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First Corps, Army of the Potomac

Sergeant J A Breedlove, 13th North Carolina Infantry, Company G

Sergeant J A Breedlove, 13th North Carolina Infantry, Company G

Thirteenth North Carolina Infantry/ Twenty-third North Carolina State Troops

Mustered in Confederate for one year service 13 July, 1861. Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K arrived at Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 21 July, 1861. Did not participate in the first battle of Manassas. Redesignated Twenty-third North Carolina State Troops 14 November, 1861

COLONEL J F HOKE
Brigadier General & Adjutant General J F Hoke, North Carolina Volunteer Militia, was appointed colonel, 13th North Carolina Infantry, on 10 July, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, on 12 July, 1861.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL J W LEAK
J W Leak was appointed lieutenant colonel, 13th North Carolina Infantry, at Camp of Instruction, on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, one mile southwest of Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, on 10 July, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, on 12 July, 1861.

MAJOR D H CHRISTIE
D H Christie was appointed major, 13th North Carolina Infantry, at Camp of Instruction, on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, one mile southwest of Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, on 10 July, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, on 12 July, 1861.

Company A Ellis Anson Rifles/ Riflemen: CAPT. W F HARLEE
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Anson County, North Carolina, on 22 May, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861. Captain W F Harlee, 23rd North Carolina State Troops, resigned on 15 December, 1861.
Company B Carolina/ Hog Hill Rangers: CAPT. G W SEAGLE
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Hog Hill/ Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina, on 23 May, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company C Montgomery Volunteers, First Company: CAPT. C J COCHRAN
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Montgomery County, North Carolina, on 27 May, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company D Pee Dee Guards: CAPT. L H WEBB
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, on 30 May, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company E Granville Targeteers/ Plough Boys: CAPT. J H HORNER
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, on 5 June, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company F Catawba Guards: CAPT. M L MCCORKE
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina, on 6 June, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company G Granville Rifles/ Riflemen: CAPT. C C BLACKNALL
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Kittrell's Springs, Granville County, North Carolina, on 11 June, 1861, was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company H Gaston Guards: CAPT. E M FAIRES
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Gaston County, North Carolina, on 12 June, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company I Granville Stars: CAPT. R AMIS
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Oak Hill, Granville County, North Carolina, on 17 June, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.
Company K Beattie's Ford Rifles/ Riflemen: CAPT. R D JOHNSTON
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Mount Welcome, Lincoln County, North Carolina, on 22 June, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Captain & Assistant Quartermaster W J Clark, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.

Sources

"Another company has been formed in Lincolnton, to march against the coercion army of Abe Lincoln. It has been called the Hog Hill Rangers, and organised by electing the following gentlemen as officers: G Seagle, Captain; T J Seagle, 1st Lieut; L Johnson, 2d Lieut; S Shuford, 3d Lieut."

Western Democrat (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina), 28 May, 1861 - More Volunteers

"This is a new volunteer Company recently formed in Granville County, commanded by Capt. Amis. Their ranks are filling up."

Raleigh Semi Weekly (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina), 12 June, 1861 - Dixie Landers

"This company, commanded by Capt. C. C. Blacknall, of Kittrell's Springs, makes the fifth or sixth company raised in granville county for the war. They are encamped at Henderson, drilling."

Raleigh Semi Weekly (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina), 12 June, 1861 - Dixie Guards

"The 'Granville Riflemen,' Captain Blacknall, numbered some 76 men, of strong muscle and healthy constitutions."

Newbern Weekly Progress (Newbern, Craven County, North Carolina), 18 June, 1861 - Kittrell's Springs, N. C., 7 June, 1861

"Among the arrivals here yesterday were Reuben Ragland, Petersburg; R. E. Dixon, A. R. Lamar, Ga. Graham Daves, N. C.; R. J. Capron, J. Wilson Hodges, Baltimore; Geo. Tyler, Caroline; Judge Walter Brooke, Vicksburg, Miss.; also a detachment of 13th N. C. State troops, Col. J. F. Hoke; several companies of South Carolina troops, and several hundred Texans, with long rifles."

Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia), 19 July, 1861 - Arrivals

"the Thirteenth Regiment N. C. Volunteers, Col. J. F. Hoke, late Adjutant General, struck their tents today, and took up their line of march for Virginia. Col. Hoke was elected last Wednesday, and today starts for the battlefield, showing that he intends to lose no time before confronting the enemy, and affording his men an opportunity of giving him another Bethel welcome."

Wilmington Journal (Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina), 25 July, 1861 - For Virginia

Books/ Manuscripts

Historical sketch of the Pee Dee Guards, (Co.D, 23d N. C. Regiment,) from 1861 to 1865, by H C Wall

The 23rd North Carolina Infantry, organised in 1861, as the 13th Regiment of Volunteers: Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume XXV, pp151-176, January-December, 1897, by H C Wall, News & Observer, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, 11 April, 1897

"On Wednesday, 17 July, Colonel Hoke, with seven companies of the regiment, left the 'Camp of Instruction' at Garysburg, N C, in freight cars for Richmond, Va. Companies C, D and H, were for the time being necessarily left behind on account of the prevalence of measles among the men."

Roster of North Carolina troops in the War Between the States during the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1865, Volume 1, by John W Moore

Register of North Carolina troops, 1861: Adjutant and General's Office, Raleigh, N. C., 1st November, 1861

Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-65 (1901), Volume 2, written by members of the respective commands and edited by Walter Clark

Notes

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was organised at Camp of Instruction, on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, one mile southwest of Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, on 10 July, 1861.

Note: The Granville Rifles/ Riflemen (76) was stationed at Kittrell's Springs, Granville County, North Carolina, on 7 June, 1861, and at Henderson, Granville County, North Carolina, on 12 June, 1861.

Rendezvous at Garysburg, 10 July, 1861

The Pee Dee Guards was ordered to proceed by the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad to Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, in the morning on 27 June, 1861, and arrived at Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, in the evening the same day. The company arrived by the Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, at 10 AM on 29 June, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad to Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, in the evening the same day. The Pee Dee Guards arrived by the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad at Camp of Instruction, on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, one mile southwest of Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, on 29 June, 1861.

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry (68), Company H, was ordered to proceed by the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad to Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, on 19 June, 1861.

Election of field officers, 13th North Carolina Infantry, 10 July, 1861: Brigadier General & Adjutant General J F Hoke, North Carolina Volunteer Militia, was appointed colonel, 13th North Carolina Infantry; J W Leak was appointed lieutenant colonel, 13th North Carolina Infantry; and Principal D H Christie, Henderson Military Institute, was appointed major, 13th North Carolina Infantry, on 10 July, 1861.

Mustered for one year, Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, 13 July, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was mustered in Confederate service for one year at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, by Brevet Major & Captain W J Clarke, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 13 July, 1861.

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies C, D, and H, under the command of Major D H Christie, had an outbreak of measles and were detained at Camp of Instruction, on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, one mile southwest of Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, on 17 July, 1861.

Garysburg to Richmond, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, & K, 17-18 July, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, under the command of Colonel J F Hoke, were ordered to proceed by the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 17 July, 1861, and arrived by the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad via Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, and Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, on 18 July, 1861.

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, were stationed at Rocketts Old Fields, southeast of Rocketts, two miles southeast of the Capitol, Capitol Hill, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, between 18 and 21 July, 1861.

Arrival at Manassas Junction, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, & K, 21 July, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, under the command of Colonel J F Hoke, were ordered to proceed by the Virginia Central Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.225, Paragraph VII, Headquarters, Virginia Forces, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, in the morning on 21 July, 1861, dated 18 July, 1861, and arrived by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, in the evening on 21 July, 1861.

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, were delayed at Rappahannock Station, Fauquier County,  Virginia, on 21 July, 1861.

Manassas Junction to J J Wilcoxen's Farm, 22 July, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, were ordered to J J Wilcoxen's farm, east of the junction of Union Mills and Hooe's Hill Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, on 22 July, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Wigfall, J J Wilcoxen's farm, east of the junction of Union Mills and Hooe's Hill Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, between 22 July and 24 August, 1861.

Organisation of Sixth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, 25 July, 1861: Colonel J A Early, 24th Virginia Infantry; 24th Virginia Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel P Hairston, Jr.; 5th North Carolina States Troops, Colonel D K McRae; 11th North Carolina Infantry, Colonel W W Kirkland; 13th North Carolina Infantry, Colonel J F Hoke

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was assigned to the Sixth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.169, Paragraph I, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 25 July, 1861.

Rendezvous at Butler's, three quarters of a mile north of Mitchell's Ford, on the Bull Run River, Brigadier General J Early, Confederate States Army, 26 July, 1861: Colonel J F Hoke, 13th North Carolina Infantry, were ordered to rendezvous with Brigadier General J Early, Confederate States Army, at Butler's, three quarters of a mile north of Mitchell's Ford, on the Bull Run River, by Special Orders No.173, Paragraph II, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 26 July, 1861 (See the 24th Virginia Infantry).

Camp of Instruction, on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, one mile southwest of Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina, to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, Companies C, D, & H, 5-6 August, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies C, D, and H, under the command of Major D H Christie, were ordered to proceed by the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 5 August, 1861, and arrived by the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad via Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina, and Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, on 6 August, 1861.

Arrival at Manassas Junction, Companies C, D, & H, 9 August, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies C, D, and H, under the command of Captain C J Cochrane, 13th North Carolina Infantry, Company C, were ordered to proceed by the Virginia Central Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.245, Paragraph I, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 8 August, 1861.

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies C, D, and H, under the command of Captain C J Cochrane, 13th North Carolina Infantry, Company C, arrived by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 9 August, 1861.

Manassas Junction to Wolf Run Shoals Ford, 24 August, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was ordered to Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, by Special Orders No.257, Paragraph II, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 24 August, 1861, dated 21 August, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Ellis, Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, between 24 August and 21 September, 1861.

Wolf Run Shoals Ford to Fairfax Station, 29 August, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was ordered to Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.280, Paragraph I, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, at 2 PM on 29 August, 1861, and was stationed at Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, between 29 August and 4 September, 1861.

Picket duty at Mason's Hill, west of the Columbia Turnpike, one & a quarter miles southwest of Bailey's Crossroads, & Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, 4-16 September, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was assigned to picket duty at Mason's Hill, west of the Columbia Turnpike, one and a quarter miles southwest of Bailey's Crossroads, Fairfax County, Virginia, between 6 and 10 September, 1861, and at Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, between 10 and 16 September, 1861.

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was ordered to Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, on 16 September, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Ellis, Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, between 16/17 and 21 September, 1861.

Wolf Run Shoals Ford to Old Ox Road & Sangster's/W Elzey's Crossroads, 21-26 September, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was stationed at the old Ox Road, two miles east of Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, between 21 and 26 September, 1861.

Old Ox Road, two miles east of Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, to Sangster's/ W Elzey's Crossroads, two miles south of Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, 26 September, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was ordered to Sangster's/ W Elzey's Crossroads, two miles south of Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 26 September, 1861.

Note: The 13th North Carolina Infantry arrived at Springfield Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 27 September, 1861, and arrived at Accotink Creek, on the Little River Turnpike, one and a quarter miles west of Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 28 September, 1861.

Picket duty at Accotink Creek, on the Little River Turnpike, one & a quarter miles west of Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, 28 September-1 October, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was assigned to picket duty at Accotink Creek, on the Little River Turnpike, one and a quarter miles west of Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, between 28 September and 1 October, 1861.

Sangster's/W Elzey's Crossroads to Fairfax Station, 2 October, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was stationed one mile southeast of Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 2 October, 1861.

Picket duty at Burke's Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, 2-16 October, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was assigned to picket duty at Burke's Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, between 2 and 16 October, 1861.

Withdrawal to Union Mills (Station), 16 October, 1861

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was ordered to Union Mills (Station), Fairfax County, Virginia, in the morning on 16 October, 1861, and was stationed one mile west of Union Mills (Station), Fairfax County, Virginia, on 17 October, 1861.

Redesignated 23rd North Carolina State Troops, 14 November, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was redesignated the 23rd North Carolina Troops on 14 November, 1861.

Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, 9 April, 1865: The 23rd North Carolina State Troops, under the command of Captain A D Peace, surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

North Carolina State Troops, 8 May, 1861: Ten regiments of North Carolina State Troops, numbering 1st to 10th, were organised to serve during the war on 8 May, 1861, and thirteen regiments of volunteers for twelve months service were authorised, numbering 1st to 8th and 10th to 14th on 10 May, 1861. Special Orders No.222, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 14 November, 1861, authorised the original ten regiments of state troops to keep their numbering and the volunteers to be redesignated and all units were subsequently known as North Carolina State Troops.

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was was assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia, under the command of Brigadier General J Early, Confederate States Army, by General Orders No.15, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 22 October, 1861.