Battle of Wyse Fork

Battle of Wyse Fork
Part of the Campaign of the Carolinas
Date March 7, 1865 (1865-03-07) – March 10, 1865 (1865-03-10) Location Lenoir County, near Kinston, North Carolina Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John M. Schofield Jacob D. Cox[1]	Braxton Bragg
Units involved
Cox's Provisional Corps	Department of North Carolina Hoke’s Division (Army of No. Virginia)
Strength
12,000	8,500
Casualties and losses
1,257	1,500[2]

The Battle of Wyse Fork, also known as the Battle of Kinston, was fought in the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, resulting in a Union Army victory.