A SHARP FIGHT NEAR GOLDSBOROUGH.
A telegram on the same date, (March 25) says : —A portion of Sherman's force which moved from Fayetteville, met the enemy on the 21st at Mount Olive, where quite a large engagement ensued. Tlie enemy was overpowered, and flanked, and retreated in confusion towards Raleigh, while Sherman entered Smithfield half-way bet wen Goldsborough and Raleigh. Sherman, Schofield, and Terry, are in hourly communication with each other, and pressing the enemy closely. The prisoners taken admii Raleigh must fall. The utmost enthusiasm prevails in the army, and the troops are sweeping all before them. Terry's forces captured a number of cars at Farston Depot, near Goldsborough.
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Colonist, Volume VIII, Issue 799, 23 June 1865, Page 3
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110A SHARP FIGHT NEAR GOLDSBOROUGH. Colonist, Volume VIII, Issue 799, 23 June 1865, Page 3
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