3rd Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery

Historical Notes:
The 3rd Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery was organized near Raleigh, North Carolina, in February, 1862, contained three companies. Most of Batteries B and C were captured at Fort Fisher. Battery A participated in the Battle of Bentonville. It surrendered on April 26, 1865. Officers:
Major: Moore, John Wheeler Assignments:
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
Defense of Cape Fear
Defense of Fort Fisher
Defense of Fort Campbell
Defense of Wilmington.
Defense of Savannah
Battle of Bentonville, NC
Battles:
Cape Fear, NC
Fort Fisher, NC
Fort Campbell, NC
Wilmington, NC
Savannah, GA
Bentonville, NC
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 646 men.

Company A - "Northampton Artillery" - mostly from Northampton County - See the roster in North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, page 337-346.

Company B - "Edenton Bell Battery" - mostly from Chowan County - See the roster in North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, page 346-358.

Company C - "North Carolina Artillery" - mostly from Hertford County - See the roster in North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, page 358-371.

Company C (2nd) (Sutton's Battery), Capt. John M. Sutton

Company D - It is not possible to reconstruct a roster of Company D. Company D disbanded and the men transferred to Company A, then transferred to Company C.

Company E - Mostly from Bertie County - All surviving company muster rolls appear under designation of Company G, 32nd Regiment North Carolina Troops.
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.

Brock, R. A. The Appomattox Roster. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.
Originally published as Volume 15 of the Southern Historical Society Papers in 1887 by The Society, Richmond, VA. This book contains 56,000 names of men who surrendered at Appomattox. It shows the mans unit of service and some additional notes.
U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.



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