• Source: 45th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

    • The 45th North Carolina Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
    45th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in April, 1862, with men from Rockingham, Caswell, Guilford, and Forsyth counties. It served under the command of Generals Daniel and Grimes. After fighting at the Battle of Malvern Hill in Virginia, it returned to North Carolina and was stationed in the Kinston-New Bern area. During the spring of 1863 the unit moved north and took an active part in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor. It continued the fight with Jubal A. Early in the Shenandoah Valley and ended the war at Appomattox. It reported 2 killed and 14 wounded at Malvern Hill, lost about forty percent of the 570 engaged at Gettysburg, and sustained 2 casualties at Bristoe and 6 at Mine Run. The unit surrendered with 7 officers and 88 men.
    The field officers were Colonels Samuel H. Boyd, Junius Daniel, John H. Morehead, and John R. Winston; Lieutenant Colonels Andrew J. Boyd and James S. Dalton; and Majors Samuel C. Rankin, Charles E. Shober, and T. McGehee Smith.

    Company A - Rockingham Zollicoffers
    Company B - Capt. Charles E. Shober's Co.
    Company C - Guilford Light Infantry
    Company D - Madison Greys
    Company E - Troublesome Boys
    Company F - Dan River Rangers
    Company G - Rockingham Rebels
    Company H - Rockingham Guards
    Company I - Border Rangers
    Company K - North State Boys


    See also



    List of North Carolina Confederate Civil War units


    References




    Sources


    This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service.

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