North Carolina 8th Infantry (Confederate)
14/09/61
Organized - North Carolina 8th Infantry - North Carolina
7/02/62
Battle - Roanoke Island - Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Croatan Island, North Carolina
14/03/62
Battle - New Bern - Craven County, North Carolina
Hatteras Island, on the outer shore of North Carolina, fell to Union forces in August, 1861. Roanoke Island, just to the north, was captured on February 8, 1862. Elizabeth City on the mainland followed days later. With the freedom to navigate unmolested through Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's command looked for other strategic targets of opportunity. The city of New Bern was a significant target, as the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad that connected the coast with the in…READ MORE
15/05/62
Battle - Drewry's Bluff - Chesterfield County, Virginia
7/09/62
Battle - Washington (September 7, 1862) - Washington, North Carolina
17/12/62
Battle - Goldsboro Bridge - Wayne County, North Carolina
30/03/63
Battle - Washington, NC - Beaufort County, North Carolina
15/04/63
Battle - Washington, North Carolina
25/07/63
Battle - Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
17/08/63
Battle - Second Fort Sumter - Charleston, South Carolina
17/04/64
Battle - Plymouth - Washington, North Carolina
20/05/64
Battle - Ware Bottom Church - Chesterfield County, Virginia
After severe fighting at Drewry's Bluff on the James River blunted a Union offensive against Richmond, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler's Army of the James withdrew to the Bermuda Hundred peninsula. On May 20th, eight Confederate brigades under Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard attacked Butler's advance picket lines near Ware Bottom Church. Nearly 10,000 soldiers from both sides clashed in the vicinity of the structure. At the end of the severe fight, over 1,400 men were left either dead or wounded. After the battle, t…READ MORE
20/05/64
Battle - Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
31/05/64
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
15/06/64
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
21/06/64
Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia
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
ColonelHector 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 8th North Carolina - Ltc. Rufus A. Barrier
13/01/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Hector McKethan
ColonelHector McKethan
13/01/65
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
22/02/65
Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina
7/03/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William S. Devane
ColonelWilliam S. Devane
7/03/65
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
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
ColonelWilliam S. Devane
19/03/65
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
12/04/65
Battle - Salisbury, North Carolina
26/04/65
Mustered Out - North Carolina 8th Infantry - North Carolina
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