...urse, by the rear guard. Slocum, deviating from our direct march toward Goldsboro, went by the way of Kyle's Landing, aiming for Bentonville, while his wagon train followed the Goldsboro route. Kilpatrick 's cavalry was clearing the way on Slocum's left and front. Slocum found, March 6th, a large Confederate force across the way near Averysboro. It proved to be Hardee, not Johnston, in immediate c...