44th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Brief History
44th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organization in March, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. It surrendered 8 officers and 74 men on April 9, 1865.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2104 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A - "Granville Regulators" - many men from Granville County

Company B - many men from Edgecombe County

Company C - many men from Pitt County

Company D - "Pitt Regulators" - many men from Pitt County

Company E - "The Turtle Paws" - many men from Chatham County

Company F - "Trojan Regulators" -many men from Montgomery County

Company G - many men from Orange County and Alamance County

Company H - "Montgomery Guards" - many men from Montgomery County

Company I - "Eastern Tigers" - many men from Pitt County and Craven County

Company K - "Franklin Guides to Freedom" - many men from Franklin County

The information about the companies comes from A Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861 Information about the companies and their rosters are in Manarin and Jordan, North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘North Carolina in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * North Carolina in the Civil War describes many sources, specifically for North Carolina, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Stedman, Charles M. (Charles Manly). Memorial address delivered May 10th, 1890, at Wilmington, N.C. : a sketch of the life and character of General William MacRae, with an account of the battle of Ream's Station. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990),.


 * Walter Clark. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina in the Great War, 1861-'65 (Nash Brothers, Book and Job Printers, Goldsboro, N.C., 1901). Internet Archive.