battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Kinston

Name: Battle of Kinston
Start: 1862-12-14
Location: Kinston Battlefield, North Carolina, United States

Battle of Kinston was a battle fought on 14 December 1862 at Kinston Battlefield, in what is now North Carolina, United States. The recorded result: Union victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 against 4,000.

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Capture of Kinston, North Carolina. "This scene is located after the battle. Morrison's Battery is firing on the town : the troops are passing over the bridge, and forming their lines on the meadow. T. M.G. Wheelock, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought14 December 1862

WhereKinston Battlefield, North Carolina, United States35.244N, 77.585W

OutcomeUnion victory

BelligerentsUnited States (Union)againstCSA (Confederacy)

Casualties and losses260and525

Battlefield todayKinston battlefieldNPS site NC007, 15,783 acres studied, 3,119 core

Record

Date	14 December 1862
Place	Kinston Battlefield, North Carolina, United States 35.244N, 77.585W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	10,000	4,000
Casualties and losses	260	525
Commanders	John G. Foster	Nathan George Evans

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the battlefield study area mapped by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Wyse Fork 1865, 5.5 km SE
Battle of White Hall 1862, 24 km W
Battle of Goldsboro Bridge 1862, 42 km W
Battle of Fort Anderson 1863, 51 km E
Battle of New Bern 1862, 56 km SE

Elsewhere in 1862

Battle of Antietam United States
Battle of Fredericksburg United States
Second Battle of Bull Run United States
Battle of Shiloh United States
Battle of Puebla Mexico

The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Kinston battlefield (site NC007): a study area of 15,783 acres, with a core area of 3,119 acres where the fighting was concentrated; 4,441 acres retain enough integrity to be potentially eligible for the National Register.

Battle of Kinston is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (43 in North Carolina).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2695780, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kinston, revision 1371430116, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.