"How can I find out exactly where CO. D was in 22,23 Oct 1861"
The best I can come up with would be in the vicinity of Garysburg, NC. The documents listed below may contain the location. There is also the possibility that his father could have had his body returned home for burial, or he may have died at home.
John W. Porter
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 7/22/1861 at Forsyth County, GA as a Private.
On 7/22/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. NC 2nd Infantry
He died of disease on 10/22/1861
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
Regiment was assigned to the Department of Henrico Nov./Dec. 1861
July 22 - Oct. 31, 1861 Muster roll, John W. Porter, deceased, died Oct 22, 1861,
His father Philip P. Porter, Forsyth County, State of Georgia, filed claim for his pay & allowances due
On the 12th of December, the Battalion was ordered to Wilmington, N. C. near which place it remained until the 1st of February, where it was ordered to Roanoke Island, N. C.
Record of Events, Company D
July 22 to October 31, 1861, stationed at Camp of Instruction
Nov. & Dec.,1861, stationed at Camp Belvidine, near Wilmington, NC
The 2nd Infantry Battalion was formed at Garysburg, North Carolina, during the fall of 1861. Five companies were from Madison, Stokes, Randolph, Surry, and Forsyth counties, one from Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and two from Pike and Meriwether counties, Georgia.
http://www.researchonline.net/nccw/unit15.htm
Organized on Nov. 1, 1861
[http://thomaslegion.net/2ndnorthcarolinainfantrybattalionstatistics.html]
See also: http://thomaslegion.net/2nd.html
The following lists documents on the regiment found at the U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
U.S. Army Military History Institute
Historical Services Division
2 Aug 05
2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion
Bahnson, Charles F. Bright and Gloomy Days: The Civil War Correspondence of Captain…a Moravian
Confederate. [Ed by Sarah Bahnson Chapman] Knoxville, TN: U TN, 2003. 250 p. E605B16.
Clark, Walter, ed. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great
War, l86l '65.... Vol. 4. Wendell, NC: Broadfoot, 1982. pp. 243 60 (10 photocopied pages). E573.4H57.1982v4. (Unit history and roster of officers).
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987.
Ref. See pp. 212 13 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the battalion's service.
Green, Wharton J. Recollections and Reflections: An Auto of Half a Century and More. Raleigh, NC:
Edwards & Broughton, 1906. 349 p. CT275G763A3.
Manarin, Louis H. comp. North Carolina Troops, 1861 1865: A Roster. Vol. 3. Raleigh, NC: Office of
Arch & Hist, 1971. E573.3M3v3. See pp. 259 64 (6 photocopied pages) for a brief history of the battalion. Subsequent pages contain a unit roster.
Moore, John W. Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States. Vol. 4. Raleigh, NC: Ashe & Gatling, 1882. pp. 217 30 (8 photocopied pages). E573.3N87v4. (Unit roster).
Norman, William M. A Portion of My Life: Being a Short & Imperfect History Written While a Prisoner of War on Johnson’s Island, 1864. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 1959. 242 p. E605N77.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina. NY: Facts on File, 1992.
pp. 81 82 (2 photocopied pages). E573S53. (Unit org