1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment

The 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. As part of the Army of Northern Virginia it fought in the Eastern Theater until the surrender at Appomattox.

1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Regimental flag of the 1st North Carolina
ActiveJuly, 1861 – April, 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance North Carolina
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeRegiment
RoleInfantry
Size~1,600 (initial)
2,898 (total)
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Regimental commandersCol. Montford S. Stokes
Col. John A. McDowell
Col. Hamilton A. Brown
Notable membersBrig. Gen. Matt W. Ransom
Brig. Gen. James B. Gordon
Officers of the 1st North Carolina Infantry

History

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The 1st North Carolina Infantry was organized at the race track at Warrenton, North Carolina during the spring of 1861 and mustered in on June 3, 1861, with nearly 1600 officers and men hailing from eleven North Carolina counties. Colonel Montford S. Stokes, a son of North Carolina Governor Montfort

 
Col. Montfort Sidney Stokes

Stokes, became its commanding officer. He served in the Navy from 1832 to 1839 and also fought as a Major with the North Carolina Volunteers during the Mexican–American War.[1] The other field officers were Lieutenant-Colonel Matt W. Ransom and Major John A. McDowell. The regiment initially served in Department of North Carolina, and after the First Manassas was relocated to Virginia.[2]

The 1st North Carolina joined the Army of Northern Virginia and was brigaded under Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley in the division of Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill.[3]

On June 26, 1862, during the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek the 1st North Carolina suffered its first heavy casualties as fifty-four of their own were killed or mortally wounded and over one hundred wounded. Colonel Stokes was mortally wounded and died on July 14, 1862.[1]

As part of the Second Corps, the 1st North Carolina participated in almost every battle the Army of Northern Virginia fought in the Eastern Theater.[4]

The regiment surrendered with the army at Appomattox on April 9, 1865; fielding 10 officers and 61 enlisted men.[5]

Organization

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Robert A. Williams. Lavish of Blood: The 1st North Carolina State Troops at the Battle of Mechanicsville, Company Front, 2016, Volume 30, Issue 1
  2. ^ Clark, Walter, Ed. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861–65. Goldsboro, North Carolina: Nash Brothers, 1901, pp. 135–138.
  3. ^ Clark, p. 138
  4. ^ Clark, pp. 138–156
  5. ^ 1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry in the National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors System

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