By Paul Branch, 2006The battle at New Bern occurred on 14 Mar. 1862 between the Union forces of and troops under Brig.
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In February 1862 Burnside had swept across the northeastern sound region of the North Carolina coast with a powerful amphibious force of about 13,000 soldiers on transports, supported by army and navy gunboats, in a campaign that has become known as the 'Burnside Expedition.' On 12 March his fleet advanced up the, carrying about 11,000 soldiers, with the intention of capturing New Bern, an important coastal trade center and the second largest town in North Carolina.On 13 March Burnside's troops landed on the riverbank at Slocum's Creek, near Havelock, and began their advance. At New Bern, General Branch had no more than 4,000 soldiers at his disposal to man a series of prepared defenses. The town's river defenses included lines of river obstructions and a chain of forts (Lane, Ellis, Allen, Thompson, and Dixie) on the west bank of the Neuse extending six miles below the town.
Two lines of entrenchments protected the land approaches along the west bank: the Croatan Works and the Thompson Works. Branch concentrated his limited forces at the Thompson Works, the least exposed of the two. This strong entrenched line was anchored on the river bank by Fort Thompson (mounting 13 guns) and extended west one mile to the. However, the Confederates were unable to fill a 150-yard gap in the line before the Union attack.Branch placed in the trenches between Fort Thompson and the railroad, from left to right, the 27th, 37th, 7th, and 35th North Carolina Regiments and a local militia battalion-all supported by two field batteries. The 26th North Carolina extended the line westward beyond the railroad, and the 33rd North Carolina was held in reserve.At about 7:30 a.m. On 14 March, Burnside's advancing Union forces, supported by gunboats on the river, moved in front of the Confederate lines to begin the battle. Burnside placed his First Brigade on the right between the river and the railroad, the Second Brigade west of the railroad, and the Third Brigade in reserve behind the two.
The First and Second Brigades made little progress against the Confederate works, but part of the Second Brigade soon found the gap in the Confederate line and promptly broke through east of the railroad into the rear of the Confederate trenches, surprising the green battalion of North Carolina militia. The militiamen broke in confusion, taking with them the next regiment, the 35th North Carolina.As Federals charged down behind the Confederate trenches, the next Confederate regiment, the 7th North Carolina, recoiled and counterattacked with a portion of the 37th North Carolina. This force drove out the Union troops and briefly reestablished the Confederate line. Meanwhile, Burnside's Third Brigade had formed for battle. Its attack broke through the same gap in the Confederate line just recently reestablished. The assault of these fresh troops overwhelmed the Confederates, who abandoned the works and retreated toward New Bern, evacuating the river forts as they went. Unaware of the retreat, the 26th and 33rd North Carolina were almost cut off.
They only escaped by crossing the swamps to the west, leaving a portion of the 33rd North Carolina and its commander in Federal hands.New Bern was evacuated, and the pursuing Union forces took possession. Union losses were 90 killed, 380 wounded, and 1 missing, whereas the Confederates lost 64 killed, 101 wounded, and 413 captured or missing. Held by the Union for the remainder of the war, New Bern became the largest Federal stronghold in eastern North Carolina. Confederate forces made three unsuccessful attempts to retake the town. Add a commentPLEASE NOTE: NCpedia will not publish personal contact information in comments, questions, or responses. If you would like a reply by email, please note thats some email servers are blocked from accepting messages from outside email servers or domains.
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TriviaDuring the debriefing at the FBI Academy, a large computer screen behind Harris scrolls through maps with respective data concerning the next assignment: 'The FBI Academy's Oniega Island complex is a realistic, urban, practical problem raining area which was initiated in 1967. The Practical Applications Unit (PAU) manages and schedules all practical training events, administers practical problem exercises primarily to new agent trainees, and provides safety and survival training to law enforcement officers and FBI Agents.' Alternate VersionsCertain international DVD distributors included deleted scenes not seen in the original theatrical release, which provides more character development and makes the film more complete.
There are numerous sequences and the major ones are noted as follows:. 'Sara's Regret' - This scene expanded upon how vulnerable Sara Moore (played by Kathryn Morris) was. The FBI agent's character is developed further.
The setting has the agent behind a desk after cracking under the pressure of an intense field assignment. The scene is introspective in nature. 'The Instructor's Office' - The scene is set in the FBI instructor's office for the character Jake Harris played by Val Kilmer.
Harris speaks with Sara played by Kathryn Morris and J.D. Reston played by Christian Slater. The verbal communication between Harris and J.D. Is professional and almost military in nature, but it is clear that Harris has doubts related to Sara's performance.
The performance review is completed and in the process a caustic exchange transpires in which Harris directly questions her ability. This establishes Sara's potential motive. 'Ride Along' - In a scene on the helicopter pad at the FBI training complex, Gabe Jensen played by LL Cool J and Jake Harris played by Val Kilmer speak in a caustic capacity before any of the agents arrive. Harris is ordered by his superiors to allow Gabe Jensen to observe his class and teaching methods. In this exchange Harris and Jensen makes their feelings plainly clear. This established a potential motive for both Jensen and Harris. 'Rappelling' - In a brief scene in the film personnel are seen rappelling out of a helicopter and securing a hot landing zone during a training exercise.
This scene set the stage for later in the film when Harris tells his class to get their rappelling lines out of the back of the helicopter when nearing Oniega. The joke then seems more intense and relevant. 'The ending' - Several variations of the ending were filmed. One of them included Jake Harris (Val Kilmer) and numerous others included modified character development from the final theatrical ending.ยป. No Spoilers Ahead I saw the movie last night in the 'sneak preview'. I had no idea what kind of movie it was, except for the genre 'thriller'.
Thriller is not right. It is more a 'Thriller/Psycho/Horror Movie' Most of the movie you had no time to get breath. It has a really good atmosphere and good actors. You never know what will happen next and you are really shocked the whole time. Thats what my experience with that movie was, but i have to say that i did not know anything about the content of the movie, i did not see one trailer of it and i read no comment of it before watching it. I have to admit, that there are several parts which are not logic or seems to be not logic, but it doesn't destroy the atmosphere, because you have no time to think about it during watching the movie.
I would not watch it a second time, because the shocking effects would not work anymore, but i give this movie 7 points. By the way: there are really morbid and cruel scene's in it, i hadn't expected that.
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