Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Goldsboro” in entry 2407 of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...Joseph E. Johnston, with the combined and concentrated forces of Beauregard, Hardee, Hood, the garrison from Augusta, Hoke, and the cavalry of Wheeler and Hampton, was at Smithfield, half-way between Goldsboro and Raleigh, with about 40,000 troops, mostly veterans.
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