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30th Regiment Co C (Brunswick Double Quicks) From National Archives in Washington DC Contributed by James R Danford Jr March 2004 Brunswick County, North Carolina  |
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30th Infantry
Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina,
in October 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson,
Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and
Mecklenburg. It served in the Department of North Carolina, then was
assigned to General G.B. Anderson's, Ramseur's, and Cox's Brigade,
Army of Northern Virginia. The 30th saw action from Seven Pines to Cold
Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and was involved in
the Appomattox operations. The unit reported 30 killed and 137 wounded
during the Seven Days' Battles, lost thirty-six percent of the 250
in the Maryland Campaign, and had 9 wounded at Fredericksburg. It sustained
125 casualties at Chancellorsville, lost sixteen percent of the 278
engaged at Gettysburg, and had 3 killed and 42 wounded on the Rappahannock
River. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 6 officers and 147 men. The
field officers were Colonel Francis M. Parker; Lieutenant Colonels Walter
Draughan, James T. Kell, and William W. Sillers; and Major James C.
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SOLDIER -- RANK-IN -- RANK-OUT Charles W. Allen PVT PVT |
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