51st North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 13, 1862 - Organized at Wilmington
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• January 28-February 10, 1864 - New Bern Expedition
• February 1, 1864 - Batchelder's Creek
• April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth
• May 9, 1864 - Swift Creek
• May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern
• September 29-30, 1864 - Fort Harrison
• January 13-15, 1865 - 2nd Fort Fisher
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville [not engaged]

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / District of North Carolina (September-November 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Clingman's Brigade (November-December 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Clingman's Brigade (December 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Clingman's Brigade (December 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Clingman's Brigade (January-February 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Clingman's Brigade (February-March 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Georgia / Clingman's Brigade (March 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Clingman's Brigade (March-May 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Clingman's Brigade (May-July 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Various Sub-Divisions (July-August 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Clingman's Brigade (August-November 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Clingman's Brigade (December 1863-May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Clingman's Brigade (May-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Hoke's Division / Clingman's Brigade (October-December 1864)
• Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Clingman's Brigade (December 1864-March 1865)
• Hardee's Corps / Hoke's Division / Clingman's Brigade (March-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hoke's Division / Clingman's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: John L. Cantwell (Colonel)
• William Allen (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Caleb B. Hobson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James R. McDonald (Major)
• Hector M. McKethan (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 150-152)