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The Civil War in North Carolina

North Carolina 2nd Infantry Regiment

  • ORGANIZATION:

      The North Carolina 2nd Infantry Regiment State Troops was assembled at Garysburg, North Carolina, in May, 1861, with slightly more than 1,300 men. Its companies were recruited in the following counties: New Hanover, Wilson, Surry, Carteret, Duplin, Guilford, Sampson, Craven, Jones, and Pamlico. After serving in the Department of North Carolina the unit moved to Virginia where it was assigned to G.B. anderson's, Ramseur's, and Cox's Brigade. It took an active part in the difficult campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor , fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox. The regiment sustained 116 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 50 at Sharpsburg , 21 at Fredericksburg , and 214 at Chancellorsville . Of the 243 engaged at Gettysburg , twenty-five percent were disabled, and there were 2 killed and 2 wounded at Bristoe. Only 6 officers and 48 men surrendered.

  • OFFICERS:

      Colonels William P. Bynum, John P. Cobb, William R. Cox, and Charles C. Tew; Lieutenant Colonel Walter S. Stallings; and Majors John Howard, Daniel W. Hurtt, and J.Turner Scales.

  • ASSIGNMENTS:

  • BATTLES:

      Orange County, North Carolina
      Mechanicsville, Virginia - 29 May 1861
      Williamsport, Maryland - 16 September 1861
      Battle - 15 December 1861
      New Bern, North Carolina - 15 March 1862
      Maryland - 01 May 1862
      Williamsport, Maryland - 05 May 1862
      Hanover Court House, Virginia - 27 May 1862
      Camp Wyatt, Near Wilmington - 01 June 1862
      Battle - 16 June 1862
      Seven Pines, Virginia - 20 June 1862
      Near Richmond, Virginia - 21 June 1862
      Williamsburg Road, Richmond - 21 June 1862
      Ellerson's Mill, Virginia - 26 June 1862
      Near Mechanicsville, Virginia - 26 June 1862
      Cold Harbor, Virginia - 27 June 1862
      Gaines' Mill, Virginia - 27 June 1862
      Mechanicsville, Virginia - 27 June 1862
      Cold Harbor, Virginia - 28 June 1862
      Gaines' Mill, Virginia - 01 July 1862
      Malvern Hill, Virginia - 01 July 1862
      Near Richmond, Virginia - 21 July 1862
      Frederick, Maryland - 12 September 1862
      Boonsboro, Maryland - 13 September 1862
      Boonsboro, Maryland - 14 September 1862
      South Mountain, Maryland - 14 September 1862
      Battle - 15 September 1862
      Boonsboro, Maryland - 15 September 1862
      Leesburg, Virginia - 15 September 1862
      Middletown, Maryland - 15 September 1862
      Sharpsburg, Maryland - 15 September 1862
      Sharpsburg, Maryland - 16 September 1862
      Williamsport, Maryland - 16 September 1862
      Sharpsburg, Maryland - 17 September 1862
      Near Sharpsburg, Maryland - 18 September 1862
      Near Sharpsburg, Maryland - 19 September 1862
      Sharpsburg, Maryland - 19 September 1862
      Keedysville, Maryland - 20 September 1862
      Near Keedysville, Maryland - 20 September 1862
      Sharpsburg, Maryland - 20 September 1862
      Maryland - 23 September 1862
      Sharpsburg, Maryland - 23 September 1862
      Battle - 24 September 1862
      Warrenton, Virginia - 29 September 1862
      Leesburg, Virginia - 02 October 1862
      Near Forestville, North Carolina - 28 October 1862
      Battle - 30 October 1862
      Paris, Virginia - 05 November 1862
      Near Winchester, Virginia - 02 December 1862
      Loudoun County, Virginia - 06 December 1862
      Fredericksburg, Virginia - 13 December 1862
      Murfreesboro, Tennessee - 30 December 1862
      Stone River, Tennessee - 31 December 1862
      Battle - 14 February 1863
      Chancellorsville, Virginia - 02 May 1863
      Chancellorsville, Virginia - 03 May 1863
      Charlottesville, Virginia - 03 May 1863
      Fredericksburg, Virginia - 03 May 1863
      Chancellorsville, Virginia - 04 May 1863
      Fredericksburg, Virginia - 04 May 1863
      Near Fredericksburg, Virginia - 04 May 1863
      Westminister, Maryland - 20 June 1863
      Shippensburg, Pennsylvania - 24 June 1863
      Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - 29 June 1863
      Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 01 July 1863
      Westminister, Maryland - 01 July 1863
      Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 02 July 1863
      Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 03 July 1863
      Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Hospl - 03 July 1863
      Wilmington & Warsaw Railroad - 03 July 1863
      Frederick, Maryland - 04 July 1863
      Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Hospl - 04 July 1863
      South Mountain, Maryland - 04 July 1863
      Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 05 July 1863
      Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Hospl - 05 July 1863
      South Mountain, Maryland - 05 July 1863
      Hagerstown, Maryland - 12 July 1863
      Hagerstown, Maryland - 13 July 1863
      Falling Waters, Maryland - 14 July 1863
      Williamsport, Maryland - 14 July 1863
      Hagerstown, Maryland - 15 July 1863
      Manassas Gap, Virginia - 20 July 1863
      Martinsburg, Virginia - 20 July 1863
      Manassas Gap, Virginia - 24 July 1863
      Jordon Springs, Virginia - 26 July 1863
      Battle - 01 August 1863
      Bristoe Station, Virginia - 14 October 1863
      Near Warrenton, Virginia - 14 October 1863
      Near Warrenton, Virginia - 15 October 1863
      Kelly's Ford, Virginia - 07 November 1863
      Raccoon Ford, Virginia - 07 January 1864
      Battle - 06 May 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - 08 May 1864
      Wilderness, Virginia - 08 May 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - 12 May 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - 14 May 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - 15 May 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - 17 May 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - 19 May 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - 20 May 1864
      Battle - 22 May 1864
      Cold Harbor, Virginia - 22 May 1864
      Hanover Court House, Virginia - 23 May 1864
      Battle - 30 May 1864
      Old Church, Virginia - 30 May 1864
      Mechanicsville, Virginia - 31 May 1864
      Norfolk County, Virginia - 01 June 1864
      Cold Harbor, Virginia - 02 June 1864
      Near Richmond, Virginia - 02 June 1864
      Near Richmond, Virginia - 03 June 1864
      Battle - 04 June 1864
      Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - 08 July 1864
      Beltsville, Maryland - 12 July 1864
      Frederick, Maryland - 12 July 1864
      Near Washington, District of Columbia - 12 July 1864
      Near Washington, District of Columbia - 13 July 1864
      Snicker's Ferry, Virginia - 17 July 1864
      Snicker's Ferry, Virginia - 18 July 1864
      Snicker's Gap, Virginia - 18 July 1864
      Core Creek, Near New Bern - 27 July 1864
      White's Tavern, Virginia - 10 August 1864
      Shepherdstown, Virginia - 27 August 1864
      Winchester, Virginia - 19 September 1864
      Fisher's Hill, Virginia - 22 September 1864
      Harrisonburg, Virginia - 23 September 1864
      Strasburg, Virginia - 23 September 1864
      Harrisonburg, Virginia - 27 September 1864
      Wadesboro, Virginia - 27 September 1864
      Lynchburg, Virginia Hospl - 15 October 1864
      Cedar Creek, Virginia - 19 October 1864
      Strasburg, Virginia - 19 October 1864
      Frederick County, Virginia - 20 October 1864
      Woodstock, Virginia - 20 October 1864
      Near Petersburg, Virginia - 27 October 1864
      Near Petersburg, Virginia - 30 December 1864
      Waynesboro, Virginia - 02 March 1865
      Goldsboro, North Carolina - 08 March 1865
      Near Jacksonville - 08 March 1865
      Wilmington Road - 10 March 1865
      Kinston, North Carolina - 18 March 1865
      Kinston, North Carolina - 19 March 1865
      Goldsboro, North Carolina - 23 March 1865
      Goldsboro, North Carolina - 24 March 1865
      Near Petersburg, Virginia - 25 March 1865
      Goldsboro, North Carolina - 30 March 1865
      Goldsboro, North Carolina - 31 March 1865
      Hatcher's Run, Virginia - 01 April 1865
      Petersburg, Virginia - 02 April 1865
      Southside Railroad, Virginia - 02 April 1865
      Aberdeen Church, Virginia - 03 April 1865
      Amelia Court House, Virginia - 03 April 1865
      Goldsboro, North Carolina - 03 April 1865
      Petersburg, Virginia - 03 April 1865
      Petersburg, Virginia Hospl - 03 April 1865
      Richmond, Virginia - 03 April 1865
      Richmond, Virginia Hospl - 03 April 1865
      Chesterfield Court House, Virginia - 04 April 1865
      Near Petersburg, Virginia - 04 April 1865
      Petersburg, Virginia - 04 April 1865
      Amelia Court House, Virginia - 06 April 1865
      Burkeville, Virginia - 06 April 1865
      Farmville, Virginia - 06 April 1865
      Harper's Farm, Virginia - 06 April 1865
      High Bridge, Virginia - 06 April 1865
      Sayler's Creek, Virginia - 06 April 1865
      Southside Railroad - 06 April 1865
      Sutherland's Station, Virginia - 07 April 1865
      Sutherland's Station, Virginia - 08 April 1865
      Near Farmville, Virginia - 09 April 1865

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