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History of the 30th NCT

The 30th North Carolina Troops were organized on September 26, 1861 at Camp Mangum in Wake County.

The 30th North Carolina Troops were organized on September 26, 1861 at Camp Mangum in Wake County.

The 30th North Carolina Troops were organized on September 26, 1861 at Camp Mangum in Wake County.

Company K, also known as the Mecklenburg Beaureguards, was raised in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on September 13th, 1861, by Captain James T Kell, and organized as the tenth company of the 30thNCT on September 26th, 1861, at Camp Mangum North Carolina. 

Companies were formed from the following North Carolina counties:

The 30th North Carolina Troops were organized on September 26, 1861 at Camp Mangum in Wake County.

The 30th North Carolina Troops were organized on September 26, 1861 at Camp Mangum in Wake County.

Company A - Sampson

Company B - Warren

Company C - Brunswick

Company D - Wake and Granville

Company E - Duplin

Company F - Edgecombe

Company G - Granville

Company H - Moore

Company I - Nash

 Company K - Mecklenburg

Gen. DH Hill

Gen. SD Ramseur

Gen. SD Ramseur

 


Gen. SD Ramseur

Gen. SD Ramseur

Gen. SD Ramseur

Col. FM Parker

Gen. SD Ramseur

Sgt. Mjr. FM Fritz

Sgt. Mjr. FM Fritz

Pvt.'s John and William Howey

Sgt. Mjr. FM Fritz

Capt. JM Witherspoon

Pvt.'s John and William Howey

Pvt.'s John and William Howey

Pvt.'s John and William Howey

Pvt.'s John and William Howey

Pvt.'s John and William Howey

Co. K Roster of Officers and Enlisted

Capt. James T Kell

(13th-26th Sept 1861)


Capt. Benj F. Morrow

(26thSept 61-1st May 62)


Capt. John G Witherspoon

(1st May 62-7th Nov 63)


Capt. William Erskine Ardrey

(18th Feb 64-Apr 1865)


Lt Charles Edwin Bell

Lt James T Downs

Lt John T Downs

Lt Nathan D Orr


Sgt Elijah M Bales

Sgt John M Black

Sgt Aaron L DeArmond

Sgt Edward Payson George

Sgt Abner B Hood

Sgt James T Lee

Sgt John Wesley McKinney

Sgt Burgess G Nichols

Sgt Wm D Russell

Sgt Wm Stewart Smith

Sgt Andrew F Steel

Sgt Sidney Tedder

Sgt Rufus B Weeks

Sgt Thomas D Wolfe


Cpl Samuel T Boyce

Cpl Henry T Cotlharp

Cpl Aley A Culp

Cpl Andrew J Dunn

Cpl Moses F Ezzell

Cpl Wilson L Hartis

Pvt Wm Adams

Pvt Wm H Adkins

Pvt J Lee Alexander

Pvt James M Alexander

Pvt Samuel D Alexander

Pvt Thomas P Alexander

Pvt James J Allen

Pvt M J Anderson

Pvt Wm Anderson

Pvt Elias D Bailey

Pvt James A Bailey

Pvt Wm Bailey

Pvt Jeptha K Baker

Pvt James Parks Bales

Pvt Noah Gideon Barefoot

Pvt Robert C Barnett

Pvt N J Bell

Pvt Moses Wm H Bently

Pvt James H Black

Pvt John S Black

Pvt Thomas A Black

Pvt R Bowman

Pvt V B Bradshaw

Pvt James H Brewer

Pvt Henry Brinkley

Pvt J C Bristow

Pvt J C Burton

Pvt Eli Church

Pvt Martin Church

Pvt Andrew S Coffey

Pvt John D Cowan

Pvt M F Craig

Pvt M C Crain

Pvt Israel Crowell

Pvt Geo W Davis

Pvt S L Dixon

Pvt Wm Henry Downs

Pvt Thomas P Duckworth

Pvt Andrew S Dunn

Pvt Geo Dunn

Pvt Samuel W T Dunn

Pvt Absalom F Fields

Pvt James H Gamble

Pvt Pressley George

Pvt Benj Clint Glover

Pvt John W Graham

Pvt John J Griffin

Pvt Aaron E Griffith

Pvt John G Hall

Pvt Joseph L Hall

Pvt Robert B Hall

Pvt John H Hartis

Pvt John F Harvey

Pvt W M Henderson

Pvt Wm Taylor Henderson

Pvt Ben Holmes

Pvt Wm L Hood

Pvt John Hoyle Howey

Pvt Wm Howey

Pvt Geo W Jennings

Pvt G W Johnson

Pvt David E Johnston

Pvt James Henry Johnston

Pvt S A Johnston

Pvt Hugh Y Kirkpatrick

Pvt James A Lee

Pvt Samuel B Lee

Pvt W H Lewis 

Pvt R Munroe McKinney

Pvt Thos McLane

Pvt J A McLure

Pvt James H McMullen

Pvt Joseph F McQuay

Pvt R S Massingill

Pvt David M Miller

Pvt Jos G Milton

Pvt James T Morris

Pvt W T Morris

Pvt James Myers

Pvt John H Nelson

Pvt J Nichols

Pvt Thom J Orr

Pvt Wm S Paterson

Pvt James S Paterson

Pvt James L Paxton

Pvt James M Pierce

Pvt J M Pierce

Pvt Orren L Pierce

Pvt J R Potts

Pvt John L Rayl

Pvt Lovet Rayner

Pvt James Milton Rea

Pvt Wm W Richardson

Pvt James R Robinson

Pvt Wm H Robinson

Pvt J Newell Ross

Pvt Wm J Ross

Pvt Wm Sample

Pvt John Crockett Saville

Pvt Alexander D Shaw

Pvt D H Shelby

Pvt Elisha Simmons

Pvt Jefferson Simpson

Pvt Marcus L Simpson

Pvt J D Smith

Pvt J S Smith

Pvt S Black Smith

Pvt James S Squires

Pvt John Brown Squires

Pvt Arthur G Stancil

Pvt James R Stephenson

Pvt Henry Tart

Pvt Lewis R Thomas

Pvt Wm B Thomas

Pvt John L Thomason

Pvt James Thompson
Pvt Lee Thompson

Pvt Lewis R Thompson

Pvt Thom J Thrower

Pvt J G Wall

Pvt Marquis L Wallace

Pvt Silas L Walston

Pvt Wm Webb

Pvt Wm M West

Pvt W E Williamson

Pvt Wm C Wingate

Pvt Mitty T Witherspoon

Pvt John N Wolfe

Pvt Robert B Wolfe

Pvt Wyatt Yeargen

Pvt John A Younts

Pvt Samuel T Younts

Phillip Henry (company Cook)

Engagements

 The 30th North Carolina Troops were first assigned to the District of the Cape Fear, Department of North Carolina, from September of 1861 until it was moved to the Army of Northern Virginia (D.H. Hill's Division) and assigned to George B. Anderson’s Brigade in June 1862 with the 2nd, 4th, and 14th North Carolina Troops.  As assigned to Anderson’s Brigade the 30th fought in the following engagements:

 

--Seven Days Battles - June 25 to July 1, 1862, including 

Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862

--South Mountain - September 14, 1862

--Sharpsburg – September 17, 1862

 During the Sharpsburg battle, General Anderson received a mortal wound while leading his brigade at the sunken lane.  General Anderson died on October 16, 1862.  


    General Stephen Dodson Ramseur took command of the Brigade on November 7th.  The 30th North Carolina was assigned to Ramseur’s Brigade, Rodes Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia from November 1862 to June 1864 participating in the following engagements:


--Chancellorsville – May 1-4, 1863

--Gettysburg – July 1-3, 1863

--Bristoe Campaign – October-November 1863

--Mine Run Campaign – November – December 1863

--Kelly’s Ford, Virginia – November 7, 1863

--The Wilderness – May 5-6, 1864

--Spotsylvania Court House – May 8-21, 1864

--North Anna – May 22-26, 1864


 On May 27, 1864, Ramseur was promoted to Major General and General William R. Cox was assigned to command the brigade for what would be the duration of the war participating as follows:


--Cold Harbor – June 1-3, 1864

--Lynchburg Campaign – June 1864

--Monocacy – July 9, 1864

--Snickers Gap – July 18, 1864

--3rd Winchester – September 19, 1864

--Fishers Hill – September 22, 1864

--Cedar Creek – October 19, 1864

--Petersburg Siege – December 1864 – April 1865

--Fort Stedman – March 25, 1865

--Saylor’s Creek – April 6, 1865 

--Farmville – April 7, 1865

--Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865

Casualties

Gaines’ Mill, Va 27th June 1862

  • KIA:  Sgt S.Tedder

 Pvt G.W. Davis

 Pvt A. Hood

  • MW: Sgt A.F. Steel

 Pvt J.H. McMullen

 Pvt J.L. Thomason

  • WD: Pvt R.S. Massingill

 Pvt J.N. Wolfe

Malvern Hill, Va 1st July 1862

  • KIA: Pvt J.R. Robinson
  • WD: 3rd Lt J.T. Downs

 Pvt W.H. Moses

 Pvt J.H. Black

 Pvt G.H. Jennings

 Pvt J.A. Younts

Sharpsburg, Md 17th Sept 1862

  • KIA: Pvt J.H. Black

 Pvt A.J. Dunn

  • MW: Pvt J. Baker

 Pvt J.R. Stephenson

  • WD: Cpl M.F. Ezzell

 Pvt A.A. Culp

 Pvt D.E. Johnston

 Pvt R.B. Weeks

  • Cpt’d: Pvt A.L. DeArmond

 Pvt J.H. Howey

 Pvt W.E. Williamson

Fredericksburg, Va 13th Dec 1862

  • WD: Pvt A.L. DeArmond

 Pvt W.D. Russell

Chancellorsville, Va 3rd May 1863

  • KIA: Cpl W.L. Hartis

 Pvt R.C. Barnett

 Pvt J.M. Rea

  • MW: Pvt M.J. Witherspoon
  • WD: Pvt J.P. Bales

 Pvt N.G. Barefoot

 Pvt B.C. Glover

 Pvt J.H. Johnston

 Pvt S.A. Johnston

 Pvt L. Thompson

 Pvt J.A. Younts

Gettysburg, Pa 1-3rd May 1863

  • MW: Pvt A.E. Griffith
  • WD: Cpl E. Bales
  • W&C: Cpl W.D. Russell

Bristoe Station 12-14th Oct 1863

 No Casualties Reported for the Company

Kelly’s Ford, Va 7th Nov 1863

  • KIA: Capt J.G. Witherspoon
  • MW: Sgt S.J. Boyce

 Pvt L. Rayner

  • WD: Pvt S.D. Alexander 

Pvt T. McLane

  • Capt’d: Sgt A.L. DeArmond

 Cpl A.A. Culp

 Pvt W.H. Adkins

 Pvt J.L. Alexander

 Pvt J.A. Bailey

 Pvt J.W. Graham

 Pvt J. Myers

 Pvt R.B. Wolfe

Mine Run 27th Nov-1st Dec 1863  

No Casualties Reported for the Company

Wilderness, Va 5-6th May 1864

  • Capt’d: Pvt W. Sample

Spotsylvania, Va 8-23rd May 1863

  • Kia: Sgt J.T. Lee

 Sgt R.B. Weeks

  Pvt J.M. Alexander

 Pvt J.W. Squires

  • MW: Pvt S.A. Johnston

 Pvt T.P. Duckworth

 Pvt J.N. Ross

  • WD: Cpl B.G. Nichols

 Pvt W.D. Russell

 Pvt S.L. Dixon

 Pvt J.G. Hall

 Pvt J.H. Nelson

  • Capt’d: Pvt W. Adams

 Pvt W.H. Adkins

 Pvt G. Dunn

 Pvt J. Nichols

 Pvt J.M. Pierce

 Pvt M.L. Simpson

 Pvt J.S. Smith

Cold Harbor, Va 1-3rd June 1964

  • WD: Capt W.E. Ardrey

Fort Stevens, D.C. 12th July 1864

  • Capt’d: Pvt W.H.Robinson

Snicker’s Gap, Va 18th July 1864

  • KIA: Sgt J.N. Black
  • MW: Sgt A.L. DeArmond
  • WD: Pvt W. Bailey

 Pvt J.C. Saville

New Charlestown, WV 21st Aug 1864

 No Causalities reported for the company

Winchester,Va 19th Sept 1864

  • WD: 1st Lt J.T. Downs

 Pvt J.H. Howey

 Pvt J.H. Johnston

Fisher’s Hill, Va  22nd Sept 1864

  • Capt’d: Pvt O.L. Pierce

 Pvt W.M. West

  • W&C: Sgt A.A. Culp

Cedar Creek, Va  19th Oct 1864

  • WD: Pvt H.G. Barefoot

 Pvt J.G. Hall

  • W&C: Pvt W.L. Hood

Appomattox Campaign, Va 2-9th April 1865

  • Capt’d: Sgt W.D. Russell

 Pvt M.W.H. Bently

 Pvt A.F. Fields

 Pvt J.W. Graham

 Pvt J.F. Hall

 Pvt J.F. Harvey

 Pvt J.F. McQuay

 Pvt D.M. Miller

 Pvt J.H. Nelson

 Pvt E. Simmons

 Pvt L.R. Thomas

Surrendered at Appomattox 9th April 1865

 Capt Wm E Ardrey

 Sgt E M Bales (Enlisted 13th Sept 1861)

 Sgt B G Nichols

 Sgt Wm S Smith (Enlisted 13th Sept 1861)

 Pvt M J Anderson

 Pvt J P Bales (Enlisted 13th Sept 1861)

 Pvt J C Burton

 Pvt S L Dixon

 Pvt Wm L Hood (Enlisted 13th Sept 1861)

 Pvt J H Howey (Enlisted 13th Sept 1861)

 Pvt T J Orr

 Pvt Wm J Ross (Enlisted 13th Sept 1861)

 Pvt J M Saville

 Pvt J B Squires

 Pvt Wm B Thomas


Misc Actions


  12th Aug 1862

  • WD: Pvt L. Thompson

12th Sept 1862 

  • Capt’d: Pvt J.G. Hall

Pvt J.B. Squire

17th Sept 1862

  • Capt’d: Pvt J.H. Hartis

24-25th May 1864

  • MW: Pvt S.B. Lee

27th May 1864

  • WD: Pvt W.L. Hood

30th May 1864

  • Capt’d: Pvt R.S. Massingill
  • WD: J.A. McLure

8th July 1864

  • Capt’d: E.D. Bailey

22nd Aug 1864

  • WD: M.W.H. Bently

13th Sept 1864

  • Capt’d: O.L. Pierce


Total Casualties for Company

Surrender at Appomattox: 15

KIA Killed in Battle: 39

Wounded and or Captured: 65

Deserted: 12

Transferred to other branches: 22

Unaccounted: 7

Total troops enlisted in co K: 160


 

Ages of the men as they enlisted in the company

16yrs-6  21yrs-2  26yrs-6  31yrs-3  36yrs-2  41yrs-3

17yrs-11  22yrs-7  27yrs-4  32yrs-1  37yrs-4  42yrs-5

18yrs-10  23yrs-8  28yrs-8  33yrs-7  38yrs-1  43yrs-3

19yrs-19  24yrs-8  29yrs-5  34yrs-4  39yrs-2  44yrs-2

20yrs-4  25yrs-2  30yrs-3  35yrs-5  40yrs-6 

Unknown ages of 20 recruits

Additional Resources

The following publications detail the life and times of the regiment:

The 30th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War By William Thomas Venner, McFarland & Co. Jefferson, NC; 2018


To Drive the Enemy from Southern Soil:  The Letters of Colonel Francis Marion Parker and the History of the 30th Regiment North Carolina Troops; By Michael W. Taylor, Morningside House, Inc., Dayton, Ohio; 1998


Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Lee’s Gallant General; By Gary W. Gallagher; the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC; 1985


Experience of a Confederate Chaplain 1861-1864; By Rev. A. D. Betts, D.D., N. C. Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South.  Chaplain 30th N.C. Troops.  Edited by W. A. Betts.


North Carolina Troops, A Roster, 1861-1865; Volume VIII; By Weymouth Jordan and Louis Manarin; Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC 1861


Record of J.W. Bone’s Service in the Civil War, Company I, 30th Regiment NC; on file Albemarle Stanley County Library, NC


Writings of Aaron Leonidas DeArmond; Company K, 30th Regiment NC; as complied by Ms. Martha Riggins Brown; on file Sardis Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC


Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865; By Walter Clark Volume II; Thirtieth Regiment by Colonel F.M. Parker



Also on file with our Historian:

Writings and diary of Capt. William E. Audrey 30th NCT Co K

And some letters of Capt. John Witherspoon 30th NCT co K

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