66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 

66th Infantry Regiment was organized at Kinston, North Carolina, in 
October, 1862, by consolidating the 8th North Carolina Battalion Partisan 
Rangers and the 13th North Carolina Infantry Battalion. Its men were from 
the counties of Orange, Nash, Franklin, Wayne, Lenoir, Carteret, Jones, 
Duplin, and New Hanover. The unit was stationed at Wilmington, then in 
May, 1864, moved to Virginia. Attached to General J.G. Martin's and 
Kirkland's Brigade, it fought at Cold Harbor, was placed in the trenches of 
Petersburg, and saw action at Bentonville. On April 26, 1865, it 
surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels 
Alexander D. Moore and John H. Nethercutt, Lieutenant Colonel Clement 
G. Wright, and Major David S. Davis.

8th Battalion Partisan Rangers was formed during the spring of 1863 
using Nethercutt's Company of Partisan Rangers as its nucleus. The unit 
contained four companies and served in the New Bern-Kinston area of 
North Carolina until October when it merged into the 66th North Carolina 
Regiment. Its commander was Major John H. Nethercutt. 

Officers 
Possem Nichols, Captain
W.S. Mitchell, Captain, 1st Lt.
William A. Moore, 2nd Lt.
David N. Sills, 2nd Lt.
James V. Bunting, 2nd Lt.



Non-Commis'd Officers 
G.H. Pitts, 1st Sgt.
J.H. Pitts, 2nd Sgt.
J.P. Tucker, 3rd Sgt.
J.J. Wiggs, 4th Sgt.
T.C. May, 5th Sgt.
J.J. Griffin, 1st Corporal
C.H. Bunting, 2nd Corporal
J.J. Wester, 3rd Corporal
J.C. Baker, 4th Corporal



Privates
(Not All in Alphabetical order)

Acree, G.R.
Alford, John
Baker, Simeon
Bartholomew, G.W.
Bartholmew, N.
Batchelor, Merritt
Batchelor, Rufus
Bowden, J.A.
Bowden, J.W.
Bowden, M.B.
Bowden, R.T.D.
Bowden, W.B.
Bunting, T.B.
Braswell, J.R.
Bennett, William
Bunn, David
Champion, J.M.
Cook, G.W.
Cook, J.B.
Cook, Stephen
Collins, A.J.
Collins, G.W.
Coppedge, G.W.
Coppedge, Jordan
Coppedge, Joseph
Coppedge, J.M.
Coppedge, Hiram
Colvard, J.H.
Davis, W.T.
Dorsey, E.
Edwards, J.O.
Edwards, W.H.
Fuller, J.H.
Griffin, B.F.
Griffin, P.
Gooch, J.S.
Gay, Thomas
Harper, Joseph
Hines, A.D.
House, Edmond
Jones, Fenner
Joyner, Samuel
Joyner, Richard
Lancaster, W.B.
Leonard, J.F.
Leonard, J.J.(Sr.)
Leonard, J.J.(Jr.)
May, J.I.
May, S.W.
Moore, Wm. A.
Murphey, J.M.
Mullins, J.C.
Matthews, G.E.
Matthews, James
Nelms, J.N.
Odom, J.H.
Perry, Joseph
Privett, J.B.
Sills, J.G.
Stallings, O.C.
Stiles, John
Strickland, M.C.
Thomas, G.W.(Sr.)
Thomas, G.W.(Jr.)
Thomas, Samuel
Todd, H.H.
Todd, J.H.
Upchurch, Benjamin
Weathers, W.P.
Wester, B.E.
Wester, E.
Wester, T.C.
Wiggins, E.C.
Wood, Bennett
Wood, Henry
Wood, J.H.
Wood, W.H.
Williams, J.W.
Yelverton, S.J.





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