The 11th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster

by William Thomas Venner

Overview

This history of the 11th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War— civilian soldiers and their families—follows the regiment from their 1861 mustering-in to their surrender at Appomattox, covering action at Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg.

Drawing on letters, journals, memoirs, official reports, personnel records and family histories, this intensely personal account features Tar Heels relating their experiences through over 1,500 quoted passages. Casualty lists give the names of those killed, wounded, captured in action and died of disease. Rosters list regimental officers and staff, enlistees for all 10 companies and the names of the 78 men who stacked arms on April 9, 1865.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786495153
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	09/07/2015
Pages:	380
Sales rank:	899,494
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

William Thomas Venner has researched and written widely about the American Civil War. His articles have appeared in Civil War Times Illustrated, Journal of Field Archaeology, and America’s Civil War. A retired teacher of history and archaeology in schools and at the college level, he lives in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Big Bethel: The Regiment Gets Its Name
2. The Bethel Regiment Forms
3. Defending North Carolina’s Coastline
4. The Fight at White Hall, North Carolina, December 16, 1862
5. The 11th North Carolina Joins Pettigrew’s Brigade
6. Heth’s Division: The Army of Northern Virginia
7. Gettysburg: July 1, 1863
8. Gettysburg: July 3, 1863
9. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863
10. Bristoe Station, October 14, 1863
11. Winter 1863-1864
12. The Wilderness and Spotsylvania, May 5–May 20, 1864
13. Summer 1864
14. Late Summer 1864, August to ­Mid-September
15. Fall 1864, Jones Farm and Burgess Mill
16. Winter 1864-1865
17. The End: April 1865
11th North Carolina Infantry Casualties
11th North Carolina Infantry Roster
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A very good regimental history...excellent battle maps...recommended”—Civil War News; “WOW!”—Lone Star Book Review.

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