Search results
The 2nd North Carolina Regiment was an American infantry unit that was raised for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1776 the regiment helped defend Charleston, South Carolina. Ordered to join George Washington 's main army in February 1777, the regiment subsequently fought at Brandywine and Germantown during the ...
The 2nd North Carolina Union Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War recruited from coastal counties in North Carolina. The Regiment was made up of Southern Unionists and deserters from the Confederate Army. After being captured in the Battle of New Bern by Confederate forces under General ...
The 2nd was furloughed in April 1783 and officially dissolved in November 1783. History. The 2nd North Carolina Regiment was authorized on 1 September 1775 for service with the Continental Army. Ten companies were organized at Edenton, New Bern, and Salisbury, North Carolina during the autumn of 1775. Robert Howe was appointed colonel.
The 2nd NC Regiment served in Virginia at the siege of Norfolk and also had detachments in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. They were assigned to guard the coast from British invasion and to help round up the local Loyalists. Detachments of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th NC Regiments were at the defense of Charlestown, SC in June 1776 ...
- Background
- Battle
- Aftermath
- Battlefield Preservation
- In Popular Culture
- Further Reading
- External Links
Fort Wagner, or Battery Wagner as it was known to the Confederates, controlled the southern approaches to Charleston Harbor. It was commanded by Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro. An attempt was made on July 11 to assault the fort, the First Battle of Fort Wagner, but it was repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers because of artillery and...
Gillmore ordered his siege guns and mortars to begin a bombardment of the fort on July 18 and they were joined by the naval gunfire from six monitorsthat pulled to within 300 yards of the fort. The bombardment lasted eight hours, but caused little damage against the sandy walls of the fort, and in all, killed only about 8 men and wounded an additio...
In all, about 1,515 Union soldiers were killed, captured, or wounded in the assault of July 18, although this number has never been accurately ascertained. Gen. Hagood, the commander of Fort Wagner on the morning of July 19, stated in his report to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard that he buried 800 bodies in mass graves in front of Wagner. Only 315 men were...
In May 2008, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and partners, including the South Carolina Conservation Bank, the South Carolina State Ports Authority, the Civil War Trust, (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and many private donors, purchased the island on behalf of the City of Charleston from Ginn Resorts for $3 million. Previously, in 20...
View of the parapet of Forts Wagner & Gregg after being abandoned by the confederatesAn early short story by Louisa May Alcott, "My Contraband" (1863), depicts the aftermath of the battle, with the...A depiction of the battle is the climax of the 1989 film Glory.Burton, E. Milby. The Siege of Charleston 1861–1865. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1970. ISBN 0-87249-345-8.Kennedy, Frances H., ed. The Civil War Battlefield Guide[permanent dead link]. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998. ISBN 0-395-74012-6.Reed, Rowena. Combined Operations in the Civil War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. ISBN 0-87021-122-6.Wise, Stephen R. Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. ISBN 0-87249-985-5.Assault on Battery Wagner: Maps, histories, photos, and preservation news (Civil War Trust)- July 18, 1863
- Confederate victory [1]
On June 2, 1780, the Legislature of North Carolina authorized two new special regiments of Militia to be raised and led by Col. Samuel Jarvis of the Currituck County Regiment and Col. Benjamin Exum of the Wayne County Regiment. These and many other County Militia Regiments were quickly assembled under Major General Richard Caswell at Cross ...
People also ask
What did the 2nd NC Regiment do in 1775?
Who commanded the 2nd NC Regiment?
Who commanded the 2nd NC Regiment at Fisher's Hill?
Who commanded the NC Light Infantry?
Brief History of Regiment*. The commissions of the field officers of the 2nd NC Regiment were dated May 8, 1861, and those of the original company officers May 16, 1861. But, the regiment was not officially organized until June 19, 1861. Dr. W.H. Courts was soon succeeded by Dr. James B. Hughes, and Dr. Stewart Devane by Dr. L. A. Stith.
