Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2)

Chapter 125: BATTLE AT BACHELOR’S CREEK, N. C. February 1, 1864.

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This richly illustrated volume offers a chronological, narrative survey of the Civil War’s major campaigns and engagements, pairing tactical summaries of land and naval operations with portraits, engravings, and battlefield scenes. It interweaves strategic overviews and a chronological analysis with eyewitness anecdotes and personal episodes of courage and hardship, presenting both broad movements and vivid, scene-by-scene depictions to provide a pictorial and anecdotal guide to the conflict’s military events.

BATTLE AT BACHELOR’S CREEK, N. C.
February 1, 1864.

Before daylight on the 1st of February, a Federal outpost at Bachelor’s Creek, eight miles from Newbern, was attacked by a Confederate force under General Picket, consisting of a portion of Hoke’s, Corse’s and Clingman’s brigades. The Federal force was surprised by a superior force, and after a gallant resistance were defeated, with a loss of about one hundred in killed, wounded and missing, and three hundred taken prisoners. The Confederate loss was about forty in killed and wounded. While it was yet dark, the same force of rebels descended the creek in barges, and captured and burned the United States gunboat Underwriter, which was aground between Forts Anderson and Stephen, within a mile and a half of Newbern.