Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Goldsboro” in chapter 7, page 424 of Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3:
... in that direction, where Cheatham's corps, from Hood's army, was now expected to make a junction with Beauregard.
At Wiinnsboro, however, Sherman turned his principal columns northeastward towards Goldsboro , still two hundred miles away.
Heavy rains again impeded his movements,
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