<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bentonville" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Bentonville">Battle of Bentonville</a> begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Oaks,_North_Carolina" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Four Oaks, North Carolina">Four Oaks, North Carolina</a>.