8th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• September 14, 1861 - Organized with 7 companies at Camp Macon, Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina
  • September 14 - Mustered into North Carolina State Service
• September 16, 1861 - Company I assigned
• September 20, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service with 8 companies
• September 28, 1861 - Companies E/F assigned
• February 8, 1862 - Roanoke Island
  • Captured
  • February 21, 1862 - Paroled at Elizabeth City
  • August 1862 - Declared exchanged
• September 1862 - Reorganized at Camp Magnum, near Raleigh
• December 17, 1862 - Goldsboro Bridge
• July 18, 1863 - Battery Wagner
• January 28-February 10, 1864 - New Bern Expedition
• February 1, 1864 - Batchelder's Creek
• April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth
• 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]
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina (September 1861-January 1862)
• Department of Norfolk / District of the Albemarle (January-February 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command (October-November 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Clingman's Brigade (November-December 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of North Carolina / Clingman's Brigade (December 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Clingman's Brigade (December 1862-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-November 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Clingman's Brigade (December 1863-May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 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: Henry M. Shaw (Colonel)
• Rufus A. Barrier (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• James W. Hinton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Henry MacRae (Major)
• John R. Murchison (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William J. Price (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Andrew J. Rogers (Major)
• James M. Whitson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• George Williamson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edward C. Yellowley (Major)

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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 96-97)