North Carolina 3rd Light Artillery (Confederate)
01/01/1862
Organized - North Carolina 3rd Light Artillery - North Carolina
14/03/1862
Battle - New Bern - Craven County, North Carolina
Hatteras Island, on the outer shore of North Carolina, fell to Union forces in August, 1861. Roanoke Island, just to the north, was captured on February 8, 1862. Elizabeth City on the mainland followed days later. With the freedom to navigate unmolested through Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's command looked for other strategic targets of opportunity. The city of New Bern was a significant target, as the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad that connected the coast with the in…READ MORE
23/03/1862
Battle - Fort Macon - Carteret County, North Carolina
27/05/1862
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
07/09/1862
Battle - Washington (September 7, 1862) - Washington, North Carolina
19/09/1862
Battle - Sharpsburg, Maryland
13/12/1862
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
16/12/1862
Battle - White Hall - Wayne County, North Carolina
01/07/1863
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
07/12/1864
Battle - First Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
The first assault on Fort Fisher was made in December 1864 by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, who withdrew when he realized a direct assault on the fort would be costly, and that Confederate reinforcements were only a few miles away.READ MORE
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William Lamb
ColonelWilliam Lamb
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William H. C. Whiting
Major GeneralWilliam H. C. Whiting
13/01/1865
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
11/02/1865
Battle - Sugar Loaf, North Carolina
22/02/1865
Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina
07/03/1865
Battle - Wyse Fork - Kinston, North Carolina
By the end of February 1865, the North Carolina port city of Wilmington, defended by Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, had fallen to the army of Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield. The port city became a supply base for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's army in North Carolina, then beginning to close in on Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army. To consolidate forces against Johnston, Sherman ordered Schofield's Army of the Ohio to advance inland from Wilmington, at the same time assigning Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox to move the U…READ MORE
19/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Johnson Hagood
Brigadier GeneralJohnson Hagood
19/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
19/03/1865
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
29/03/1865
Battle - Moseley Hall, North Carolina
26/04/1865
Mustered Out - North Carolina 3rd Light Artillery - North Carolina
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