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Confederate Regiment

49th North Carolina Infantry

Organized: Garysburg, NC; mustered in 3/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Courthouse, VA 4/9/1865
Commanding Officer:
  LCol. L. M. McAfee
Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: not known
  Killed in Action (KIA): 16
  Wounded (WIA): 61

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods
   Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #360: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
   Tablet #362: Ransom's Brigade, Walker's Division - 16 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #374: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Walker's Division
  Brigade - Ransom's Brigade



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History of the Unit:
The regiment was recruited from the North Carolina counties of McDowell, Cleveland, Iredell, Moore, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Catawba, and Lincoln in the Spring of 1862. They served in the Army of Northern Virginia, fighting on the Peninsula, 2nd Manassas, and Maryland Campaigns.

The remainder of the War:
They were at Fredericksburg in December, then in North Carolina around New Bern. They were at Drewery's Bluff and Cold Harbor (May and June 1864) , in the trenches at Petersburg (1864-5), and at Appomattox.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Source: Crute, Joseph H. Jr., Units of the Confederate States Army, Midlothian, Virginia: Derwent Books, 1987.

We have 7 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
ALtFleming, James GreenleaKIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
FPvtNeal, Larin M.Died   00/00
HPvtCarson, Edward W.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtSimpson, Evon Died   00/00     We have some details for this person
KPvtStogner, Holden Died   00/00     We have some details for this person
F&SLColMcAfee, Leroy (Lee) Magum        We have some details for this person
UnkLtFlemming, J. G.Died   00/00     We have some details for this person

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