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
Date March 23, 1865 (1865-03-23) – April 26, 1865 (1865-04-27) Location Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	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.