North Carolina 1st Cavalry (Confederate)
17/06/1861
Battle - Vienna - Vienna, Virginia
12/08/1861
Organized - North Carolina 1st Cavalry - North Carolina
20/12/1861
Battle - Dranesville - Fairfax County, Virginia
Following the Battle of Ball's Bluff on October 21st, both armies halted operations in northern Virginia and went into winter quarters. Small detachments daily probed the enemy's positions, patrolled roads and obtained forage. Early on the morning of December 20th, Confederate Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, with a mixed brigade of infantry, 150 of his cavalry troopers and a four-gun Georgia battery, set out north from Centreville with some wagons on a foraging expedition into the area around Dranesville in Loudon C…READ MORE
08/05/1862
Battle - McDowell - Highland County, Virginia
As Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan prepared to march his Army of the Potomac up the Virginia Peninsula and capture Richmond, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to prevent Union troops in the Shenandoah Valley from reinforcing McClellan. After his tactical defeat at the First Battle of Kernstown, Jackson moved up the valley to confront a Union force entering it from western Virginia. Joining forces with Brig. Gen. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson's Army of the…READ MORE
27/05/1862
Battle - Hanover Court House - Hanover County, Virginia
29/06/1862
Battle - Willis Church, Virginia
30/06/1862
Battle - White Oak Swamp - Henrico County, Virginia
01/07/1862
Battle - Malvern Hill - Henrico County, Virginia
On June 30th, the retreating Federal Army of the Potomac finally stopped at the James River at the end of seven days of fighting outside of Richmond.READ MORE
05/08/1862
Battle - White Oak Swamp, Virginia
05/08/1862
Battle - Malvern Hill, Virginia
10/09/1862
Battle - Middletown, Virginia
19/09/1862
Battle - Williamsport, Maryland
05/11/1862
Battle - Barbees Cross Roads, Virginia
08/11/1862
Battle - Little Washington, Virginia
10/11/1862
Battle - Amissville, Virginia
10/11/1862
Battle - Gaines Cross Roads, Virginia
12/12/1862
Battle - Dumfries, Virginia
19/12/1862
Battle - Occoquan River, Virginia
27/12/1862
Battle - Dumfries, Virginia
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General James E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJames E. B. Stuart
09/06/1863
Battle - Brandy Station - Culpeper County, Virginia
> *As we emerged from the woods into an open space or field where our mounted skirmishers were deployed, it was clearly discovered that our troops were confronted with a heavy line of infantry, who, with weapons of a longer range than that of our carbines, were dismounting our men at a fearful rate, whilst they were unable to inflict any punishment upon the enemy. As Colonel Devin approached the skirmish line, he at once became the target for the Rebel sharp shooters and, the way the minnie balls were whiz…READ MORE
09/06/1863
Battle - Stevensburg, Virginia
21/06/1863
Battle - Upperville - Loudoun County, Virginia
On June 21st, Union cavalry made a another determined effort to pierce Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screen of Robert E. Lee's invading army as it moved north. Two days after skirmishing with the Union cavalry brigade of Col. J. Irvin Gregg in and around Middleburg, Brig. Gens. Wade Hampton and Beverly Robertson's brigades made a stand and beat back Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg's division near a stone bridge over Goose Creek, four miles east of Upperville. Gregg called for infantry support, and received…READ MORE
21/06/1863
Battle - Middleburg, Virginia
30/06/1863
Battle - Hanover - Hanover, Pennsylvania
30/06/1863
Battle - Hanover, Pennsylvania
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Laurence S. Baker, and Lieutenant Colonel James B. Gordon
ColonelLaurence S. Baker
Lieutenant ColonelJames B. Gordon
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General J. E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJ. E. B. Stuart
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Laurence S. Baker
ColonelLaurence S. Baker
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Wade Hampton
Brigadier GeneralWade Hampton
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
02/07/1863
Battle - Hunterstown, Pennsylvania
12/07/1863
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
13/09/1863
Battle - Culpeper Court House, Virginia
13/10/1863
Battle - Auburn, Virginia
14/10/1863
Battle - Second Auburn - Fauquier County, Virginia
Federal and Confederate cavalry engaged at the First Battle of Auburn on October 13, and left General James Ewell Brown Stuart's men trapped. Stuart concealed 3,000 men in a ravine overnight before getting word to Lee. Lee sent General Richard S. Ewell to Stuart's aid, and his force engaged a Federal rearguard under General Gouverneur K. Warren in the Second Battle of Auburn on October 14.READ MORE
15/10/1863
Battle - Manassas, Virginia
27/11/1863
Battle - Mine Run - Orange County, Virginia
After the inconclusive Bristoe Campaign in the fall of 1863, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade planned one more offensive against Gen. Robert E. Lee in northern Virginia before winter weather ended military operations. In late November, Meade attempted to steal a march southeast from Culpeper Courthouse, turn south through the Wilderness and strike the right flank of the Confederate army south of the Rapidan River. On November 27th, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, in command of Ewell's Corps, marched east on the Orange…READ MORE
28/11/1863
Battle - Mine Run, Virginia
29/11/1863
Battle - Parkers Store, Virginia
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General James B. Gordon
Brigadier GeneralJames B. Gordon
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William H. F. Lee
Major GeneralWilliam H. F. Lee
05/05/1864
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
08/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General James B. Gordon, and Colonel Clinton M. Andrews
Brigadier GeneralJames B. Gordon
ColonelClinton M. Andrews
08/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General James B. Gordon
Brigadier GeneralJames B. Gordon
08/05/1864
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
24/05/1864
Battle - Wilson's Wharf - Charles City, Virginia
24/05/1864
Battle - Wilsons Wharf, Virginia
27/05/1864
Battle - Hanover Junction, Virginia
28/05/1864
Battle - Haw's Shop - Hanover County, Virginia
31/05/1864
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
10/06/1864
Battle - Point of Rocks, Maryland
21/06/1864
Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia
23/06/1864
Battle - Black and White Station, Virginia
28/06/1864
Battle - Sappony Church - Sussex County, Virginia
14/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Rufus Barringer
Brigadier GeneralRufus Barringer
14/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General W.H.F. Lee
Major GeneralW.H.F. Lee
14/08/1864
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE
14/08/1864
Battle - Beefsteak Raid - Prince George County, Virginia
18/08/1864
Battle - Globe Tavern - Petersburg, Virginia
24/08/1864
Battle - Reams Station, Virginia
25/08/1864
Battle - Second Ream's Station - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
As the Union siege of Petersburg began to take hold, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant looked for ways to sever the railroads supplying the city and Gen. Robert E. Lee's army. One of these critical routes was the Weldon Railroad, which led south to the Confederacy's only remaining major port at Wilmington, North Carolina. On August 24th, the Army of the Potomac Second Corps moved south along the railroad, tearing up track, and screened by Brig. Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg's cavalry division. To stop Hancock, Lee…READ MORE
29/09/1864
Battle - Jonesborough, Tennessee
07/10/1864
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
27/10/1864
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
28/03/1865
Battle - Boone, North Carolina
28/03/1865
Battle - Snow Hill, North Carolina
31/03/1865
Battle - Dinwiddie Court House - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
01/04/1865
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
03/04/1865
Battle - Namozine Church - Namozine, Virginia
03/04/1865
Battle - Namozine Church, Virginia
09/04/1865
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - North Carolina 1st Cavalry - North Carolina
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