CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
40th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops
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40th Regiment Volunteers-3rd Artillery was organized at Bald Head, Smith's Island, North
Carolina, in November, 1863, from heavy artillery companies formed in 1861 and 1862. Its 1,152
men were from the counties of Lenoir, Beaufort, Pamlico, Richmond, Robeson, Wayne, Wilson,
Edgecombe, Greene, New Hanover, Bladen, Anson, and Chatham. Attached to the Department of
North Carolina and Southern Virginia, detachments served at Fort Holmes, Fort Caswell, Fort
Campbell, Fort Anderson, and Fort Fisher. In 1865 the unit was converted to infantry and
assigned to Hagood's Brigade. It fought at Bentonville and surrendered with the
Army of Tennessee on April 26. Its commanders were Colonel John J. Hedrick, Lieutenant
Colonel George Tait, and Major William A. Holland.
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