2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 1, 1861 - Organized at Richmond, Virginia from the 4 companies raised for Green's Independent Regiment (Wise Legion) and one independent company
  • ? - Companies finally lettered as Companies A/C/D/E/H
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• January 7, 1862 - Company F assigned
• January 18, 1862 - (I) Company G assigned
• January 31, 1862 - Company B assigned
• February 8, 1862 - Roanoke Island
  • Battalion captured
  • February 21, 1862 - Paroled at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina
  • August 18, 1862 - Exchanged
• March 14, 1862 - New Bern
• September 25, 1862 - Re-organized
• November 15, 1862 - Company C reassigned as 59th North Carolina Infantry / (III) Company G
• June 14, 1863 - Martinsburg
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• 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
• May 30, 1864 - Bethesda Church
• April 11, 1864 - Companies D/E (comprised of Georgians) reassigned as 60th Georgia Infantry / Companies (II) E/(II) A respectively
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864--April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg (from December 1864)
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 7, 1865 - Farmville
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Henrico (November-December 1861)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear (December 1861-February 1862)
• Department of Norfolk / District of the Albemarle (February 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Daniel's Brigade (September 1862-April 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Daniel's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Rodes' Division / Daniel's/Grimes' Brigade (May 1863-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Rodes'/Grimes' Division / Grimes' Brigade (June-December 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Grimes' Division / Grimes' Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander Wharton H. Green (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Hezekiah L. Andrews (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Marcus Erwin (Major)
• John M. Hancock (Major)
• James J. Iredell (Major - temporarily assigned from the 53rd North Carolina Infantry)
• Charles E. Shober (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Green, Wharton Jackson. Recollections and Reflections, an Autobiography of Half a Century and More
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 81-82)