| Battle of Washington, North Carolina | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 Union forces attempted to set fire to Havens Warehouse (above) but it survived the war.[1] | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| John G. Foster | Daniel H. Hill | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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XVIII Corps Washington Garrison | Hill's division | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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6 regiments artillery units 12,000 [4] | 1 Division 9000[5] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 40 | 60 | ||||||
The Battle of Washington took place from March 30 to April 19, 1863, in Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was part of the Confederate Tidewater operations conducted by Lieutenant General James Longstreet during the American Civil War. This battle is sometimes referred to as the siege of Little Washington.[6]
- ^ Touring the Carolinas' Civil War Sites By Clint Johnson p.86
- ^ ABPP:Washington
- ^ Confederates withdrew
- ^ Bridges, H. (1991) Lee's Maverick General, Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, p.175
- ^ Bridges, H. (1991) Lee's Maverick General, Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press p.175
- ^ Dyer's Compendium 43rd & 44th Massachusetts both took part in relief of "Little Washington"