CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
18th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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18th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 8th Volunteers, was organized at Camp Wyatt, near
Carolina Beach, North Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were from Wilmington and the
counties of Robeson, New Hanover, Bladen, Columbus, and Richmond. It moved to South
Carolina, returned to North Carolina, then in the spring of 1862 proceeded to Virginia. The 18th
served in General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House, it
participated in various conflicts of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. It continued the fight in
the trenches of Petersburg
south of the James River and ended the war at Appomattox. This unit was organized
with 1,100 men, lost fifty-seven percent of the 396 engaged during the Seven Days' Battles, and
reported 14 casualties at Cedar
Mountain and 12 at Second
Manassas. There were 13 killed and 77 wounded at Fredericksburg and 30 killed and 96
wounded at Chancellorsville. Of the 346 in action
at Gettysburg, about
twenty-five percent were disabled. It surrendered 12 officers and 81 men. The field officers were
Colonels John D. Barry, Robert H. Cowan, Thomas J. Purdie, and James D. Radcliffe; Lieutenant
Colonels Forney George, John W. McGill, and Oliver P. Meares; and Majors George Tait and
Thomas J. Wooten.
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