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Confederate Regiment

25th North Carolina Infantry

Organized: Asheville, NC; mustered in 8/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Courthouse, VA 4/9/1865

 

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  Col. H. M. Rutledge

 

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


Unit history

The unit was recruited from Henderson, Jackson, Haywood, Cherokee, Transylvania, Clay, Macon, and Buncombe Counties, NC. It served in the Carolinas until June 1862, when it began service in Virginia with the ANV, Ransom's Brigade. It fought at the Seven Days battles and at 2nd Manassas.

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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

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

After Fredericksburg, the Regiment served in the Carolinas then on the Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns.

References & Notes

Source: Crute, Joseph H. Jr., Units of the Confederate States Army, Midlothian, Virginia: Derwent Books, 1987.

We have 5 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
CPvtPharr, Joseph A.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtOwenby, John S.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtBurdett, Reuben W.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtLance, James P.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SColRutledge, Henry Middleton        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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