George Martin
Joseph G. Copeland
Enlisted as a Corporal
"E" Co. NC 1st Infantry
NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS.
1st REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Authorized by Gen. Burnside May, 1862. Organized June 27, 1862. Attached to Dept.
of North Carolina, Unassigned, to December, 1862. Unattached, 18th Army Corps, Dept,
of North Carolina, to January, 1863. Unattached, 5th Division, 18th Army Corps, to
July, 1863. District of the Pamlico, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
Sub-District Beaufort, N, C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865.
Sub-District, Beaufort, N. C., Dept. North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Attack on Washington, N. C., September 6, 1862. Operations at and about Shiloh
September 17-20. Attack on Plymouth, N. C., December 10 (Co. "C"). Expedition from
New Berne to Swan Quarters March 1, 1863 (Co. "G"). Fairfield March 3. Swan Quarter
March 4. Winfield March 23. Siege of Washington March 30-April 20 (Co. "B"). Rodman
Point March 30. Nixonton April 6 (Co. "D"). Raid from New Berne on Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad July 3-7. Expedition from New Berne to Tarboro and Rocky Mount July 1824.
Tarboro and Sparta July 20. Street's Ferry July 21. Scupperton July 22. Reconnaissance
on Greenville Road November 10. Near Greenville November 25 and December 30. Evacuation
of Washington, N. C., April 26, 1864. At New Berne, Beaufort and Morehead City till
July, 1865. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21 (Co. "L"). Battle of Wise's
Forks March 810. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21.
Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Frederick A. Dyer "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" vol. 3
See also: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncuv/intro.htm
http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/USnm-nc.html#NC-Inf