• ORGANIZATION:
  

  The 43rd Infantry Regiment was assembled at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in March, 1862. Its members were from counties in Mecklenburg, Wilson, Halifax, Edgecombe, Warren, and Anson. During the war the 43rd was assigned to General Daniel's, Hoke's, and Grimes' Brigade. It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and saw action at Goldsboro, Gettysburg , Plymouth , Drewry's Bluff , and Cold Harbor . The regiment was then involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. It was organized wit h 1,066 officers and men, lost twenty-six percent of the 572 engaged at Gettysburg , and had 4 killed and 13 wounded at Plymouth . On April 9, 1865, it surrender ed 9 officers and 164 men.

• OFFICERS:
  

  Colonel Thomas S. Kenan, Lieutenant Colonel William G. Lewis, and Major Walter J. Boggan.

• ASSIGNMENTS:
  

  General Daniel's, Hoke's, and Grimes' Brigade

• BATTLES:

  Seven Day's Battles
  Cold Harbor
  Fredericksburg
  Chancellorsville
  Gettysburg
  Plymouth
  Appomattox
  

• ROSTERS:

  The composite rosters of this regiment contain 2,284 men.
  

  Company B
  

• 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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