CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
9th Battalion, North Carolina Sharpshooters (1st Battalion)
- Overview:
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1st Battalion Sharpshooters [also called 9th Battalion- was organized at Gordonsville,
Virginia, in May, 1862, with two companies from the 21st North Carolina Regiment. Its members
were from Tadkin and Forsyth counties. During the war it was assigned to General Trimble's,
Hoke's, and R.D. Johnston's Brigade. After fighting in Jackson's Valley Campaign as part of the
21st Regiment, the unit participated in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the
Seven Days' Battles to Mine
Run. It served in North Carolina during the winter of 1863-1864 and was active in the
capture of Plymouth.
Returning to Virginia, the battalion fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, was with Early in the
Shenandoah Valley, then aided in the Appomattox Campaign. It sustained 9 casualties at Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill, 11 on the
Rappahannock, 15 at Groveton, and 11 at Chancellorsville. The unit
surrendered with 3 officers and 65 men, of which 46 were armed. Major Rufus W. Wharton was
in command.
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