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August 28-29, 1861 Hatteras Inlet Batteries / Fort Clark / Fort Hatteras February 7-8, 1862 Roanoke Island / Fort Huger March 14, 1862 New Berne March 23-April 26, 1862 Fort Macon April 19, 1862 South Mills / Camden June 5, 1862 Tranter's Creek December 14, 1862 Kinston December 16, 1862 White Hall / Whitehall / White Hall Ferry December 17, 1862 Goldsborough Bridge March 13-15, 1863 Fort Anderson / Deep Gully March 30-April 20, 1863 Washington April 17-20, 1864 Plymouth May 5, 1864 Albemarle Sound December 7-27, 1864 Fort Fisher January 13-15, 1865 Fort Fisher February 12-22, 1865 Wilmington / Forks Road / Sugar Loaf Hill March 7-10, 1865 Wyse Fork / Wilcox's Bridge / Second Southwest Creek March 10, 1865 Monroe's Cross Roads / Fayetteville Road / Blue's Farm March 16, 1865 Averasborough / Smiths Ferry / Black River March 19-21, 1865 Bentonville / Bentonsville

On May 20, 1861, a state convention meeting in Raleigh dissolved North Carolina’s association with the United States. That same day the convention established a committee to investigate the design for an official state flag with Colonel John D. Whitford as chairman. On June 22, 1861, the following ordinance was ratified by members of the convention: Be it ordained by this Convention, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the Flag of North Carolina shall consist of a red field with a white star in the centre, and with the inscription, above the star, in a semi-circular form, of "May 20th, 1775," and below the star, in a semi-circular form, of "May 20th, 1861." That there shall be two bars of equal width, and the length of the field shall be equal to the bar, the width of the field being equal to both bars: the first bar shall be blue, and the second shall be white; and the length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. This pattern flag with the May 20, 1775 date of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the May 20, 1861 date of secession would serve as the official North Carolina flag until the adoption of the current state flag in 1885. Shortly after June 22 locally produced examples, along with stylized variations of the official flag, appeared at both the company and regimental level Courtesy Museum of the Confederacy Battle flag of the 28th North Carolina Infantry Confederate regiments usually carried one flag of a particular design depending upon the army they served in. The Army of Northern Virginia battleflag was made of heavy cotton or wool in the shape of a red square with a St. Andrews cross of blue stripes and 13 white stars. The field was usually outlined in white cotton. The flags were marked with the number and state initials of the regiment. Some regiments even went so far as to put the names of battles in which they participated in on their flags, which they called battle honors . More battle honors on the flag meant more prestige for the regiment. Very few of Lee's regiments carried flags from their home state or flags of another design. This standard flag helped indetify friend from foe in the thick of battle. Confederate armies in the west and deep south had flags with different designs. A common Confederate battle flag seen in the western army was made of blue wool with a white sphere in the center. This flag is a true veteran of the Battle of Gettysburg. It was captured by Union troops on July 3 during "Pickett's Charge". Today it resides in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia. The state flag was adopted by the Legislature of 1885 to replace the state's first flag, which had been adopted in 1861. Buy this North Carolina State Flag North Carolina State Flag 47th North Carolina

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Lee's Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade was one of North Carolina's best-known and most successful units during the Civil War. Formed in 1862, the brigade spent nearly a year protecting supply lines before being thrust into its first major combat at Gettysburg. There, James Johnston Pettigrew's men pushed back the Union's famed Iron Brigade in vicious fighting on July 1 and played a key role in Pickett's Charge on July 3, in the process earning a reputation as one of the hardest-fighting units in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Despite suffering heavy losses during the Gettysburg campaign, the brigade went on to prove its valor in a host of other engagements. It marched with Lee to Appomattox and was among the last Confederate units to lay down arms in the surrender ceremony.

Confederate Military History Of North Carolina Approximately 125,000 "Old North State" soldiers fought during the course of the war, moreover, 40,000 never returned home. At the Battle of Big Bethel North Carolina experienced the first Confederate casualty of the American Civil War. Field officers and privates discuss their unit's skirmishes and battles. Included are diaries and memoirs from some unit historians; underscoring the veracity of their fighting history.

4th North Carolina Cavalry in the Civil War In April 1862, the Civil War was entering its second year and North Carolina was rallying to supply more troops for the Confederacy. The Partisan Ranger Act, passed by the Confederate Congress on April 21, prompted local leaders to recruit companies of irregular soldiers for service in the Confederate Army. Seven such companies were banded together into a regiment to form the 4th North Carolina Cavalry: a true cross-section of North Carolina, it contained soldiers from the largest urban areas and smallest rural areas from fifteen counties.

Ironclads and Columbiads covers the most important battles in the state. In January 1862, Union forces began in earnest to occupy crucial points on the North Carolina coast. Within six months, Union army and naval forces effectively controlled coastal North Carolina from the Virginia line south to present-day Morehead City. Union setbacks in Virginia, however, led to the withdrawal of many federal soldiers from North Carolina, leaving only enough Union troops to hold coastal strongpoints like New Bern, "little" Washington, and Plymouth. Had the Union pressed harder in North Carolina in 1862 - e.g., reinforcing their units there and occupying Wilmington and Goldsboro (a vital railroad junction on the Wilmington-Weldon line) - the armies of the Confederacy might have been stretched much thinner than they were by the ineffective Union campaigns against Richmond

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