Record #:

43500

Author(s):

Glasgow, Nathaniel

Abstract:

Torpedoes and mines contributed to a mass explosion that wiped out a depot an other structures at Bachelor Creek on May 26, 1864. Most contemporary sources reported around thirty men killed. Union forces had already repelled two strong Confederate attacks on New Bern earlier in 1864.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021, p24-31, il, por, map, bibl

Subject(s):

Bachelor Creek --explosion (Civil War); New Bern--Civil War