Stoneman's 1865 raid

Stoneman's 1865 raid
Part of the American Civil War

Historical marker in Blowing Rock, North Carolina marking location where Gen. Alvan Cullem Gillem led the cavalry during Stoneman's raid
DateMarch 23, 1865 (1865-03-23) – April 26, 1865 (1865-04-27)
Location
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
George Stoneman
Alvan Gillem
Joseph E. Johnston
P. G. T. Beauregard
Strength
4-6,000:
2nd and 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry Regiments
8th, 9th and 13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiments
11th and 12th Kentucky Cavalry Regiments
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Stoneman's raid in 1865, also called Stoneman's last raid,[1] was a military campaign in the Upper South during the American Civil War, by Union cavalry troops led by General George Stoneman, in the region of eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and southwestern Virginia.

  1. ^ Van Noppen 1961, p. 19.