58th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, United States Civil War
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Surnames/tags: North_Carolina US_Civil_War
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Overview
The 58th Infantry Regiment was organized in Mitchell County, North Carolina, in July, 1862. Its twelve companies were recruited in the counties of Mitchell, Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, McDowell, and Ashe. In September it moved to Cumberland Gap and spent the winter of 1862-1863 at Big Creek Gap, near Jacksboro, Tennessee. During the war it was assigned to Kelly's, Reynolds', Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade. The 58th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, guarded prisoners at Columbia, Tennessee, during Hood's operations, then moved to South Carolina and skirmished along the Edisto River. Later it returned to North Carolina and saw action at Bentonville. It lost 46 killed and 114 wounded at Chickamauga, totalled 327 men and 186 arms in December, 1863, and took about 300 effectives to Bentonville. The unit was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865.[1]
Officers
Field and Staff[2]
- John B. Palmer, Colonel
- Thomas J. Dula, Major, Lieutenant Colonel
- John C. Keener, Major, Lieutenant Colonel
- Edmund Kirby, Lieutenant Colonel
- William W. Proffitt, Lieutenant Colonel
- Samuel M. Silver, Lieutenant Colonel
- Alfred T. Stewart, Major
- B. T. Perry, Adjutant
- Edmund Kreley, Adjutant
- E. J. Bearden, AQM
- W. H. Harris, Surgeon
- W. A. Collett, Surgeon
- T. J. Mitchell, Assistant Surgeon
- Q. M. Lewis, Assistant Surgeon
- Alonzo or Lorenzo White, Assistant Surgeon
- John W. Robey, Chaplain
- Harrison Herndon, Sergeant Major
- L. D. Cuffey, Sergeant Major
- James Conley, QM Sergeant
- John W. Meadows, QM Sergeant
- John A. Hensley, Ordnance Sergeant
- H. Esleg, Drum-Major
- John C. Blair, Chief Musician
- James M. Riddle, Hospital Steward
Company A, Captain Martin Wiseman's Company, was organized on June 10, 1862 in Mitchell County, North Carolina. After Wiseman's 1862 resignation, the captaincy of Company A passed to F. A. Tobey.
Company B, Captain Jacob W. Bowman's Company, was organized on May 17, 1862 in Yancey County, North Carolina. Bowman's resignation of 1862 passed the company command to Isaac H. Bailey, who was severely wounded at Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.
Company C, Captain J. P. Horton's Company, was organized on May 29, 1862 in Yancey County, North Carolina. Horton resigned in 1862 and was followed by S. B. Briggs.
Company D, Captain D. C. Harmon's Company, was organized on June 27, 1862 in Watauga County, North Carolina. Harmon, like his previous four peers, resigned in 1862 and was succeeded by Benjamin Franklin Baird.
Company E, Captain Alfred T. Stewart's Company, was organized on July 29, 1862 in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Stewart was promoted to Major opening the command of the company. Thomas J. Coffey was chosen for the vacancy.
Company F, Captain W. Conley's Company, was organized on July 14, 1863 in McDowell County, North Carolina. Conley died in November 1862 and was followed by C. O. Conley, who served until he was killed in action at New Hope Church, Georgia in June 1864. C. O. Conley was succeeded by H. C. Long.
Company G, Captain Jonathan L. Phillips' Company, was organized on July 11, 1862 in Yancey County, North Carolina. When Phillips was wounded and permanently disabled at Chickamauga on September 20, 1863, John R. Norris was promoted to fill the vacancy.
Company H, Captain Thomas Dula's Company, was organized on March 15, 1862 in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Dula was promoted to Major and was succeeded by George Washington Finley Harper, regimental historian. Harper was promoted to Major in November 1864 and was succeeded by L. W. Gilbert.
Company I, Captain John A. Miller's Company, was organized on July 15, 1862 in Watauga County, North Carolina. Miller was followed by William R. Hodges and J. C. McGhee in the captaincy of
Company I.
Company K, Captain S. M. Silver's Company, was organized on May 17, 1862 in Mitchell County, North Carolina. When S. M. Silver was promoted to Major he was succeeded by D. R. Silver in command of the company.
Company L, Captain W. Gentry's Company, was organized on July 20, 1862 in Ashe County, North Carolina. Gentry was succeeded by Calvin Eller and L. Hurley.
Company M, Captain J. L. Phillips' Company was organized on September 26, 1862 in Watauga and Ashe County, North Carolina. This company merged with Company G in 1863.
Battles
The 58th was engaged in the following battles, which are listed in chronological order:
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| Civil War Battles in North Carolina |
- Category:Battle of Chickamauga on September 18–20, 1863 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863 in Tennessee
- 1st or 2nd Battle of Dalton in Georgia on February 22, 1864–February 27, 1864 or August 14, 1864–August 15, 1864 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of Rocky Face Ridge on May 7, 1864–May 13, 1864 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of Resaca on May 13, 1864–May 15, 1864 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of New Hope Church on May 25–26, 1864 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of Dallas on May 26, 1864–June 1, 1864 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of Kolb's Farm on June 22, 1864 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864 in Georgia
- Category:Battle of Columbia on November 24, 1864 – November 29, 1864 in Tennessee
- Category:Battle for Broxton Bridge on February 2, 1865 in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Category:Battle of Bentonville on March 19 – 21, 1865 in North Carolina
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| Battles of the American Civil War |
Delap Cemetery
Delap Cemetery is a Civil War cemetery located on Delap Lane (off Ellison Road) in Campbell County, Tennessee. It contains the graves of approximately 124 Confederate soldiers who died while camped near the base of Pine Mountain in the Jacksboro, Tennessee, area.
The soldiers included members of North Carolina's 58th Regiment of the Confederate Army. The regiment had been formed at Camp Martin in Mitchell County, North Carolina. They had traveled from Cumberland Gap to Jacksboro, and were assigned to guard Big Creek Gap. There were approximately 1,000 soldiers camped at Jacksboro. In addition to North Carolina, there were soldiers from Tennessee and Alabama.
Other North Carolina Units
See Space:North Carolina Units, Confederate States of America for other North Carolina Confederate units.
Sources
- 58th Regiment, National Park Service
- Sketch of the the fifty-eighth regiment (infantry) North Carolina troops, by Harper, G. W. F. (George Washington Finley), 1834-1921, Publication date 1901
- History of the 58th, Jeffrey Craig Weaver, 1995, 1997, Arlington, Virginia
- Battle Flag of the 58th Regiment, Link
- Burials at Delap Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee, Link
- Roster of Troops, Link
- FamilySearch.com, Search, North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Sons of Confederate Veterans Confederate Graves Registry Search
- North Carolina Digital Collection, 1901 Confederate Widows Applications, Browse
- Obituaries of North Carolina Soldiers in Newspapers, Browse
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