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CHAPTER XX                  OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA                             460


Organization of the troops serving in the Department of North Carolina,

commanded by Maj. Gen. T. H. Holmes, April 19, 1862




FIRST BRIGADE*

Brig. Gen. R. RANSOM, commanding

      25th North Carolina

      26th North Carolina

      27th North Carolina

      35th North Carolina

      Battalion North Carolina

      9th North Carolina (1st Cavalry)

      19th North Carolina (2d Cavalry)

      Evans’ North Carolina Troop

      Grisham’s Mississippi Battery

      Jones’ North Carolina Battery 



THIRD BRIGADE

Brig. Gen. J. R. ANDERSON, commanding

      45th Georgia

      49th Georgia

      3rd Louisiana Battalion

      34th North Carolina

      38th North Carolina

      1st South Carolina (Hamilton’s)

      Battery (section of), Lientenant Bouldin

      Battery (four pieces), Captain McIntosh

SECOND BRIGADE*

Brig. Gen. L. O’B. BRANCH, commanding

      7th North Carolina

      18th North Carolina

      28th North Carolina

      33rd North Carolina

      37th North Carolina

      North Carolina Battery

      Bunting’s North Carolina Battery

      Latham’s North Carolina Battery

FOURTH BRIGADE

Brig. Gen. J. G. WALKER, commanding

      3rd Arkansas

      44th Georgia

      1st North Carolina

      2nd North Carolina

      3rd North Carolina

      30th Virginia

      French’s Virginia Battery




DISTRICT OF THE CAPE FEAR

Brig. Gen. S. G. FRENCH, commanding


20th North Carolina

30th North Carolina

60th Virginia

20 companies infantry, cavalry, and heavy artillery



GARRISON OF FORT MACON**

Col. M. J. WHITE, commanding


Official.

                                                                                                            ARCHER ANDERSON,

Assistant Adjutant- General



* The First and Second Brigades constituted a division under Branch’s command.

**Composition of garrison not indicated.


Series 1 - Volume 9
[Sources: The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies;
Series I, 1-53; Series II, 1-8; Series III, 1-5; Series IV, 1-4 (1880 - 1901)]