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The 43rd Regiment North Carolina State Troops was organized at camp Mangum near Raleigh in North Carolina in Early March 1862.

Mustered into the service of the Confederacy on March the 25th the same year.

The regiment numbered 1066 officers and enlisted men and comprised of the following companies:

  • A Duplin Rifles Men from Duplin County
  • B Union Farmers Men from Union and Mecklenburg
  • C Men from Wilson County
  • D Men from Halifax County
  • E Edgecombe Boys Men from Warren County
  • F Men from Halifax County
  • G Warren Defenders Men from Warren County
  • H Fisher Light Infantry Men from Anson County
  • I Anson Guards/Regulators Men from Anson County
  • K Anson Independents Men from Anson County

As with other units, the 43rd were frequently known by other names. Often the names of the Commanding Officers, here are but a few used by the regiment.

  • Thomas S. Kenan's Inf.
  • William G. Lewis's Inf.
  • Walter J. Boggan's Inf.
  • James A. Kenan's Inf.
  • Ruffin Barnes's Inf.

Soon after being mustered into the service of the Confederacy, the unit was ordered to Virginia where the unit was assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia.

It returned to its native state on a number of times serving with the Dept. of Northern Carolina and Southern Virginia.

In December 1864 it finally returned to the Army of Northern Virginia and General Lee, where it remained until the end of hostilities at Appomattox Court House. Even on the day of surrender they were active, they sallied forth, engaging the enemy, capturing a number of cannon and soldiers.

175 men surrendered at Appomattox.

Battles of the 43rd North Carolina B company

  • Seven Day's Battles
  • Cold Harbor
  • Fredericksburg
  • Chancellorsville
  • Gettysburg
  • Plymouth
  • Appomattox

The 43rd Regiment - North Carolina State Troops Company "B" was reactivated in 1977 in Monroe N.C. We do Civil War reenactments from Florida to New York, and west to Tennessee and Kentucky. This reenactment group has been in continuous operation for the last 30 years. Starting in 1977, no lapse, no reorganizations and no spin offs. Unless proven otherwise, the oldest continuous reenactment group in the United States.

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