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[1] ADS, NHi. On April 19 Brigadier General John G. Foster in command of the Department of North Carolina drove Confederate forces under Major General Daniel H. Hill from Washington, North Carolina, which the Confederates had taken on March 30, 1863. Foster's appointment as major general, dated from July 18, 1862, was confirmed by the Senate on March 10, 1863. Governor Edward Stanly's request therefore seems to have been unnecessary.