Hill's Third Corps, Heth's Division, MacRae's Brigade
The 44th Regiment of North Carolina Troops completed its organization in March of 1862 at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Granville, Edgecombe, Pitt, Chatham, Montgomery, Beaufort, and Franklin. The regiment initially served in the Department of North Carolina.
Thereafter, the regiment was assigned to the brigades of Pettigrew, Kirkland, and MacRae in the Army of Northern Virginia. En route to Gettysburg, the 44th North Carolina stayed at Hanover Junction to guard the railroads. They fought at Bristoe, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, the Petersburg Campaign south of the James River and the final Appomattox Campaign.
The 44th North Carolina suffered 23 killed and 63 wounded at Bristoe, sustained heavy losses at The Wilderness and in front of Petersburg, and surrendered 8 officers and 74 men on April 9, 1865.
Regimental commanders were Colonels G.B. Singeltary and T.C. Singeltary; Lieutenant Colonels Richard C. Cotton, Elisha Cromwell, and Tazewell L. Hargrove, and Major Charles M. Stedman.
