Georgia Cobb's Legion Infantry (Confederate)
8/1/61
Organized - Georgia Cobb's Legion Infantry - Georgia
9/1/62
Battle - Chantilly - Fairfax County, Virginia
Confederate Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson hoped to cut off the Union retreat from Manassas the day after the Confederate victory at the second battle fought there. Jackson's wing of Lee's army made a wide, flanking march, screened by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, north and then east, to take the strategically important village of Germantown. There, Maj. Gen. John Pope's only two retreat routes to Washington - the Warrenton Pike and the Little River Turnpike - converged. On September 1st, beyond Chanti…READ MORE
9/14/62
Battle - South Mountain - Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
After his success at Second Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north across the Potomac River on an invasion of Maryland in September of 1862. Lee divided his army, sending a portion of it into western Maryland while Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's wing attempted to capture the Federal garrison at Harper's Ferry. The bold plan was jeopardized on September 13th when a mislaid copy of Lee's orders revealing the Confederates' plans was given to Union commander Maj. Gen. George B. M…READ MORE
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Luther Glenn
Lieutenant ColonelLuther Glenn
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Christopher C. Sanders, and Lieutenant Colonel William MacRae
Lieutenant ColonelChristopher C. Sanders
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam MacRae
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Lafayette McLaws
Major GeneralLafayette McLaws
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas R.R. Cobb, and Colonel Robert E. McMillan
Brigadier GeneralThomas R.R. Cobb
ColonelRobert E. McMillan
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas R.R. Cobb
Brigadier GeneralThomas R.R. Cobb
12/13/62
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Luther J. Glenn
Lieutenant ColonelLuther J. Glenn
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William T. Wofford
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. Wofford
4/30/63
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
6/9/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Pierce M. B. Young
ColonelPierce M. B. Young
6/9/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Wade Hampton
Brigadier GeneralWade Hampton
6/9/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General James E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJames E. B. Stuart
6/9/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Pierce M. B. Young
ColonelPierce M. B. Young
6/9/63
Battle - Brandy Station - Culpeper County, Virginia
> *As we emerged from the woods into an open space or field where our mounted skirmishers were deployed, it was clearly discovered that our troops were confronted with a heavy line of infantry, who, with weapons of a longer range than that of our carbines, were dismounting our men at a fearful rate, whilst they were unable to inflict any punishment upon the enemy. As Colonel Devin approached the skirmish line, he at once became the target for the Rebel sharp shooters and, the way the minnie balls were whiz…READ MORE
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Luther J. Glenn, and Major Thomas Camak
Lieutenant ColonelLuther J. Glenn
MajorThomas Camak
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William T. Wofford
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. Wofford
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Lafayette McLaws
Major GeneralLafayette McLaws
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Thomas Camak
MajorThomas Camak
7/1/63
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw
Brigadier GeneralJoseph B. Kershaw
5/5/64
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
5/8/64
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
5/31/64
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
6/9/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John C. C. Sanders
ColonelJohn C. C. Sanders
6/9/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Joseph B. Kershaw
Major GeneralJoseph B. Kershaw
6/9/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Joseph B. Kershaw
Major GeneralJoseph B. Kershaw
6/11/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Barrington S. King
Lieutenant ColonelBarrington S. King
6/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Gilbert J. Wright
ColonelGilbert J. Wright
6/11/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Wade Hampton
Major GeneralWade Hampton
6/11/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Barrington S. King
Lieutenant ColonelBarrington S. King
6/11/64
Battle - Trevilian Station - Louisa County, Virginia
In June of 1864, hoping to draw attention away from Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's movement south, destroy supply lines, and join up with Brig. Gen. David Hunter in Charlottesville, Union cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan embarked on a cavalry raid. Near Trevilian Station, Virginia, he clashed with Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee. On June 11th, while Hampton's men struggled against Union forces on one road, Lee's men advancing on a parallel road fell back, allow…READ MORE
7/27/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Luther J. Glenn
Lieutenant ColonelLuther J. Glenn
7/27/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Dudley M. Du Bose
Brigadier GeneralDudley M. Du Bose
7/27/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Joseph B. Kershaw
Major GeneralJoseph B. Kershaw
7/27/64
Battle - First Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
Two weeks after Union forces arrived to invest the Confederate defenders of Petersburg, the battle lines of both sides settled into a stalemate. Since Cold Harbor, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was reluctant to mount a large 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. Determined to break the stalemate, Grant agreed to plans to blow up part of the Confederate def…READ MORE
8/14/64
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel J.F. Waring
ColonelJ.F. Waring
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Matthew C. Butler
Major GeneralMatthew C. Butler
10/7/64
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Christopher Columbus Sanders
ColonelChristopher Columbus Sanders
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Joseph B. Kershaw
Major GeneralJoseph B. Kershaw
10/19/64
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
3/19/65
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Evander M. Law, and Major General M. C. Butler
Brigadier GeneralEvander M. Law
Major GeneralM. C. Butler
3/19/65
Leadership Change - Division - Major General M. C. Butler
Major GeneralM. C. Butler
3/19/65
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
4/9/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
4/9/65
Mustered Out - Georgia Cobb's Legion Infantry - Georgia
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