Battle of Kinston
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{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Kinston |partof=the American Civil War |colour_scheme=background:#ffcccc |image= |caption= |date=December 14, 1862 |place=Lenoir County |result=Union victory |combatant1=United States of America |combatant2=Confederate States of America |commander1=John G. Foster |commander2=Nathan Evans |strength1=10,000 |strength2= |casualties1=260 |casualties2=525 |}} Template:Campaignbox Goldsboro Expedition The Battle of Kinston was fought on December 14, 1862, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, near the town of Kinston, as part of the Goldsboro Expedition of the American Civil War.
A Union expedition led by Brig. Gen. John G. Foster left New Berne in December to disrupt the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad at Goldsborough. The advance was stubbornly contested by Brig. Gen. Nathan Evans's brigade near Kinston Bridge on December 14, but the Confederates were outnumbered and withdrew north of the Neuse River in the direction of Goldsboro. Foster continued his movement the next day, taking the River Road, south of the Neuse River.