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At the conclusion of the Chancellorsville campaign in spring of 1863, despite a Confederate victory, the 4th North Carolina State Troops was a shadow of its former self. The 4th brought 327 officers and enlisted men into action on May 1. Just days…

A scattering of members of the 1st Regiment N.C. Infantry (U.S.) came from other states and the interior of North Carolina, but the vast majority of the men were residents of the counties that surround the Albemarle Sound, the most pro-Union area of…

In April 1863, an over-sized heavy artillery company from Craven County, commanded by Captain John N. Whitford, was converted to infantry and split into two companies. The new organization, formally the 1st Battalion N.C. Local Defense Troops, was…

Henry Allen Turpin enlisted at Webster with his brother James in Company A (the “Jackson Volunteers”), 16th Regiment N.C. Troops, on April 27, 1861. Henry mustered into service as a corporal, but was subsequently reduced to ranks. With the exception…

Andrew Jackson Daniel of Wayne County enlisted at Goldsboro on May 16, 1862, in a company known as the “Trio Guards,” subsequently Company F, 61st Regiment N.C. Troops. (The company was raised in Wilson, Greene, and Pitt Counties during March-May,…

In January-February 1862 a volunteer heavy artillery company known as the “Robinson Artillery” organized in Craven County and was mustered into service on March 5. The new company was attached to the 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd Regiment N.C.…

A company known as the “Buncombe Light Artillery” mustered into state service on April 12, 1862, and in May was designated “First Company,” McDowell’s Battalion N.C. Troops. That battalion had been recruited for local defense of the French Broad…

William Hamilton Overman resided in the town of Salisbury with his parents and four siblings. His father was a wealthy merchant and owned sixteen slaves. William was “seventeen years, 7 mos. and 0 days” old, and by occupation a student, when he was…

William Fessenden Beasley (born February 10, 1845) lived with his brother and widowed mother in the town of Plymouth, Washington County. In 1861 he was a cadet at a military academy, although which one is unknown. The creation of so many new…

William Jenkins resided with his mother and three siblings on a farm in District 11, Northampton County. The family was prosperous and owned five slaves. William’s older brother, Patrick H. Jenkins, volunteered in 1861 in Company F (the “Hertford…