49th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 12, 1862 - Organized at Garysburg
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 25, 1862 - King's School House
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• April 20, 1863 - Sandy Ridge, North Carolina
• July 4, 1863 - Bottom's Bridge
• March 1864 - New Bern
• April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth
• May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• May 17-June 14, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• June 30, 1864 - The Crater
• August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
• March 31, 1865 - Dinwiddie Court House
• April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina / Ransom's Brigade (June-August 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Walker's/Ransom's Division / Ransom's Brigade (August 1862-January 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Ransom's Brigade (January-February 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / French's Command / Ransom's Brigade (February 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Ransom's Brigade (March-April 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Ransom's Brigade (April-July 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Ransom's Division / Ransom's Brigade (July-September 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Ransom's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Colquitt's Division / Ransom's Brigade (May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Johnson's Division / Ransom's Brigade (May-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Johnson's Division / Ransom's Brigade (October 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Stephen D. Ramseur (Colonel)
• Pinckney B. Chambers (Major)
• James T. Davis (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William A. Eliason (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John A. Flemming (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Leroy M. McAfee (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Charles Q. Petty (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Chambers, Henry Alexander. Diary of Captain Henry A. Chambers
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 148-149)