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North Carolina 13th Light Artillery Battalion, Battery C (Confederate)

15/05/1862

Battle - Drewry's Bluff - Chesterfield County, Virginia

04/11/1863

Organized - North Carolina 13th Light Artillery Battalion, Battery C - North Carolina

17/04/1864

Battle - Plymouth - Washington, North Carolina

14/06/1864

Battle - Bremuda Hundred (5-17-1864 - 6-14-1864) - Bermuda Hundred, Virginia

30/07/1864

Battle - Crater - Petersburg, Virginia

Crater
Crater

Two weeks after Union forces arrived to invest the Confederate defenders of Petersburg, the battle lines of both sides had settled into a stalemate. Since Cold Harbor, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was reluctant to mount a frontal attack against well-entrenched Confederates. By late June, Grant's lines covered most of the eastern approaches to Petersburg, but neither side seemed ready to risk an offensive move. Part of the Union line was held by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Ninth Corps. Some of Burnside'…READ MORE

07/03/1865

Battle - Southwest Creek, North Carolina

19/03/1865

Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina

Bentonville
Bentonville

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

09/04/1865

Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Appomattox Court House
Appomattox Court House

Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE

26/04/1865

Mustered Out - North Carolina 13th Light Artillery Battalion, Battery C - North Carolina


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