72nd North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 3rd North Carolina Infantry (Junior Reserves)

• January 3, 1865 - Organized per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #277 (dated November 22, 1864 by consolidation of:
  • 4th North Carolina Infantry Battalion (Junior Reserves)
  • 7th North Carolina Infantry Battalion (Junior Reserves)
  • 8th North Carolina Infantry Battalion (Junior Reserves)
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 2nd Military District / 1st Sub-District (January-February 1865)
• Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Nethercutt's Junior Reserves Brigade (March 1865)
• Hardee's Corps / Hoke's Division / Nethercutt's Junior Reserves Brigade (March-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hoke's Division / Nethercutt's/Baker's Junior Reserves Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: John W. Hinsdale (Colonel)
• A.B. Ellington (Major)
• William Foster French (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John M. Reece (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Hinsdale, John Wetmore, History of the Seventy-second Regiment of the North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, 1861-65
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 86, 87, 93, 95, 165)