Note: this timeline has been updated from the one contained in The Honor of the State. Entries for November, 1863 and April, 1864 reflect new information gleaned from the Anchram and Elizabeth Evans letters.
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 23: On Sullivan’s Island
November 13: Moves by rail to Tarboro prior to this date
November 13 to December 19: Moves to Hamilton, NC then back 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
April 26: Returns to Camp Hill “after an absence of nearly two weeks in eastern Va.”
May 1-6: Moves by train to Ivor Station; skirmishes near Portsmouth
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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