15th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 5th (Volunteer) North Carolina Infantry

• June 6, 1861 - Organized for 12 months as the 5th (Volunteer) North Carolina Infantry near Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina
  • June 6 - Mustered into Confederate Service there
• November 14, 1861 - Re-designated the 15th Infantry
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• April 5, 1862 - Lee's Mill
• May 2, 1862 - Reorganized
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• July 4, 1862 - Companies L/M reassigned as 32nd North Carolina Infantry / Companies (II) K/(II) I
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• January 9, 1863 - (I) Company D traded for 49th North Carolina Infantry / Company B
• May 22, 1863 - Gum Swamp
• July 4, 1863 - South Anna Bridge
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• October 14, 1863 - Bristoe Station
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern
• August 25, 1864 - Reams' Station
• September 30, 1864 - Squirrel Level Road
• September 30, 1864 - Jones' Farm
• October 2, 1864 - Harman Road
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of the Peninsula (July-October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / McKinney's Brigade (October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Rains' Division / McKinney's Brigade (?) (January-March 1862)
• Department of Norfolk / Cobb's Brigade (March 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / Cobb's Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Cobb's Brigade (April-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / Cobb's Brigade (July-November 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Ransom's Division / Cooke's Brigade (November 1862-January 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina / Cooke's Brigade (November 1862-January 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Cooke's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Cooke's Brigade (May-June 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Cooke's Brigade (June-September 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Cooke's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / / Heth's Division / Cooke's Brigade (October 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Stephen Lee (Colonel - declined commission)
• Henry A. Dowd (Colonel)
• William F. Green (Major)
• Gray W. Hammond (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Ross B. Ihrie (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert P. Jerome (Major)
• William MacRae (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Robert M. McKinney (Colonel)
• William H. Yarborough (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 90, 105-106)