Record #:

6259

Author(s):

Ray, Charles

Abstract:

Ray recounts the battle of Monroe's Crossroads, which took place on the morning of March 10, 1865, on land now occupied by Fort Bragg. The battle was one of the largest cavalry charges of the Civil War. Three thousand Confederates charged a Union encampment of two thousand soldiers.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1979, p43, map

Subject(s):

Monroe's Crossroads, Battle of, N.C., 1865