North Carolina Infantry
First Regiment

This regiment was organized June 27, 1862 to serve three years.  The 
Second Regiment N.C. Infantry was consolidated with it February 27, 
1865.  It was mustered out June 27, 1865 by reason of expiration of service.  
The official battles in which this regiment bore an honorable part is not yet 
published in orders.

Taken From:
Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the U.S. Army for the years 
1861-65,
1865
Published:  Washington, D.C:  G.P.O.
Microfiche [Bethesda, Maryland]:  Congressional Information Service, 1911 
(CIS Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909:  nos W312-1 to W31-8)
References:  CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909, 
Part 2

Colonel
(Nothing Shown)

Lt. Colonel
Oscar Eastmond…..5 June, 1865

Major
James W. Atwill….5 June, 1865

Captains
James J. McLane…..18 October, 1863
George W. Graham…..19 October, 1863
William H. King…..22 October, 1863
Edward C. Manning…..23 November, 1863
David G. Lake…..5 March, 1864
Wilbur F. Stevens…..21 February, 1865
LaMott K. Devendorf…..1 June, 1865
John B. Reed…..5 June, 1865

First Lieutenants
J.H. Springer, R.Q.M…….1 June, 1862
James McKay…..1 May, 1863
William M. Cherry…..18 October, 1863
Albert E. Edwards, 26 January, 1864
William Kraft…..18 August, 1864
Douglas S. Houghton…..21 Feb., 1865
Dwight M. Kennedy, 21 February, 1865
Leander A. Bigger…..30 May, 1865
J.W. Smith, Adjutant, a.w.m.

Second Lieutenants
Abram H. Hamblin…..21 November, 1863
David J. Green…..26 January, 1864
James Crolley….. 5 March, 1864
Elbridge H. Babbitt….. 26 April, 1864
Wm. W. Alexander…..27 April, 1864
John S. Gordon…..17 August, 1864
William K. Hammond, 18 August, 1864
William S.  Boyd…..21 February, 1865
William H. Oneal…..10 May, 1865
Wm. C. Livermore…..30 May, 1865

Surgeon
Julius C. Sulter…..1 December, 1864

Assistant Surgeon
Dexter A. Maynard…..29 May, 1865

Chaplain
None noted

Casualties:
None Listed

Promoted (3)
Lt. Col. E.E. Potter, November 29, 1862 to Brigadier General
Captain William A. Moore, March 1, 1865 to Major, 14th U.S. Colored Heavy 
Artillery
Assistant Surgeon Henry J. Menninger, February 6, 1864 to Surgeon 2nd 
Regiment N.C. Infantry

Resigned (13)
Col. Joseph M. McChesney, May 13, 1865
Captain Enos C. Sanders, January 5, 1863
Captain James M. Hervey, June 30, 1863
1st Lt. Joseph W. Ethridge, Feb. 21, 1863
1st Lt. George Mills Joy, March 19, 1863
1st Lt. Thomas J. Fogerty, December 3, 1864
1st Lt. Virgil G. Barnard, Adj., May 12, 1865
1st Lt. De Forest Marsters, May 13, 1865
2nd Lt. John B. McLane, Jan. 3, 1863
2nd Lt. Wm. J. Harrison, Feb. 18, 1863
2nd Lt. George T. Woodman, June 15, 1863
2nd Lt. Nathaniel T.H. Chenery, July 30, 1864
Chaplain Samuel W. Messmore, Sept. 5, 1864

Mustered out on expiration of term of service (2)

Major Charles C. Graves, Feb. 27, 1865
Captain Richard J. Allen, March 1, 1865

Discharged (7)

Lt. Col. James H. Strong, May 12, 1865
Captain Henry D. Clift, Feb. 23, 1865
1st Lt. Henry T. Schroeder, Oct. 5, 1864
1st Lt. Silas A. Carpenter, Feb. 23, 1865
1st Lt. Charles W. Conover, Feb. 23, 1865
2nd Lt. Abner Adams, June 10, 1863
2nd Lt. Joseph F. Roberts, June 15, 1863

Died (6)

Captain Charles A. Lyons, Oct. 24, 1864, of disease, at Beaufort, N.C.
1st Lt. A.H. Sanders, killed by guerillas at Edenton, N.C., January 5, 1863
1st Lt. James R. Nicol, killed in action at Ford’s Mill, N.C., Oct. 30, 1863
1st Lt. Wm. K. Adams, killed in action at Greensville, N.C., Dec. 30, 1863
2nd Lt. Thaddeus Cox, killed by guerillas near Edenton, N.C., Feb. 9, 1863
Surgeon Robert A. Babbitt, Oct. 18, 1864, of disease, at Beaufort, N.C.

Missing (1)
1st Lt. John Fearless, since Sept., 1862

Dismissed (2)
1st Lt. Jonathan T. Mizell, Dec. 11, 1863
1st Lt. John A. Chenery, Adj’t., July 6, 1864

Cashiered (1)
2nd Lt. Lafayette Riggs, May 14, 1863

NOTE:  The roster of officers is given as it stood on the day of muster out.


Transcribed by Christine Spencer July 2008





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