58th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 58th North Carolina Partisan Rangers

• July 24, 1862 - Organized in Mitchell County, North Carolina
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• December 1863-April 9, 1865 - Field consolidation with the 60th North Carolina Infantry
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
• July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
• July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the 60th North Carolina Infantry and re-designated as the 58th (Consolidated) North Carolina Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of East Tennessee / Heth's Division / Gracie's Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / Palmer's/Frazer's Brigade (December 1862-July 1863)
• Department of Tennessee / Army of East Tennessee / Frazer's Brigade (July-August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Buckner's Corps / Preston's Division / Kelly's Brigade (September 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Preston's Division / Kelly's Brigade (October 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Buckner's Division / Kelly's Brigade (October-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's/Palmer's Brigade (February 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: John B. Palmer (Colonel)
• Thomas J. Dula (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John C. Keener (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edmund Kirby (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William W. Proffitt (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Samuel M. Silver (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Alfred T. Stewart (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Harper, George Washington Finley. Sketch of the Fifty-Eighth Regiment (Infantry) North Carolina Troops
• NCPedia - George Washington Finley Harper
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 158-159)