North Carolina Thomas Legion Infantry (Confederate)
9/27/62
Organized - North Carolina Thomas Legion Infantry - North Carolina
9/8/63
Battle - Telfords Station, Tennessee
9/8/63
Battle - Limestone Station, Tennessee
10/10/63
Battle - Blue Springs - Greene County, Tennessee
10/10/63
Battle - Blue Springs, Tennessee
10/11/63
Battle - Hendersons Mill, Tennessee
10/27/63
Battle - Cherokee County, North Carolina
6/5/64
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
7/9/64
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
9/19/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James R. Love II
ColonelJames R. Love II
9/19/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas Smith
ColonelThomas Smith
9/19/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton
Brigadier GeneralGabriel C. Wharton
9/19/64
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
9/21/64
Battle - Fisher's Hill - Shenandoah County, Virginia
Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Army of the Valley, bloodied by its defeat at the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19th, retreated 20 miles up the valley and took a defensive position in an east-west line across Fisher's Hill, southwest of Strasburg. Maj. Gen. Phillip Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah, in accordance with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's orders, aggressively pursued Early. Sheridan, outnumbering Early about three to one, noted that the right of the Confederate line was anchored o…READ MORE
10/19/64
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
5/10/65
Mustered Out - North Carolina Thomas Legion Infantry - North Carolina
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