Confederate Regiment

46th North Carolina Infantry

Organized: Raleigh, NC; mustered in 3/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Court House, VA 4/9/1865

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Col. Edward D. Hall
Lt. Col. William A. Jenkins

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

Unit history

"The 46th NC Infantry was organized in March 1862, near Raleigh at camp Mangum. The recruits came from Burke, Catawba, Granville, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rowan and Sampson counties. It was active with the ANV from Seven Days to Fredericksburg. It was stationed in Pacataligo, SC until June 1863. The 46th returned to Virginia and participated in Bristoe, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. The 46th served throughout Petersburg and surrendered at Appomattox with 15 officers and 102 men."
(from Crute)

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

Part of Walker's Brigade (Col. Manning), the regiment saw severe combat in and near the West Woods on the morning of 17 September. Their commander, Colonel Hall, became Brigade commander after Col Manning was wounded in action. Lt Col Jenkins then took command of the regiment.

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods (9am-noon)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #360: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #367: Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division - 16 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #388: Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 11 AM
Tablet #374: Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

References & Notes

Source - Crute, Joseph H. Jr., Units of the Confederate States Army, Midlothian (Virginia): Derwent Books, 1987 - extracted online by Harry Smeltzer on the GDG in July 2003 [archived post gone after 5/2004].

We have 52 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Killehan, Duncan	KIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Phillips, Levi L.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Phillips, Rhodes	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Phillips, William	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Smith, Joseph T.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bost, John J.	MIA (n) 09/07
B	Pvt	Eagle, David	MIA (r) 09/07
B	Lt	Fleming, Nathan Neely	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Mayhew, William Newton	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Pearson, James	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Waggoner, C. A.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Jones, Samuel	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McMillan, Duncan	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Scholl, Francis Valentine
E	Pvt	Day, James W.	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Goss, William	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mangum, Walter	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mangum, Willie P.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	O'Brian, Jr., Zach H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Wheeler, John T.	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Craven, Jeremiah Field	MIA (r) 09/16
F	Pvt	Garrell, Sidney	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Weir, Samuel Park	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Brooks, M. V.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Brooks, Thomas	WIA 09/17
G	Capt	Carr, Obed William
G	Pvt	Cox, D. H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Gordy, J. W. Hogen
G	Pvt	Gordy, Moses	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Hoyle, P. F.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hunt, Leonard	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Johnson, J. O.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Kinley, Z.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Russell, T. C.	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Stinson, Robert Wiley	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Troy, Robert Preston	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Whitney, J. H.	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Bardue, Alexander S.	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Ezzell, James E.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Jordan, Charles E.	POW 09/17
K	Corp	Bollinger, William Pinkney	Died (a) 09/19
K	Pvt	Finger, D. F.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Frye, John A.D.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Gault, J. N.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hewitt, J. L.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Kistler, J. L.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Rink, Christian Rietzel	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Setzer, W. S.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Shrouse, Joseph	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Sigman, Reuben	MWIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Hall, Edward Dudley
F&S	LCol	Jenkins, William Alexander

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