North Carolina 12th Cavalry Battalion (Confederate)
03/05/1863
Organized - North Carolina 12th Cavalry Battalion - North Carolina
22/05/1863
Battle - Gum Swamp, North Carolina
28/07/1863
Battle - Jackson, North Carolina
15/06/1864
Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
Second Petersburg
As the Overland Campaign concluded, the strategic goals of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shifted from the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army in the field to eliminating the supply and communication routes to the Confederate capital at Richmond. The city of Petersburg, 24 miles south of Richmond, was the junction point of five railroads that supplied the entire upper James River region. Grant knew Petersburg was the key to the capture of Richmond and that Lee would be forced to defend it. Marching south from Co…READ MORE
11/07/1864
Mustered Out - North Carolina 12th Cavalry Battalion - North Carolina
Related Records
Search for related service records