CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
25th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
- Overview:
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25th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th Volunteers, was assembled at Camp Patton,
Asheville, North Carolina, in August, 1861. The following counties furnished companies for the
regiment: Henderson, Jackson, Haywood, Cherokee, Transylvania, Clay, Macon, and Buncombe.
It moved to Grahamville, South Carolina and remained there until March, 1862. The unit then
moved back to North Carolina and arrived in Virginia on June 24. Serving in R. Ransom's and
M.W. Ranson's Brigade, it fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg, served in North
Carolina, then saw action at Plymouth and Drewry's Bluff. Later the 25th
participated in the long Petersburg siege south of the James
River and the Appomattox
Campaign. It reported 128 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 15 in the Maryland
Campaign, 88 at Fredericksburg, and 103 at Plymouth. Many were disabled at Sayler's Creek,
and on April 9, 1865, only 8 officers and 69 were present. The field officers were Colonels
Thomas L. Clingman and Henry M. Rutledge; Lieutenant Colonels S.C. Bryson, St. Clair
Dearing, and Matthew N. Love; and Majors John W. Francis, William S. Grady, and William Y.
Morgan.
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