25th North Carolina Troops in the Civil War

Engineering consultant Carroll C. Jones is a North Carolina native and Civil War enthusiast. He lives in Canton, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. FLAMES OF SECESSION      2. FARMERS JOIN THE REBELLION      3. THE FABRIC OF THE 25TH REGIMENT N.C.      The Companies of the 25th Regiment N.C.      4. CAROLINA COASTAL DEFENSE      Defensive Duty Near Port Royal Sound      Too Late to New Bern      5. SEVEN DAYS BATTLES AROUND RICHMOND      Engagement at King’s School House      Battle of Malvern Hill      6. MARYLAND CAMPAIGN      Moving North      Capture of Harpers Ferry      Battle of Antietam      7. HEIGHTS OF FREDERICKSBURG      8. BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA      Eastern Carolina Coastal Defense.      Chancellorsville      Trouble in the Mountains      Capture of Plymouth      9. RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG FRONT      Battle of Drewry’s Bluff      Beauregard’s Stopgap Defense of Petersburg      10. SIEGE OF PETERSBURG      Battle of the Crater      Life in the Trenches      Battle of the Weldon Railroad      Long Winter of 1864–1865      11. WAR ON THE HOME FRONT      Conscription      Draft Evaders, Deserters and Tories      Bushwhackers All      12. A JOURNEY ENDED      Fort Stedman      Battle of Five Forks      Sacred Colors      13. CONCLUSION      14. CASUALTIES OF WAR      Casualty Estimates: Carolina Coastal Defense      Casualty Estimates: The Seven Days Battles      Casualty Estimates: Maryland Campaign      Casualty Estimates: Battle of Fredericksburg      Casualty Estimates: Eastern North Carolina Defense      Casualty Estimates: Richmond and Petersburg Defense      Summary of Casualties      Desertion in the Ranks      15. THE COLONEL AND HIS LIEUTENANT      Henry Middleton Rutledge: “The Boy Colonel”      William Harrison Hargrove: “A Useful Citizen”      ROSTER OF TROOPS      Appendix A: Command Structure      Appendix B: Parolees at Appomattox      Appendix C: Deployment of 25th N.C. Troops During the Civil War      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“a well-written, beautifully illustrated history of one of the lesser-known North Carolina units”—Civil War News; “compelling insight”—NC Historical Review; “well-researched, marked by solid writing...a commendable history...recommended”—Blue & Gray Magazine; “this volume should be deemed the consummate source of information regarding the 25th NC Regiment”—Willie Parker Peace History Book Award; “In my personal opinion, Jones is now the world’s leading expert on the 25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment...extremely well written and researched. As regimental histories go, and I’ve read many of them, this is as good as it gets”—Terrell Garren, renowned western North Carolina Civil War historian and the author of The Secret of War and Mountain Myth.