Category: 5th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army, American Revolution

Categories: North Carolina Line, American Revolution | Battle of Brandywine Creek | Battle of Germantown | Battle of Monmouth | Capture of Savannah | Siege of Charleston

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5th North Carolina Regiment

Active: 1776-1783
Allegiance: Continental Congress of the United States
Type: Infantry
Part of: North Carolina Line. See Wikipedia: 5th North Carolina Regiment.


Commanders

Maj. Gen. Robert Howe
Brigadier Generals:
  • James Hogun
  • James Moore
  • Francis Nash
  • Jethro Sumner

Battles

  • Battle of Brandywine
  • Battle of Germantown
  • Battle of Monmouth
  • Siege of Savannah
  • Siege of Charleston

Timeline

  • 26 Mar 1776: assigned to Continental Army in Southern Department
  • Spring 1776: Organized at Wilmington, NC, eight companies of volunteers from the North Carolina districts of New Bern, Edenton, and Hillsborough
  • 05 Feb 1777: assigned to main Continental Army
  • 08 Jul 1777: assigned to North Carolina Brigade
  • 01 Jun 1778 Valley Forge, PA: regiment reduced to a cadre, assigned to the Southern Department
  • fall 1778 Halifax: re-organized into nine (9) companies
  • 11 Jan 1779: assigned to Sumner's Brigade
  • 03 Jun 1779: Sumner's Brigade redesignated as "Armstrong's Brigade"
  • 12 May 1780 Charlestown, SC: British Army captures regiment
  • 01 Jan 1781: officially disbanded

See The American Revolution in North Carolina.


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Person Profiles (21)

A

abt 1759 Pitt, North Carolina - abt 1815 photo

B

Dec 1762 Bertie Co. NC - 30 Oct 1833 photo
1742 Saint Christopher, West Indies - May 1778

C

07 Sep 1760 North Carolina - 16 Mar 1839
29 May 1761 Bucks, Pennsylvania - 11 Mar 1838
Aug 1741 Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina - 25 Dec 1792
27 Nov 1752 Duplin County, North Carolina - 14 Dec 1821

G

abt 1759 - aft 1832

G cont.

abt 1753 Rockingham, North Carolina - 1823

H

1756 Pitt, Colony of North Carolina - 18 Aug 1827
1757 Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina - aft 1836
abt 1750 North Carolina Colony - abt 1787
27 Aug 1758 Bertie, North Carolina - 07 Jan 1834

M

1759 Elrig, Wigtownshire, Scotland - 03 Oct 1824

R

22 Feb 1756 Bertie, North Carolina - 04 Feb 1837

S

1732 Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia - abt 1790

T

abt 1755 Johnston County, North Carolina - 27 Aug 1840
1760 Johnson Co, North Carolina - 27 Feb 1845

W

1757 North Carolina - 26 May 1837
25 Jan 1758 Craven, North Carolina - 30 Nov 1841
1750 Isle of Wight, Virginia - 11 Apr 1812 photo




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