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Battle of Averasborough

March 16, 1865 · Battle of Averasborough

Result Inconclusive

Hardee delayed Slocum's wing of Sherman's army in North Carolina three days before Bentonville.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

William Tecumseh Sherman military commander

William J. Hardee military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 12,00025,992
Casualties: 700
Killed: 93
Wounded: 531
Missing: 54

Strength: 5,400
Killed: 108
Wounded: 540
Missing: 217

Units

Army of Georgia