The
Greensborough Patriot
June
25, 1861
Page 2
NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS.
The following companies comprise the
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th,
10th, and 11th Regiments of North Carolina Volunteers:
Fifth Regiment.—Chatham Rifles,
Capt. Ibrie; Monroe Light Infantry, Capt. McRae; Ellis Guards, Capt. Love;
Beattie’s Ford Riflemen, Capt. Houston; Mountin Boys, Capt. Corbet; Tar River
Guards, Capt. Perry; Davie Sweepstakes, Capt. Kelly; Franklin Rifles, Capt.
Green; Sandy Creek Rough and Ready, Capt. Jackson; Poplar Spring Grays, Capt.
Spivey. Stationed at Garysburg.
Sixth Regiment—Jackson Volunteers, Capt.
Coleman; Madison Light Infantry, Capt. Peak; Black Mountain Boys, Capt.
McElroy; Rutherford Riflemen, Capt. Lee; Rutherford Volunteers, Capt.
Leaventhorpe; Haywood Rangers, Capt. Love; Jefferson Davis Macon Guards, Capt.
Angel; Henderson Guards, Capt. Shipp; King’s Mountain Grays, Capt. Briggs;
Buncombe Guards, Capt. Thrash.—Stationed at Raleigh.
Seventh Regiment.—Washington Greys, Capt.
Sparrow; Hyde Volunteers, Capt. Leith; Tar River Boys, Capt. Johnson; Hertford
Light Infantry, Capt. Sharpe; Currituck Atlantic Rifles, Capt. Lindsey; Roanoke
Guards, Capt. Lamb; Company B of Martin County, Capt. Clement; Washington
County Guards, Capt. Gilliam; John Harvey Guards, Capt Johnson; Independent
Greys, Capt. Cohoon.—Stationed at Hatteras and Ocracocke.
Eighth Regiment.—Bladen Guards, Capt.
George Tait; Bladen Infantry, Capt. Robert Tait; Holmes Riflemen, Capt.
Chestnut; Independent Blues, Capt. Williams; Roberson Rifle Guards, Capt.
Norment; Columbus Guards, No. 1, Capt. Ellis; Onslow Greys, Capt. Redd; Moore’s
Greek Rifle Guard, Capt. Hawes; Columbus Guards, No. 3, Capt. George; Scotch
Boys, Capt. Malloy.—Stationed at Wilmington.
Ninth Regiment.—Orange Guards, Capt.
Jones; Guilford Grays, Capt. Sloan; Goldsboro Rifles, Capt. Craton; Goldsboro
Volunteers, Capt. Whitaker; Wilson Light Infantry, Capt. Barnes; Pitt
Volunteers, Capt. Singletary; Marlboro Guards, Capt. Morrill; Dixie Rifles,
Capt. Strong; North Carolina Guards, Capt. Whitfield; Tuckahoe Brave, Capt.
Wooten. To this Regiment the Artillery
Company, under command of Capt. Pender, will be attached.
Tenth Regiment.—German Volunteers,
Captain Korneilson; Rifle Guards, Capt. Meares; Cabarrus Black Boys, Capt.
Atwell; Cape Fear Riflemen, Capt. Hawkins; Sampson Rangers, Capt. Faison; Fair
Bluff Volunteers, Capt. Smith; Columbus Guards, No. 4, Capt. Stanly; Columbus
Guards, No. 2, Capt. Toom; Confederate Greys, Capt. Denison; Wilmington Light
Infantry, Capt. McRae.—Stationed at Forts Caswell and Johnson.
Eleventh Regiment.—Town Fort
Invincibles, Capt. Westmoreland; Mountain Boys, Capt. Pepper; Blue Ridge
Riflemen, Capt. Graves; Davidson Guards, Capt. Leach; Forsyth Guards, Capt.
Wharton; Surry Marksmen, Capt. Gilmer; Mountain Tigers, Capt. Waugh; Yadkin
Gray Eagles, Capt. Connolly; Forsyth Riflemen, Capt. Betts; Forsyth Southrons,
Capt. Miller.—Stationed at Danville. (We learn that the Rockingham Invincibles.
Capt. J. H. Boyd, has been attached to this Regiment.—Patriot.)
Arms will be issued to the troops as
soon as they are organized into a regiment and mustered into service.
(We learn from an officer of the 10th
Regiment, that the Holmes Riflemen, of Sampson county, has been attached to
this Regiment, in place of the Wilmington Light Infantry.—Observer.)
