CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
42nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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42nd Infantry Regiment was organized at Salibury, North Carolina, in April, 1862. The
men were recruited in the counties of Davidson, Rowan, Stanly, Davie, and Mecklenburg. In
June it moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, and guarded prisoners captured in Jackson's Valley
Campaign. Later the unit served in North Carolina at Tarboro, along the Chowan River, and at
Wilmington. Assigned to General Martin's and Kirkland's Brigade, it fought at Cold Harbor, took its place in the Petersburg trenches, and
ended the war with the Army of Tennessee. This unit lost 6 killed and 48 wounded at Ware Bottom Church and had 1
killed, 2 wounded, and 74 missing at Sugar Loaf. It surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels John E. Brown and George C. Gibbs, Lieutenant Colonel Charles W.
Bradshaw, and Majors Thomas J. Brown and Davidson A. Underwood.
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