North Carolina Volunteers.
1st North Carolina Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent).
Organized at
New Berne and
Morehead City, N. C., March, 1864.
Attached to District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to February, 1865.
District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865.
Service.
Garrison duty at
New Berne, N. C., and other points in District and Dept. of North Carolina, till March, 1865.
Designation of Regiment changed to 14th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, March 17, 1865 (which see).
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1st North Carolina Regiment Infantry.
Authorized by
Gen. Burnside May, 1862.
Organized June 27, 1862.
Attached to Dept. of North Carolina, Unassigned, to December, 1862.
Unattached, 18th Army Corps, Dept, of
North Carolina, to January, 1863.
Unattached, 5th Division, 18th Army Corps, to July, 1863.
District of the Pamlico, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
Subdistrict Beaufort, N, C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865.
SubDistrict, Beaufort, N. C., Dept. North Carolina, to June, 1865.
Service.
Attack on
Washington, N. C., September 6, 1862.
Operations at and about
Shiloh September 17-20.
Attack on
Plymouth, N. C., December 10 (Co.
“C” ).
Expedition from New Berne to Swan Quarters March 1, 1863 (Co.
“G” ).
Fairfield March 3.
Swan Quarter March 4.
Winfield March 23.
Siege of
Washington March 30-April 20 (Co.
“B” ).
Rodman Point March 30.
Nixonton April 6 (Co.
“D” ).
Raid from New Berne on Wilmington & Weldon Railroad July 3-7.
Expedition from New Berne to
Tarboro and
Rocky Mount July 18-24.
Tarboro and
Sparta July 20.
Street's Ferry July 21.
Scupperton July 22.
Reconnoissance on Greenville Road November 10.
Near
Greenville November 25 and December 30.
Evacuation of
Washington, N. C., April 26, 1864.
At New Berne,
Beaufort and
Morehead City till July, 1865.
Advance on
Kinston and
Goldsboro March 1-21 (Co.
“L” ).
Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10.
Kinston March 14.
Occupation of
Goldsboro March 21.
Mustered out June 27, 1865.
African Descent.
Organized at
New Berne, N. C., and
Portsmouth, Va., June 30, 1863.
Attached to
Wild's African Brigade, U. S. Forces,
Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to December, 1863.
3rd Brigade,
Vodge's Division,
Folly Island, S. C., to February, 1864.
Service.
Transferred from Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina to
Folly Island, S. C., July 29-August 9.
Operations on
Folly and
Morris Islands against
Fort Sumpter and
Charleston, S. C., till February, 1864.
Moved to
Jacksonville, Florida, February 13-16.
(A detachment at
New Berne, N. C., and participated in raid on Wilmington & Weldon Railroad July 3-7, 1863.
Ford's Mill near New Berne October 30.
Near
Greenville November 25 and December 30.)
(A detachment at
Portsmouth, Va., and participated in Expedition from
Portsmouth to
South Mills,
Camden, etc., December 5-24, 1863.)
Designation of Regiment changed to 35th U. S. Colored Troops February 8, 1864 (which see).
2nd North Carolina Regiment Infantry.
Organized at
New Berne, N. C., November, 1863.
Attached to District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
Subdistrict of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to February, 1865.
Service.
Duty in the Defenses of
New Berne, N. C., till April, 1864.
Scout from
Rocky Run toward
Trenton December 21-24, 1863.
Windsor January 30, 1864 (Detachment).
Demonstration on New Berne January 28-February 10.
Batchelor's Creek February 1 (Co.
“F” ).
Bogue Island Block House April 2 (Detachment).
Siege of
Plymouth, N. C., April 17-20 (2 Cos.).
Surrender of
Plymouth, N. C., April 20 (2 Cos.).
At New Berne and in the Subdistrict of the Albemarle till April, 1864, and at
Beaufort and
Morehead City till February, 1865.
Consolidated with 1st North Carolina Infantry February 27, 1865.
2nd North Carolina Regiment Mounted Infantry.
Organized at
Knoxville, Tenn., October, 1863.
Attached to 1st Brigade,
Willcox's Division, 9th Army Corps, Left Wing Forces, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864.
1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to February, 1865.
1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.
African Descent.
Organized at
Portsmouth, Va., October 28, 1863.
Attached to
Wild's African Brigade, U. S. Forces,
Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to February, 1864.
(A Detachment, with African Brigade, to
Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, July 29-August 9, 1863, and in operations on
Morris Island and
Folly Island against
Fort Sumpter and
Charleston till December, 1863.)
(A Detachment at
New Berne, N. C., and participated in scout from
Rocky Run toward
Trenton, N. C., December 21-24, 1863.)
Regiment on Expedition from
Norfolk, Va., to
South Mills,
Camden, etc.,
N. C., December 5-24, 1863.
Designation of Regiment changed to 36th United States Colored Troops February 8, 1864, which see.
Service.
Ordered to
Greenville, Tenn., October 16, 1863, and duty there till November 6.
Moved to
Bull's Gap November 6, and duty there till December.
March across
Clinch Mountains to
Clinch River.
Action at
Walker's Ford December 2.
Gibson's and Wyerman's, Miss., February 22, 1864.
Duty at
Cumberland Gap and patrol duty in
East Tennessee till April, 1865.
Scout from
Cumberland Gap January 23-27, 1865.
Expedition from
East Tennessee into
Western North Carolina March 21-April 25, 1865.
Moved to
Boone, N. C., April 6, and to
Asheville, N. C., April 27-30.
Duty in
North Carolina and
East Tennessee till August.
Mustered out August 16, 1865.
3rd North Carolina Regiment Mounted Infantry.
Organized at
Knoxville, Tenn., June, 1864.
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1865.
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District East Tennessee, Dept.
of the
Cumberland, to August, 1865.
Service.
Scout and patrol duty about
Knoxville, Tenn., and in
East Tennessee till December, 1864.
Scout from
Morristown, Tenn., into
North Carolina June 13-July 15, 1864.
Camp Vance June 28.
Russellville, Tenn., October 28.
Big Pigeon River November 5-6.
Moved to
Paint Rock December 7.
Expedition into
Western North Carolina March 21-April 25, 1865.
Moved to
Boone, N. C., April 6, and to
Asheville, N. C., April 27-30.
Duty in
North Carolina and
East Tennessee till August, 1865.
Mustered out August 8, 1865.
3rd North Carolina Regiment Infantry (African Descent).
Organized at
Norfolk, Va., January 30, 1864.
Attached to District of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to February, 1864.
(A Detachment transferred with African Brigade from Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina to
Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, July 29-August 9, 1863, and engaged in operations on
Folly and
Morris Islands against
Fort Sumpter and
Charleston, S. C., till December, 1863.
Designation of Regiment changed to 37th United States Colored Troops February 8, 1864, which see.
