1862
April: Regiment forms at Wilmington; elects officers on April 30
May – August: At various camps in Wilmington vicinity
September 12: Moves to Kinston
September 13 – November 16: Picket duty; engages in several skirmishes near New Bern
October 19: Colonel John Cantwell resigns; Lieutenant Colonel William Allen assumes command
November 17: Returns to Wilmington
November 25: Assigned to Clingman’s Brigade with 8th, 31st and 61st North Carolina Regiments
December 16: Moves to Goldsboro by rail
December 17: Battle of Goldsboro Bridge
December 28: Departs Goldsboro, on foot, for Wilmington
1863
January 2: Arrives in Wilmington
January 7: Lt. Colonel Allen, facing court martial, submits resignation
January 19: Allen’s resignation is accepted; Major Hector McKethan assumes command
February 17: Moves by rail to Charleston
March 4: Moves by rail to Savannah
March 9: Returns to Charleston; sets up camp on James Island
May 2: Moves back to Wilmington by rail
May – June: At various camps around Wilmington
July 4: Skirmishes with Union cavalry near Warsaw
July 11: Moves to Charleston by rail
July 12: Transfers to Battery Wagner on Morris Island
July 18: Union assault on Battery Wagner
July 19 – July 28: On Sullivan’s Island
July 29 – August 3: Garrisons Battery Wagner
August 3 – August 10: On Sullivan’s Island
August 11–19: Garrisons Battery Wagner
August 19 – September 24: On Sullivan’s Island
September 25 – November 1: On Long Island
November 2 – November 28: On Sullivan’s Island
November 29: Moves by rail to Hamilton, NC
December 19: Moves to Tarboro
1864
January 6: Moves by rail to Camp Hill, near Petersburg
January 29: Moves to Kinston by rail; marches toward New Bern
February 1: Skirmishes at Batchelder’s Creek
February 8: Returns to Camp Hill at Petersburg
May 1-6: Moves by train to Ivor Station; skirmishes near Portsmouth
May 7: Returns to Petersburg; takes up position along Swift Creek
May 9: Skirmishes near Swift Creek
May 11: Moves to Drewry’s Bluff
May 13-15: Skirmishes near Drewry’s Bluff
May 16: Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
May 17-19: Skirmishes near Bermuda Hundred
May 20: Attack on Union line at Bermuda Hundred
May 31 – June 1: Engaged in Battle of Cold Harbor
June 15: Returns to Petersburg
June 16-18: Battle of Petersburg; mans Petersburg trenches afterward
August 19: Skirmishes near Globe Tavern; Gen. Clingman wounded, Col. McKethan assumes brigade command; Lt. Colonel Caleb Hobson takes command of regiment
August 21-September 29: In the Petersburg trenches
September 30: Assault on Fort Harrison; Lt. Colonel Hobson is killed; Captain James Lippitt takes command of regiment
October 1 – December 21: In Richmond defenses
December 22: Departs for Wilmington by rail
December 28: Arrives in Wilmington; goes into camp
1865
January 12: Mans Sugar Loaf line near Fort Fisher
February 19: Withdraws to Wilmington
February 20-21: Skirmishes at Forks Road
February 22-23: Moves to Rockfish; Union troops capture Wilmington
March 7-9: Battle of Southwest Creek
March 17: Moves to Smithfield
March 19-20: Battle of Bentonville
March 22: Returns to Smithfield
April 10-16: Marches to Raleigh, then Durham, then Chapel Hill, and stops near Greensboro
April 26: Marches to Bush Hill (present day Archdale)
May 1: Surrenders while at Bush Hill
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