2nd North Carolina Regiment
| 2nd North Carolina Regiment | |
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| Active | 1775–1783 |
| Allegiance | Robert Howe (1775) (1776-1777)Colonel Alexander Martin Colonel John Patten (1777-1783) |
The 2nd North Carolina Regiment was an American infantry unit that was raised for the
History
The 2nd North Carolina Regiment was authorized by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on 1 September 1775 as a Provincial and State Troops (not militia).[1][2]
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The original officers included[1]
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Captains:
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Lieutenants:
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Ensigns:
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Sergeants:
- William Boswell
Ten companies were organized at
The 2nd North Carolina was transferred to the main continental army on 5 February 1777. The unit became part of the North Carolina Brigade on 8 July 1777.
At the Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777, the North Carolina Brigade and William Maxwell's New Jersey Brigade were part of Lord Stirling's Reserve Division.[11] During the advance, a cannonball killed one of Maxwell's aides and mortally wounded Nash.[12] Presently, Lord Stirling's column found itself confronted by about 100 British soldiers in the Chew House. After a bombardment by cannon failed to reduce the structure, two New Jersey regiments tried to storm the place. The North Carolina troops fired on the north side of the house in support, but all American attacks were repulsed with heavy losses.[13] During the 1777–1778 winter encampment at Valley Forge, Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh took command of the North Carolina Brigade. Colonel John Patten, Lieutenant Colonel Selby Harney, and Major Hardy Murfree were the field officers in the 2nd North Carolina.[14]
The regiment fought at the
References
- ^ a b "Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, North Carolina. Provincial Congress, August 20, 1775 - September 10, 1775, Volume 10, Pages 164-220". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Lewis, J.D. "2nd North Carolina Regiment". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Rankin, Hugh F. (1994). "John Patten". NCPedia. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Wright, 299-300
- ^ Boatner, 521
- ^ Boatner, 810-811
- ^ Wright, 75
- ^ Wright, 147
- ^ McGuire (2006), 170
- ^ McGuire (2006), 255-256
- ^ McGuire (2007), 50
- ^ McGuire (2007), 84-85
- ^ McGuire (2007), 88-89
- ^ Heitman, 12
- Bibliography
- Boatner, Mark M. III (1994). Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0578-1.
- Heitman, Francis Bernard (1914). Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company.
- Morrissey, Brendan (2008). Monmouth Courthouse 1778: The last great battle in the North. Long Island City, N.Y.: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-772-7.
- Wright, Robert K. Jr. (1983). The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4.
- Davis, Charles L.; A Brief History of the North Carolina Troops on the Continental Establishment in the War of the Revolution with a Register of Officers of the Same, published in 1896, Link, accessed Jan 30, 2019