Did the Kirk-Holden War happen?

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Even in the best case, "battle" is probably a very generous description of what happened... unless you consider criminals shooting at cops rather being arrested quietly a battle.

More to the point, though, none of the more scholarly or reputable sources I've found make mention of anything like a battle occurring.

And even more more damning, the page cited on Wikipedia as a footnote ("3") opens with:

First, the Kirk-Holden War was not a military war in the traditional sense. No battle was fought.

...so the Wikipedia page makes an assertion about a battle occurring, and cites as evidence a non-scholarly article on a commercial genealogy website which explicitly states there was no battle.

Sure looks to me like a completely unsubstantiated (if not fabricated) claim. Certianly wouldn't be the only one on Wikipedia.

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