Life Span
to
Full name
Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Place of Birth
Wayne County, NC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
Near Williamsburg, Virginia, forty-thousand pursuing Union troops clash with the Confederate rearguard
- Union reinforcements prevented from reaching Chancellorsville at Battle of Salem Church
At Gettysburg, Union General Daniel Sickles disregards orders and loses much of his III Corps and his right leg
The Battle of the Wilderness opens on ground fought over the year before at Chancellorsville
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness ends and Union maneuvering continues
At Ream's Station in Virginia, Confederate units make a powerful effort to regain the control of the vital Weldon Railroad
How to Cite This Page: "Wilcox, Cadmus Marcellus," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6857.