• ORGANIZATION:
  

  35th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in November, 1861, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were raised in the counties of Mecklenburg, Onslow, McDowell, Moore, Chatham, Person, Union, Henderson, Wayne, and Catawba. Afte r fighting at New Bern, the regiment was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General R. Ransom's and M.W. Ransom's Brigade. It participated in the difficult campaings of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg . Ordered back to North Carolina, it fought at Boon's Mill and Plymouth , then returned to Virginia in May, 1864. The 35th saw action at Drewry's Bluff , endured the hardships of the Petersburg siege south of the James River, and ended the war at Appomattox . This unit sustained 12 7 casualties at Malvern Hill , 25 in the Maryland Campaign, 29 at Fredericksburg , and 103 at Plymouth . Many were disabled at Saylor's Creek , and on April 9, 1865, it surrendered 5 officers and 111 men.

• OFFICERS:
  

  The field officers were Colonels James T. Johnson, John G. Jones, Matthew W. Ransom, and James Sinclair; Lieutenant Colonels M.D. Craton, Oliver C. Petway, and Simon B. Taylor; and Majors John M. Kelly and Robert E. Petty.

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• ROSTERS:

  Company H
  

• BIBLIOGRAPHY:
  

   

• REFERENCES:

  REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
  Moore - Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States
  

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