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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…

Alfred F. Goodman
1838 – 1916
Company C, 4th North Carolina State Troops

A native of Iredell County, twenty-three year old Alfred F. Goodman enlisted at Statesville in Company C, 4th North Carolina State Troops on June 7, 1861. Goodman was…

"Died on the field of honor."

Cadet William Hugh McDowell, also known as the "Ghost Cadet" from the novel of the same name.

Born December 31, 1846 in Iredell County, North Carolina. Entered the Virginia Military Institute on August 22, 1863,…

This daguerreotype appeared in 1985 with no identification other than it may have come from Iredell County. Researchers at the N.C. Office of Archives and History identified the building in the background as Stockton Hall, built on the town square in…

When the men of the 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops filed into Bloody Lane on the morning of September 17, 1862, taking position between the 14th North Carolina on their left and 30th North Carolina on their right, they numbered no more than 150 men,…