North Carolina 10th Heavy Artillery Battalion

Historical Notes:
The North Carolina 10th Artillery Battalion [also called 2nd Battalion Heavy Artillery] was organized during the spring of 1862 at Wilmington, North Carolina, with three companies, later increased to four. The unit served at Fort Caswell and Wilmington, then in December, 1 864, was active in the defense of Savannah. Later it saw action in the North Carolina Campaign as infantry and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Officers:

Major Wilton L. Young

Assignments:

Fort Caswell

Wilmington

Defense of Savannah

North Carolina Campaign

Battles:

Defense of Wilmington Harbor, N.C.

Fort Caswell

New Brunswick, N.C.

Charleston and James Islands Battery No. 2

Battle of Bentonville, N.C. - March 19, 1865

Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 988 men.

Company A - "Lewis' Battery" - from Davidson County

Company B - "Black River Tigers" - from Harnett County

Company C - "Monroe Heavy Artillery" - organized and mustered in at Salisbury, Rowan County

Company D - "Wheeler Battery" - mustered in at Wilmington, New Hanover County

Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.