52nd Regiment North Carolina Troops

Descendants Association

(At Petersburg - Hill's Third Corps, Heth's Division, MacRae's Brigade)

 

The 52nd Regiment, North Carolina Troops completed its organization at Camp Mangum near Raleigh, North Carolina in April of 1862. Its soldiers were raised in the counties of Cabarrus, Randolph, Gates, Chowan, Stokes, Richmond, Wilkes, Lincoln, Stanly, and Forsyth. The regiment fought at Goldsboro, then moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals' Pettigrew, Kirkland, and MacRae. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg, had 2 killed and 25 wounded in the fight at Bristoe, and surrendered with only 6 officers and 60 men. Its commanders were Colonels James K. Marshall and Marcus A. Parks, Lieutenant Colonels Eric Erson and Benjamin F. Little, and Major John Q. Richardson.

 

Soldier's Notes

 

52nd Regiment North Carolina Troops

Descendants Roll Call

 

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