30th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• September 26, 1861 - Organized at Camp Mangum near Raleigh, Wake County
  • October 8, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service for 12 months at Camp Lamb, Wilmington
• ? - One company of the 20th North Carolina Infantry reassigned as Company A
• May 1, 1862 - Reorganized for the war
• November 15, 1861 - Anderson's Battery (detachment)
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• November 7, 1861 - Kelly's Ford
• 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 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• July 18, 1864 - Snicker's Gap
• 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 North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear (September 1861-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / G.B. Anderson's Brigade (June-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / D.H. Hill's/Rodes' Division / G.B. Anderson's/Ramseur's/Cox's Brigade (September 1862-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Rodes'/Grimes' Division / Cox's Brigade (June-December 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Grimes' Division / Cox's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Francis M. Parker (Colonel)
• Walter F. Draughan (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James C. Holmes (Major)
• James T. Kell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William W. Sillers (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Betts, Alexander Davis. Experiences of a Confederate Chaplain, 1861-1864
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 112, 127-129)