Battle of Tranter's Creek at the mill buildings in which the Confederates were barricaded. Singletary was killed in the bombardment, and his troops retreated. The Federals did not pursue and returned to their fortifications at Washington. Battle of Tranter's Creek The Battle of Tranter's Creek was fought on June 5, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina, as part of Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina expedition during the American Civil War. On June 5, Col. Robert Potter, garrison commander at Washington, North Carolina, ordered a reconnaissance in the direction of Pactolus. The 24th Massachusetts, under Lt. Col. F. A. Osborne, advanced to
Battle of Brier Creek court martial acquitted him of charges of cowardice, but did convict him of failure to secure his camp. Brier Creek stalemated American attempts to force the enemy out of the new state and guaranteed British domination of the region. William Moultrie, in his memoirs of the war, wrote that the loss at Brier Creek extended the war by a year and made possible the British invasion of South Carolina in 1780. It also caused the state of Georgia to temporarily revert to British colony status from 1779 to 1782. Battle of Brier Creek The Battle of Brier Creek was an