32nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Lenoir Braves) 32nd Infantry Regiment was organized at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, in April, 1862, using the 1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. Its companies were raised in the counties of Tyrrell, Nash, Camden, Northampton, Catawba, Bertie, Chatham, and Franklin. The unit was stationed near Petersburg and Drewry's Bluff during the fall of 1862, then returned to North Carolina. Here it served in and around Kinston until May, 1863, when it moved back to Virginia. Assigned to General Daniel's and Grimes' Brigade it fought in various conflicts from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, saw action in the Shenandoah Valley with Early, and ended the war at Appomattox. This regiment lost thirty-five percent of the 454 engaged at Gettysburg and sustained 3 casualties at Bristoe and 3 at Mine Run. It surrendered with 4 officers and 110 men on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Edmund C. Brabble, David G. Cowand, and Henry C. Lewis, and Lieutenant Colonel William T. Williams. 1st Infantry Battalion was formed during the spring of 1861 with six companies. The unit served at Portsmouth, in eastern North Carolina, then the Petersburg area before merging into the 32nd North Carolina Regiment. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonel William T. Williams and Major Edmund C. Brabble. Captains Archibold C. Bunn William J. King William F. Green Charles A. Camp William E. Leonard William H Yarborough John T. Clifton James C. Long Algernon S. Perry Thomas S. Collins Madison M. Long James I. Foster William T. Collins Nickolas G. Long 1st Lieutenant Dixon G. Conn Walter D. Macklin William S. Harris Ephroin G. Conyers John A Macon 2nd Lieutenants James Hopkins Cook Joseph S. Macon Robert F. Ballard James Henry Cook Josiah R. May Ricks M. Pearce David D. Cottrell Thomas A Montgomery Bartlett Davis Obediah N. Crower G. L. Morton Sergeants Archibald J. Davis T. C. Neill James H. Howard Dolphin B. Davis William H. Newby Archibald Cargill Massingburg John Davis William H. Nickolson Henry N. Jasper Thomas Walton Davis Benjamin F. Park Joseph W. Wheeless Joseph H. Edwards John J. Pearce Corporals Rufus T. Ederton James R. Perry William S. Allen Julius S. Engle Jeremiah Perry William H. Arrington William E. Foster Kensmon S. Powell Robert C. Martin James H. Gill George W. Ransdell Thomas J. Ward John J. Gill William E. Ray Benjerman L. Arrington Norfleet H. Green Cornelous H. Stallings Thomas L Leigh George T. Harper Oliver C. Stallings John A Mitchell A. S. Harris William R. Stallings Privates Benjamin F. Harris David L. Stone John C Aycock Edward C. Harris Algenon G. Strother George S. Baker Oliver H. Harris William G. Sikes Marcellus C. Baker Wilderson E. Harris Charles H. Thomas William G. Baker Junius W. Height Henry W. Thomas William M. Baker David T. Hollingworth Nathaniel R. Tunstall Washington K. Barham Augustus C. Holt John Walson Newton J. Batchelor George L. Horton Henry W. Wilhite William N. Bolton William E. Insco Benjamin W. Wilson William Bolton Alford W. Jackson Patrick H. Winston Willis M. Bowden William J. Johnson James C. Wynn Washington L. Branch Joseph T. Jones Leonard A. Young Willis M. Breedlove Algenon S. Joyner William S. Young William B. Brodie Louis W. Joyner
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