CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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52nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North
Carolina, in April, 1862. Its members were raised in the counties of Cabarrus, Randolph, gates,
Chowan, Stokes, Richmond, Wilkes, Lincoln, Stanly, and Forsyth. The unit fought at Goldsboro, then moved to Virginia
where it was brigaded under Generals Pettigrew, Kirkland, and MacRae. It fought with the Army
of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg, had 2 killed and 25
wounded in the fight at Bristoe, and surrendered with only 6 officers and 60 men. Its commanders
were Colonels James K. Marshall and Marcus A. Parks, Lieutenant Colonels Eric Erson and
Benjamin F. Little, and Major John Q. Richardson.
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