35th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
35th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in November, 1861, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were raised in the counties of Mecklenburg, Onslow, McDowell, Moore, Chatham, Person, Union, Henderson, Wayne, and Catawba. After fighting at New Bern, the regiment was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General R. Ransom's and M.W. Ransom's Brigade. It participated in the difficult campaings of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg. Ordered back to North Carolina, it fought at Boon's Mill and Plymouth, then returned to Virginia in May, 1864. The 35th saw action at Drewry's Bluff, endured the hardships of the Petersburg siege south of the James River, and ended the war at Appomattox. This unit sustained 127 casualties at Malvern Hill, 25 in the Maryland Campaign, 29 at Fredericksburg, and 103 at Plymouth. Many were disabled at Saylor's Creek, and on April 9, 1865, it surrendered 5 officers and 111 men. The field officers were Colonels James T. Johnson, John G. Jones, Matthew W. Ransom, and James Sinclair; Lieutenant Colonels M.D. Craton, Oliver C. Petway, and Simon B. Taylor; and Majors John M. Kelly and Robert E. Petty.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
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Record of Events, Company K, 35th North Carolina Infantry
Mustered into service at Camp of Instruction near Raleigh October 29, 1861
Jamuary & February 1862, stationed at Camp Branch near Newbern
March & April 1862, stationed at Kingston, North Carolina
Those men that were sick at their quarters were paid at their quarters
November & December 1864, stationed at Petersburg, Virginia
January & February 1865, stationed in Trenches near Petersburg
The company has been doing duty in the trenches near Petersburg, Virginia during the months of January & February
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35th North Carolina Infantry, "A Captain's War: The Letters and Diaries of William H. S. Burgwyn, Thirty-fifth North Carolina Infantry," by William H.S. Burgwyn. Edited by Herbert M. Schiller. William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn (1845-1913), the son of a wealthy Southern planter of Welsh descent, joined the 35th North Carolina Infantry Regiment in 1861 at the tender age of 15 and served almost the four years' duration of the Civil War. He participated in numerous battles, including Antietam and Cold Harbor, and finished the war in a federal prison camp. Burgwyn eventually attained the rank of captain, and his writings are a day-to-day record of Confederate Army life that was occasionally exciting, often tedious, and seldom easy. Dr. Herbert Schiller, author of the acclaimed Bermuda Hundred Campaign, has incorporated the surviving four of six diaries, which are currently housed in the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, with extant Burgwyn family letters. His account illustrates the Civil War's impact on an individual, a generation, and society at large. Interspersed throughout the text are contemporary photographs and maps that enhance Schiller's thoughtful presentation. While the diary entries are terse, the letters are much more detailed and emotional in their descriptions of battles, fortifications, and even social events. Burgwyn's youthful zest is engaging, and his candid depiction of military endeavors in letters home reveals a complete lack of censorship unknown in the 20th century. The familiar concerns and devotion exhibited will evoke the reader's sympathy. He reveals many mundane aspects of the war that are generally lost in the great narrative histories and film documentaries which exude drama above all else but tend to compress events into compact formats. Schiller's work does not supersede such epics, nor should it, but it does provide some much-needed balance and alternative perspective. Schiller should be congratulated for his concise introduction and precise organizational efforts, which permit Captain Burgwyn to speak to us in his own words without the imposition of a historian's often turgid and anachronistic prose. A Captain's War is highly recommended for Civil War scholars and enthusiasts. (Reviewed by William Hohn Shepherd). 190 page 1994 release costs $25.00.
http://www.mosocco.com/northcarolina.html
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The US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. list the following documents in their bibliography for the unit:
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35th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Burgwyn, William H.S. A Captain's War: The Letters and Diaries of...1861-1865. [Ed. by Herbert M. Schiller]. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane, 1994. 186 p. E605B86.
_____. W.H.S. Burgwyn Diaries. 1 microfilm reel. E605B862.1862.
_____. W.H.S. Burgwyn Papers. 1 microfilm reel. E605B863.1861.
Clark, Walter, ed. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War, l86l '65.... Vol. 2. Wendell, NC: Broadfoot, 1982. pp. 591 628 (20 photocopied pages). E573.4H57.1982v2. (Unit history and roster of officers).
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref.
See p. 231 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Kimball, William J. "From Malvern Hill to Five Forks: Ransom's North Carolina Brigade Served the Confederacy Bravely." CW Times Illus (May 1962): pp. 45 47 (3 photocopied pages). Per.
Manarin, Louis H. & Jordan, Weymouth, T., comps. North Carolina Troops, l86l l865: A Roster. Vol. 9. Raleigh, NC: Office of Arch & Hist, 1983. E573.3M3v9. See pp. 354 58 (5 photocopied pages) for a brief history of the regiment. Subsequent pages contain a unit roster.
Moore, John W. Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States. Vol. 2. Raleigh, NC: Ashe & Gatling, 1882. pp. 674 710 (19 photocopied pages). E573.3N87v2. (Unit roster).
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 134 36 (2 photocopied pages). E573S53.