Pvt. William C. Fulcher, Co. G 1st NC Arty. Pools Battalion, if my memory serves me correctly. He was killed by a shell frag. Former Heavy Artilleryman from Fort Macon.

Forutnately he is buried in a family plot just north of Beaufort where I grew up. About 10 years ago my grandmother and some other ladies from the church petitioned the VA for a headstone.

I’ve focused so much on the NC activity in ’65 that I have not completed my study of Foster’s Expedition – a guy name Wittenberg is keeping me busy. :)) I would be grateful to share a day of your time walking the site.

I saw where an event is scheduled in December to recognize the site. I am interested in attending and would love to assist in whatever capacity I can.

My email is sokolosky1@aol.com. Shoot me an email at your convience so we can establish comms.

thanks my friend

Wade Sokolosky

Thanks. It has taken me 15 years of research and 10 years of wrangling and planning, but we are finally off the ground and have a wonderful little (32acres and growing) site at Goldsborough. Hope you can come up and visit sometime. I’d love to show you the site. Was your mom’s great uncle with the 51st or 52nd NC by chance? The 3rd NY Artillery really decimated those units; many of them are among the 800 Confederates buried in the mass grave in Goldsboro.

Randy

My mom’s Great Uncle was killed at Goldsboro along the Neuse River in Dec of ’62. He had just been paroled from his capture at Fort Macon.

Glad to see the preservation efforts taking place both in Goldsboro and Kinston in trying to preserve the battles there. Hats off to you and the folks working with you!!

Wade Sokolosky

Randy

To understand how the first day’s fight develops, you need to study Buford’s early-morning delaying action. 90% of that is on private ground.

And these are only two examples of just Gettysburg…

J.D.

I think you answered your own question: I think it’s best to be well-rounded and to get the best of each.

From my perspective, there is no spot too obscure, but that comes, in part, from too many years studying the mainstream places.

Eric

My question is this: Is it more important to visit the more decisive locations on a battlefield or the obscure (not so decisive) points?

That was one great time!

It was a lot cooler day without humidity, when Eric & I finished “Morgan’s Raid” route a couple of weeks later.

Mike

J.D.

That WAS fun, wasn’t it?

We’ve got to start scheduling the next Cav Fest.

Eric