Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Disamba na wannan shekarar, Janar Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia ya kayar da Janar Ambrose E. Burnside's Army of the Potomac a yakin Fredericksburg, inda dakarun Union suka yi kai hare-haren gaba a fadin fili a kan wuraren da aka kafa na Confederate. Jerin nasarar da kudancin ya yi ya ƙare lokacin da Robert E. Lee ya ci nasara a yakin Gettysburg tsakanin 1 da 3 Yuli 1863 da Sojojin Potomac karkashin Janar George G. Meade. Yawancin masana tarihi suna ɗaukar wannan a matsayin juyin juya halin yakin basasa. Maimaitawa daga Gettysburg ya kasance mai wahala, kuma an sake raunana mutanen Carolina ta Kudu a
Yaƙin Lookout Mountain a watan Nuwamba 1863. Wadanda suka tsira daga asalin 1st South Carolina za su ci gaba da janyewa daga dakarun Union a yakin Farm na Chaffin a watan Satumbar 1864, amma a cikin babban aikin da suka yi na yakin, na biyu na Deep Bottom, sun tilasta wa Union koma baya. Bayan da Kudancin ya mika wuya, an sake kiran Carolina ta Kudu ta 1 a 1898 don shiga cikin yakin Spain-Amurka, amma ba ta ga wani babban yaƙi ba.