseph Eggleston Johnston (CSA) (1807 - 1891)
General Joseph Eggleston Johnston, (CSA) General Johnston was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was the 4th highest ranki...
Maj. General Henry W. Slocum (USA) (1827 - 1894)
Warner Slocum (September 24, 1827 – April 14, 1894), was a Union general during the American Civil War and later served in the United States House of Representatives from New York. During the war, he w...

The Battle of Averasborough or the Battle of Averasboro, fought March 16, 1865, in Harnett and Cumberland counties, North Carolina, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, was a prelude to the climactic Battle of Bentonville, which began three days later.