NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS 1863

The Semi Weekly Raleigh Register, Saturday, May 2, 1863

We have an official and tabular statement of the troops of North Carolina which are in the field.  
It appears from this statement that North Carolina has in the service about 65 regiments. The 
regiments are brigaded as follows:

Clingman’s Brigade:  8th, 31st, 51st and 1st
Coke’s Brigade:  15th, 27th, 46th and 48th 
Bates’ Brigade:  29th 
Daniel’s Brigade:  32nd, 43rd, 45th, 50th and 53rd
Davis’ Brigade:  55th
Hoke’s Brigade: 6th, 21st, 54th and 57th 
Hampton’s Brigade: 9th
Iverson’s Brigade:  5th, 12th, 20th, and 23rd
Lane’s Brigade:  7th, 18th, 28th, 33rd and 37th 
Lee’s W.H.F. Brigade:  19th
Pryor’s Brigade:  1st and 3rd (first also above)
Pender’s Brigade:  18th, 16th, 23rd, 34th, and 38th 
Pettigrew’s Brigade:  11th, 26th, 42nd, 44th, 47th and 52nd
Ransom’s Brigade:  24th, 25th, 35th, 40th and 56th 
Ramseur’s Brigade:  2nd, 4th, 14th, and 30th 
Robertson’s Brigade:  41st, 59th, 63rd 
Not Brigaded:  10th, 17th, 36th, 40th, 53rd, 60th, 62nd, 64th, and 65th 
The following are the infantry regiments:  1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 
14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 
31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 
50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 60th, 61st, 62nd and 64th 
The following are the cavalry regiments: 9th, 19th, 41st, 59th, 63rd, 65th 
The following are the artillery regiments:  10th, 36th, 40th 
The following are the battalions:  Col. Chares E. Shober’s, formerly Wharton J. Green’s Infantry; 
Major J.H. Nethercutt’s Rangers; Major R.W. Wharton’s Sharpshooters; Major John W. Moore’s 
Artillery; Major W.L. Young’s Artillery; Major Alexander McRae’s Artillery; Col. Peter Mallett’s 
Camp Guard; Whitford’s Battalion Rangers.
Col. W.H. Thomas’ Legion of Highlanders is composed of one regiment and one battalion and 
numbers 1,000 men; Major Alfred T. Baird’s Battalion of Cavalry





Transcribed by Christine Spencer July 2007





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