66th Infantry Regiment, New Hanover County NCGenWeb


	66th Infantry Regiment The 66th Infantry Regiment was organized at Kinston, North Carolina, in October, 1862, by consolidating the 8th North Carolina Battalion Partisan Rangers and the 13th North Carolina Infantry Battalion. The men were from the counties of Orange, Nash, Franklin, Wayne, Lenoir, Carteret, Jones, Duplin, and New Hanover. The unit was stationed at Wilmington, then in May 1864, moved to Virginia. Attached to General J.G. Martin's and Kirkland's Brigade, it fought at Cold Harbor, was placed in the trenches of Petersburg, and saw action at Bentonville. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The 66th Regiment was comprised of 10 companies. Companies A-I represented various other counties including Orange, Nash, Franklin, Wayne, Lenoir, Carteret, Jones, Duplin, and Onslow. Company K was mostly from Wayne and New Hanover counties. Company K Roster Officers Wm C Freeman, Captain John P Sykes, Captain E F Gilbert, 1st Lieutenant Alvin Bagley, 1st Lieutenant Wm R Privett, 2nd Lieutenant John J Massey, 1st Lieutenant D J Knowles, 2nd Lieutenant Non-Commissioned Officers O L Jackson, 1st Sgt B F Stancill, 2nd Sgt C C Stancil, 3rd Sgt John J Massey, 4th Sgt (Promoted to 1st Lt) Edwin Barnes, 5th Sgt T W Ellis, 1st Corporal J P Garris, 2nd Corporal B F Whitley, 3rd Corporal J G Rowe, 4th Corporal Privates Anderson, Henry Bailey, Redden Bradley, Levi Bailey, Alfred Bailey, John W Bailey, W W Barnes, Clinton Bryant, R C Bagley, Ezekiel Brown, Richard Brock, David Byrd, Benjamin K Boswell, J A Boswell, J T Bradley, Benjamin Barrington, J J Bailey, Alvin Bland, W W Croft, Thomas Creech, Larkin Creech, D H Creech, Thomas Creech, Thomas Creech, Josiah Comish, Wiley Cox, James W Croom, Wm H Crawford, J H Crawford L H Capps, William Capps, John Dickson, Everett Evans, J D Evans, Elisha Edwards, James Ellison, Charles Ellis, A J Florey, James Farmer, Moses Farmer, P R Glisson, Bryant Huggins, C W Hughes, Joseph Hamilton, B B Hill, W F Hill, George Howell, Jethro Hemant, Claudius Howell, Henry Hines, Christopher Hines, Thomas Ingram, S S Johnson, J W Johnson, M T Jones, W D Jackson, Wm Jackson, O L Jennett, J G Knowles, D J King, James Langston, Littleton Lane, John Lane, David Lane, J M Lane, John W Lamb, Thomas Lamb, Jonas Lewis, David McLorem,H W Millard, James Millard, Bennett Mathis, Nowell Mathis, Wells Massey, West Massey, W C Massey, B G Massey, Wm Massey, D F Merritt, L L Newell, Dempsey Oldham, Nathan Oliver, Wesley Oliver, T T Oliver, W B Oliver, H N Oliver, A W Price, James Parker, Wiley Sr Parker, Willie Jr Parker, George Pate, Van H Pittman, D J Price, N G Rogers, W W Roberts, N W Ruffin, A G Rowe, J G Stallings, J T Stancil, W B Smith, John Sellers, D A Stanly, D K Sasser, William Stallings, W H Stallings, J J Spencer, W J Taylor, Levi Turner, Hilliard Tomlinson, R H Tomlinson, W H Wright, Willie B Winborn, David Williamson, E E Whittey, J T Waller, Willis Wiggs, Nathan Waters, Benjamin F Woodard, Joseph Woodard, D D Woodard, Richard Wellons, Erastus Links History of 66th Regiment NC Troops

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