Captain Marcus A. Parks, of Company F, having been promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment, all of the officers of this company were advanced one grade, and Sergeant Joseph G. Hall was promoted to the Second Lieutenancy to fill the vacancy. |
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1862 |
Upon the completion of the organization of the regiment, it was
assigned to Brigadier-General J.G. Martin's Brigade. About 1 June the regiment was moved from the camp of instruction by rail to a point in Lenoir county on the railroad, near where the village of LaGrange now stands, and went into camp. |
1862 to 24 JUN |
We named this encampment "Camp Black Jack," and here we remained about a week or ten days, engaged in drilling and performing other camp duties. At the expiration of that time the command was moved nearer Kinston, where we had more suitable ground, and this encampment was called "Camp Johnston," at which point the regiment remained, drilling daily, until the 16th, when it was ordered to do picket duty about five miles below Kinston. The writer and a Lieutenant being detailed to remain at camp and care for the sick (of whom there were quite a number at that time, suffering with measles and colds), and guard the camp, did not participate in this, the first duty performed by the regiment in the field. The regiment continued in the discharge of this duty until relieved by other troops on the 24th, when it returned to camp and resumed its regular routine duties, with daily drillings of the officers as well as the men. |
1862 to 14 JUL |
On the afternoon of 30 June, orders were received to cook all
the rations on hand and be ready to move at an hour's notice,
whereupon all was hustle in the camp and the orders were promptly
complied with. The regiment moved late in the afternoon, taking
the cars to Kinston, and thence marching about five miles below
the town on the road leading to New Bern, to meet a column of the
enemy advancing in our direction. Night coming on, the regiment
bivouacked by the roadside, but the enemy, having received
information of our movements, retraced his steps in the direction
of New Bern, and, in consequence, General Martin sent a courier during the night to Colonel Marshall, ordering him to return to camp; accordingly the regiment began its march early next morning and reached camp in the forenoon of 1 July. Resting this day, we resumed our drillings on the 2d and continued our routine work until the afternoon of the 5th, when orders were received to cook three days' rations and be ready to move at a moment's notice. These orders having been promptly and cheerfully complied with, we were kept in suspense until Tuesday evening, the 8th, when we boarded the train for the half-way station on the Petersburg & Richmond Railroad, reaching that point about daylight Friday morning, the 11th, having been delayed en route by an express train derailed on the track ahead of us Tuesday night, and awaited transportation at Petersburg. We camped temporarily at that point until the 14th, on which date we marched to Drewry's Bluff, going regularly into camp at this place, and naming our encampment "Camp Campbell." Here we engaged in work upon fortifications, drilling and the various duties of the camp. |
1862 to 20 AUG |
Captain James F. Foulkes, of Company B, having resigned in order to accept his commission as Surgeon of the regiment, on 2 July the officers of this company were each promoted one grade and on 21 July, Sergeant Lindsay C. Hardister was promoted to Second
Lieutenant. The regiment continued at this camp until the
morning of 20 August, when we broke camp at daylight and marched
to Petersburg, Va., to await orders. Here we went into camp
about two miles east of the city and called this encampment "Camp
French." |
1862 to 28 OCT |
On 22 August, Lieutenant Lindsay C. Hardister, of Company B, died in his tent at Camp Campbell, after an illness of a few days. About the 26th, the regiment was transferred to General J. Johnston Pettigrew's Brigade. On the 28th Captain Joseph B. Shelton, of Company G, resigned, and the officers of this company were promoted one grade, and Corporal R.B.B. Houston was promoted to Second Lieutenant of this company. On 28 October, James W. Huske was transferred from Captain James McNeill's company of
cavalry to Company B, and promoted to Second Lieutenant to fill
a vacancy caused by the death of Lieutenant Hardister. |
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