North Carolina 51st Infantry, Company G (Confederate)
23/04/1861
Organized - North Carolina 51st Infantry, Company G - North Carolina
17/12/1862
Battle - Goldsboro Bridge - Wayne County, North Carolina
18/07/1863
Battle - Second Fort Wagner - Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
15/06/1864
Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
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
