Statistics for occurrence #1 of “North Carolina” in page 441 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1:
...epartment of the Gulf; General Hooker, of the Army of the Potomac; and General Foster, of North Carolina.
All of the nine months regiments, except the Sixth, were in the Departments of the Gulf and North Carolina .
The Sixth Regiment
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