10TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 10th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized July 1777 at Kingston from northeastern North Carolina.

Entered Valley Forge in May 1778 with 302 men assigned and 234 fit for duty.

Disbanded in June 1778.

Field Officers

• Colonel Abraham Shephard
• Lt. Colonel John Walker

Company Commanders

• Captain James Wilson
• Captain William Shephard
• Captain Silas Stevenson
• Captain Demsey Gregory
• Captain Arnwell Herron
• Captain Isaac Moore
• Captain Andrew Vanoy
• Captain John Jarvis
• Captain Hezahiah Rice

Regimental Staff

• Surgeon’s Mate William Moore

9TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 9th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1777 at Halifax from Hillsborough, and Salisbury Districts.

Entered Valley Forge with brigade.

Disbanded at Valley Forge.

Previous Engagements: Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel John P Williams
• Lt. Colonel John Luttrell
• Major William Polk

Company Commanders

• Captain Richard Cook
• Captain Anthony Sharp
• Captain Joseph Wade

Regimental Staff

• Paymaster Isaac Guion

8TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 8th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1777 at Halifax from Newbern and Wilmington Districts.

Entered Valley Forge with the brigade.

Disbanded at Valley Forge.

Previous Engagements: Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel James Armstrong
• Lt. Colonel Levi Dawson
• Lt. Colonel Selby Harney
• Major Pinketham Eaton

Company Commanders

• Captain Francis Tartanson
• Captain John Walsh
• Captain Joseph Rhodes
• Captain Michael Quinn
• Captain Henry Pope
• Captain William Dennis

Regimental Staff

• Surgeon Jonathan Loomis

7TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 7th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1777 at Halifax from Halifax and Edenton Districts.

Entered Valley Forge as part of a brigade.

Disbanded at Valley Forge.

Previous Engagements: Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel James Hogun
• Lt. Colonel Robert Mebane
• Major William Fenner

Company Commanders

• Captain John Baker
• Captain Samuel Ely
• Captain John Macon
• Captain Josiah Cotton
• Captain Joshua Daley
• Captain Eli Ely
• Captain Joseph Walker
• Captain Mathew Ramsey
• Captain James Vaughn

Regimental Staff

• Adjutant William Beeks

6TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 6th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized summer 1776 at Wilmington from Wilmington and Hillsborough Districts.

Entered Valley Forge as a brigade.

Disbanded at Valley Forge.

Previous Engagements: Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Gideon Lamb
• Lt. Colonel William Taylor
• Major John B. Ashe

Company Commanders

• Captain Thomas White
• Captain William Glover
• Captain Joshua Hadley
• Captain Griffith Mcree
• Captain Philip Taylor

Regimental Staff

• Paymaster Charles Dixon
• Surgeon William Mcclure

5TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade (McIntosh’s Brigade) | 5th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1776 at Wilmington from Newbern, Edenton, and Hillsborough Districts.

Entered Valley Forge as a brigade.

Disbanded in 1778.

Previous engagements: Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Edward Buncombe
• Lt. Colonel William L Davidson
• Major Thomas Hogg

Company Commanders

• Captain Thomas Armstrong
• Captain Benjamin Coleman
• Captain John Enloe
• Captain Simeon Alderson
• Captain William Groves
• Captain Henry Darnell
• Captain Benjamin Stedman

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster Nimrod Swann
• Adjutant Peter Mallett
• Surgeon Samuel Cooley

4TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 4th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1776 at Wilmington, NC from Salisbury, Edenton, and Wilmington Districts.

Entered Valley Forge in December 1777.

Disbanded in June 1778.

Previous Engagements: Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Thomas Polk
• Lt. Colonel James Thackston
• Major John Armstrong

Company Commanders

• Captain Benjamin Carter
• Captain John Nelson
• Captain James Williams
• Captain Macaja Lewis
• Captain Joseph Phillips
• Captain William Goodman
• Captain Thomas Harris
• Captain Robert Smith
• Captain William Cole

Regimental Staff

• Paymaster Robert Duncan

3RD NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 3rd North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1775 at Wilmington from Halifax, Edenton, and Hillsborough Districts.

Entered Valley Forge in December 1777. See Brigade Figures.

Previous engagements: Charleston 1776, Florida, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Jethro Sumner
• Lt. Colonel Lott Brewster
• Lt. Colonel William Davidson
• Major Henry Dixon

Company Commanders

• Captain William Brinkley
• Captain James Bradley
• Captain Gee Bradley
• Captain James Emmet
• Captain Daniel Jones
• Captain Mathew Wood
• Captain Joseph Montford
• Captain Edward Yarborough
• Captain James Cook
• Captain John Gray
• Captain John Rochel
• 1st Lieutenant John Clendenning

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster Charles Coleman
• Quartermaster Whitfield Wilson
• Adjutant Alvery Hodgton
• Paymaster William Blunt
• Paymaster Richard Bradley
• Surgeon Robert Hall

2ND NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 2nd North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized fall 1776 at Salisbury, Edenton, and Newbern.

Entered Valley Forge brigade figures only.

Left Valley Forge with 659 men assigned, 309 fit for duty.

Previous engagements: Chesapeake Bay, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel John Patton
• Lt. Colonel Selby Harney
• Major Hardy Murphy

Company Commanders

• Captain John Armstrong
• Captain William Jenner
• Captain John Ingles
• Captain Manlove Sarrant
• Captain Benjamin Williams
• Captain Charles Allen
• Captain Robert Fenner
• Captain James Martin
• Captain Isaac Ralston
• Captain Charles Rawford

Regimental Staff

• Chaplain Adam Boyd
• Quartermaster Stephen Slade

1ST NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 1st North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized fall 1776 at Salisbury and Wilmington, North Carolina.

Entered Valley Forge with 1412 men assigned and 905 fit for duty. This is the combined brigade.

Left Valley Forge in June 1778 with 658 assigned, 310 fit for duty.

Previous engagements: Southern Highlands, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Thomas Clark
• Lt. Colonel William Davis
• Major John Walker
• Major James Emmet

Company Commanders

• Captain Tilghman Dixon
• Captain Joshua Bowman
• Captain James Read
• Captain Howell Tatum
• Captain John Brown
• Captain Lawrence Thompson
• Captain William Armstrong
• Captain Robert Rolston
• Captain John Summers

Regimental Staff

• Chaplain Adam Boyd
• Chaplain James Tate
• Quartermaster Joseph Periam
• Quartermaster William Womack
• Adjutant Stephen Conger
• Paymaster Richard Bradley
• Surgeon Joseph Blyth
• Surgeon Frederick Heimberg
• Sergeant Major Joseph Conger
• Drum Major Stephen Conger