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Re: Capt. William T. Marsh, 4th N.C. Infantry

William T. Marsh
Regiment Name 4th North Carolina Infantry
Side Confederate
Company I
Soldier's Rank_In Captain
Soldier's Rank_Out Captain
Film Number M230 roll 25

4th Infantry Regiment State Troops completed its organization in May, 1862, at Camp Hill, near Garysburg, North Carolina. It recruited its members in Iredell, Rowan, Wayne, Beaufort, Wilson, and Davie counties. Ordered to Virginia, the unit served in General Featherston's, G.B. Anderson's, Ramseur's, and Cox's Brigade. It was active at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and the Seven Days' Battles, then shared in the campaigns of the army from South Mountain to Cold Harbor. Later the 4th was involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 77 killed, 241 wounded, and 6 missing of the 678 engaged at Seven Pines, sustained 58 casualties during the Maryland Campaign, and had 45 killed and 110 wounded at Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg the unit lost thirty-one percent of the 196 engaged, and 18 were disabled at Bristoe. The records show 8 officers and 101 men present on April 9, 1865. Its field officers were Colonels George B. Anderson, Bryan Grimes, Edwin A. Osborne, and James H. Wood; Lieutenant Colonels David M. Carter and John A. Young; and Majors Edward S. Marsh and Absalom K. Simonton.

Also in the unit:

A.W. Maesh, Pvt, Co A
Edward M. Marsh, Entered as 1st Sgt, Out as Capt, Co I - also shown as Eward S. Marsh nd Edward T. Marsh
J.C. Marsh, Pvt, Co A
James B. Marsh, Pvt, Co A, aka James W. Marsh

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