North Carolina 61st Infantry (Confederate)
1862-05-15
Battle - Drewry's Bluff - Chesterfield County, Virginia
1862-09-05
Organized - North Carolina 61st Infantry - North Carolina
1862-12-14
Battle - Kinston - Lenoir County, North Carolina
1863-07-16
Battle - James Island, South Carolina
1864-04-17
Battle - Plymouth - Washington, North Carolina
1864-05-31
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
1864-06-14
Battle - Bremuda Hundred (5-17-1864 - 6-14-1864) - Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
1864-06-15
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
1864-06-16
Battle - Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
1864-06-21
Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia
1864-07-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James D. Radcliffe
ColonelJames D. Radcliffe
1864-07-30
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert Hoke
Major GeneralRobert Hoke
1864-07-30
Battle - Crater - Petersburg, Virginia
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
1864-08-18
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman, and Colonel Hector M. McKethan
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Clingman
ColonelHector M. McKethan
1864-08-18
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William Mahone
Major GeneralWilliam Mahone
1864-08-18
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Clingman
1864-08-18
Battle - Globe Tavern - Petersburg, Virginia
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hector M. McKethan
ColonelHector M. McKethan
1864-09-20
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
1864-09-20
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1864-09-30
Battle - Fort Harrison, Virginia
1864-10-07
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Clingman
1864-10-07
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
1865-01-13
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined 61st North Carolina -, and undefined Col. William S. Devane
1865-01-13
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hector McKethan
ColonelHector McKethan
1865-01-13
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
1865-02-22
Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina
1865-03-07
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William S. Devane
ColonelWilliam S. Devane
1865-03-07
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
1865-03-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Edward Beatty Mallett
Lieutenant ColonelEdward Beatty Mallett
1865-03-19
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
1865-03-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Edward Beatty Mallett
Lieutenant ColonelEdward Beatty Mallett
1865-03-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William S. Devane
ColonelWilliam S. Devane
1865-03-19
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
1865-04-12
Battle - Salisbury, North Carolina
1865-04-12
Battle - Raleigh, North Carolina
1865-04-26
Mustered Out - North Carolina 61st Infantry - North Carolina
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