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North Carolina 31st Infantry (Confederate)

19/09/61

Organized - North Carolina 31st Infantry - North Carolina

7/02/62

Battle - Roanoke Island - Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Croatan Island, North Carolina

15/05/62

Battle - Drewry's Bluff - Chesterfield County, Virginia

16/12/62

Battle - White Hall - Wayne County, North Carolina

18/07/63

Battle - Second Fort Wagner - Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina

17/04/64

Battle - Plymouth - Washington, North Carolina

31/05/64

Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia

Cold Harbor
Cold Harbor

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

15/06/64

Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia

Second Petersburg
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

18/08/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman, and Colonel Hector M. McKethan

Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Clingman

ColonelHector M. McKethan

18/08/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General William Mahone

Major GeneralWilliam Mahone

18/08/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman

Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Clingman

18/08/64

Battle - Globe Tavern - Petersburg, Virginia

20/09/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hector M. McKethan

20/09/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke

Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke

20/09/64

Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia

30/09/64

Battle - Fort Harrison, Virginia

7/10/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman

Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Clingman

7/10/64

Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia

13/01/65

Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined 31st North Carolina - Ltc. Charles Knight

13/01/65

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hector McKethan

13/01/65

Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina

Second Fort Fisher
Second Fort Fisher

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

22/02/65

Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina

7/03/65

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William S. Devane

7/03/65

Battle - Wyse Fork - Kinston, North Carolina

Wyse Fork
Wyse Fork

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

19/03/65

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke

Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke

19/03/65

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William S. Devane

19/03/65

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

26/04/65

Mustered Out - North Carolina 31st Infantry - North Carolina

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