Hatteras Inlet Batteries (also known as Forts Clark and Hatteras)
Date: August 28–29, 1861
Location: Dare County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General Benjamin F. Butler; C.S.: Colonel William F. Martin
Estimated casualties: 773 (U.S., 3; C.S., 770)
Outcome: Union victory

Roanoke Island (also known as Fort Huger)
Date: February 7–8, 1862
Location: Dare County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside; C.S.: Brigadier General Henry Wise
Estimated casualties: 10,500 (U.S., 7,500; C.S., 3,000)
Outcome: Union victory

New Bern
Date: March 14, 1862
Location: Craven County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside; C.S.: Brigadier General Lawrence O’B. Branch
Estimated casualties: 1,080
Outcome: Union victory

Fort Macon
Date: March 23–April 26, 1862
Location: Carteret County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Parke; C.S.: Lieutenant Colonel Moses J. White
Estimated casualties: 490 (U.S., 10; C.S., 480)
Outcome: Union victory

South Mills (also known as Camden)
Date: April 19, 1862
Location: Camden County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Jesse Lee Reno; C.S.: Colonel Ambrose Wright
Estimated casualties: 150
Outcome: Inconclusive (Union forces withdrew)

Tranter’s Creek
Date: June 5, 1862
Location: Pitt County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Osborne; C.S.: Colonel George Singletary
Estimated casualties: 40
Outcome: Union victory

Kinston
Date: December 14, 1862
Location: Lenoir County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Brigadier General Nathan Evans
Estimated casualties: 685
Outcome: Union victory

White Hall
Date: December 16, 1862
Location: Wayne County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Brigadier General Beverly Robertson
Estimated casualties: 150
Outcome: Inconclusive

Goldsboro Bridge
Date: December 17, 1862
Location: Wayne County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Brigadier General Thomas Clingman
Estimated casualties: 220
Outcome: Union victory

Fort Anderson (also known as Deep Gully)
Date: March 13–15, 1863
Location: Craven County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Anderson; C.S.: Major General D. H. Hill
Estimated casualties: 7
Outcome: Union victory

Washington
Date: March 30–April 20, 1863
Location: Beaufort County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General John G. Foster; C.S.: Major General D. H. Hill
Estimated casualties: 100
Outcome: Inconclusive (Confederate forces withdrew)

Plymouth
Date: April 17–20, 1864
Location: Washington County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Colonel Henry W. Wessells; C.S.: Major General R. F. Hoke
Estimated casualties: 2,834
Outcome: Confederate victory

Albemarle Sound
Date: May 5, 1864
Location: Chowan and Washington Counties
Principal commanders: U.S.: Captain Melancton Smith; C.S.: Commander J. W. Cooke
Estimated casualties: 88
Outcome: Inconclusive

Fort Fisher
Date: December 7–27, 1864
Location: New Hanover County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Rear Admiral David D. Porter and Major General Benjamin Butler; C.S.: Major General Robert Hoke
Estimated casualties: 320
Outcome: Confederate victory

Fort Fisher
Date: January 13–15, 1865
Location: New Hanover County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Rear Admiral David D. Porter and Major General Alfred Terry; C.S.: General Braxton Bragg, Major General Robert Hoke, and Colonel Charles Lamb
Estimated casualties: 2,000
Outcome: Union victory

Wilmington (also known as Town Creek, Forks Road, and Sugar Loaf Hill)
Date: February 12–22, 1865
Location: New Hanover County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General John Schofield; C.S.: General Braxton Bragg
Estimated casualties: 1,150
Outcome: Union victory

Wyse Fork (also known as Wilcox’s Bridge, Wise’s Fork, Second Kinston, Second Southwest Creek, and Kelly’s Mill Pond)
Date: March 7–10, 1865
Location: Lenoir County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General John Schofield; C.S.: General Braxton Bragg
Estimated casualties: 2,601 (U.S., 1,101; C.S., 1,500)
Outcome: Union victory

Monroe’s Cross Roads (also known as Fayetteville Road and Blue’s Farm)
Date: March 10, 1865
Location: Hoke County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick; C.S.: Major General Joseph Wheeler and Lieutenant General Wade Hampton
Estimated casualties: 269 (U.S., 183; C.S., 86)
Outcome: Inconclusive

Averasboro (also known as Taylor’s Hole Creek, Smithville, Smith’s Ferry, and Black River)
Date: March 16, 1865
Location: Harnett and Cumberland Counties 
Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General Henry Slocum; C.S.: Lieutenant General William Hardee
Estimated casualties: 1,419
Outcome: Inconclusive

Bentonville
Date: March 19–21, 1865
Location: Johnston County
Principal commanders: U.S.: Major General William T. Sherman and Major General Henry Slocum; C.S.: General Joseph E. Johnston
Estimated casualties: 4,738 (U.S., 1,646; C.S., 3,092)
Outcome: Union victory