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The Civil War in North Carolina
North Carolina Ordinance of Secession
Confederate Order of Secession
| June 3, 1850 June 12, 1850 |
Nashville Convention - 9 slave states hold a convention to determine their best course of action if the Compromise of 1850 passes. | Louisiana Arkansas North Carolina Florida Texas South Carolina Mississippi Georgia Alabama |
| Compromise of 1850 | ||
| Nashville Convention of 1850 [Resolutions] | ||
| Nashville Convention of 1850 | ||
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| February 28, 1861 | North Carolina voters reject the call for a secessionist convention by 651 votes. | North Carolina |
| April 27, 1861 | Lincoln extends the blockade to include Virginia and North Carolina | Virginia North Carolina |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| May 13, 1861 | North Carolina elects delegates to the Secession Convention | North Carolina |
| May 20, 1861 | Delegates to the North Carolina Secession Convention vote to withdraw from the Union | North Carolina |
| Confederate Order of Secession | ||
| North Carolina Ordinance of Secession | ||
| June 21, 1861 | North Carolina Secession Convention votes to unfurl a new flag, a blue field with red and white bars with an insignia and two dates: May 20th, 1775 (Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence) and May 20th, 1861 (Secession from the United States). | North Carolina |
| August 26, 1861 | General Benjamin Butler leads a successful amphibious landing on Cape Hatteras | North Carolina |
| August 27, 1861 | Union forces take fortifications on Cape Hatteras | North Carolina |
| February 7, 1862 February 8, 1862 |
Battle of Roanoke Island
Ambrose Burnside captures Roanoke Island with an amphibious force, taking some 2,765 Confederates as prisoners |
North Carolina |
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| February 10, 1862 | Securing Roanoke Island, Ambrose Burnside's navy destroys a small squadron of Confederate vessels in Pamlico Sound. | North Carolina |
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| March 14, 1862 | Battle of New Bern (sometimes called Newberne)
Ambrose Burnsides [US] captures the city |
North Carolina |
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| March 23, 1862 | John Parke [US] demands the surrender of Fort Macon on the coast of North Carolina. When the Confederates refuse, he lays siege to the fort | North Carolina |
| April 25, 1862 | General John C. Parke [US] bombards Fort Macon, near Beaufort, following a month-long siege of the fort. Colonel Moses White had no choice but to surrender. | North Carolina |
| December 11, 1862 December 20, 1862 |
Commonly known as the Goldsboro Expedition, the Union Army in North Carolina under John G. Foster pushes into the state in an attempt to sever railroad supply lines to Virginia. | North Carolina |
| December 14, 1862 | Battle of Kinston | North Carolina |
| December 17, 1862 | Battle of Goldsboro Bridge | North Carolina |
| December 30, 1862 | The U. S. S. Monitor founders in heavy seas off Cape Hatteras. 16 men die and the remaining are rescued by the Rhode Island, her escort. The boat is towed to port. | North Carolina |
| February 25, 1863 | Major General Daniel Harvey Hill [CS] assumes command of all North Carolina forces | North Carolina |
| Daniel Harvey Hill | ||
| January 2, 1864 | The Confederate Congress confirms George Davis's (no relation) appointment to Attorney-General | North Carolina |
| April 20, 1864 | Culminating a three-day attack that included the appearence of the new Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, General R. F. Hoke captures Plymouth, North Carolina and a large amount of badly needed supplies. Federal losses totaled 2800 men. | North Carolina |
| January 13, 1865 January 15, 1865 |
Attack on Fort Fisher
Admiral David Porter attacks the Conderate fort on Cape Fear with the largest fleet ever assembled to that time. General Alfred Terry lands an amphibious force which captures the fort |
North Carolina |
| David Porter | ||
| February 22, 1865 | Following a bombardment by gunboats under the command of Rear Admiral David Porter, William T. Sherman captures Wilmington | North Carolina |
| David Porter | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| February 22, 1865 | General Robert E. Lee appoints Joe Johnston as commander of the only other effective fighting force in what remains of the Confederate States of America, in North Carolina | North Carolina |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| February 25, 1865 | Joe Johnston assumes command of the Confederate Army in North Carolina | North Carolina |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| March 8, 1865 March 10, 1865 |
Battle of Kinston | North Carolina |
| March 10, 1865 | Now near Fayetteville, North Carolina, the major impediment to Sherman's Army march north was rain. | North Carolina |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| March 11, 1865 | Sherman captures Fayetteville | North Carolina |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| March 14, 1865 | General Jacob Cox occupies Kinston | North Carolina |
| March 16, 1865 | Battle of Averasborough (Taylor's Hole)
William Hardee tries to halt the federal advance near this small town. Slocum easily turned his flank. |
North Carolina |
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| March 19, 1865 March 21, 1865 |
Battle of Bentonville
William Hardee, D. H. Hill and A. P. Stewart combine to attack Slocum's wing on the federal advance. In spite of initial gains they are repulsed. Sherman reinforces Slocum on the second day and Slocum nearly enveloped the Confederate forces on the third day. |
North Carolina |
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| Daniel Harvey Hill | ||
| April 24, 1865 | General William T. Sherman [US] learns of President Johnson's rejection of his surrender terms to Joe Johnston. General Grant, who personally delivered the message, orders Sherman to commence operations against Johnson within 48 hours. Sherman is incensed but obeys orders. | North Carolina |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| May 29, 1865 | President Andrew Johnson appoints William Holden as provisional governor of North Carolina, a blueprint for his plans of Presidential Reconstruction. Holden was instructed to call a constitutional convention of men who had signed an oath of allegiance to the United States. | North Carolina |
| November 9, 1865 | North Carolina declares the secession ordinance of 1861 null and void | North Carolina |
| April 2, 1866 | The United States declares that a state of peace exists with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia | Alabama Georgia Mississippi Tennessee South Carolina Virginia Florida North Carolina Arkansas Louisiana |
| December 14, 1866 | North Carolina rejects the 14th Amendment | North Carolina |
| 14th Amendment | ||
| June 25, 1868 | Congress passes congressional representation for North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana over President Andrew Johnson's veto | Alabama Georgia South Carolina Florida North Carolina Louisiana |
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| July 4, 1868 | North Carolina ratifies the 14th Amendment | North Carolina |
| 14th Amendment |
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