A Look at a Confederate Regiment-- The 18th NC-- Part 1

A look at the 18th North Carolina Infantry. From William H. McLaurin, adjutant.

Co. A from Wilmington
Co. B from Bladen County
Co. C from Columbus
Co. D from Robeson County
Co. E from new Hanover County (now Pender County)
Co. F from Richmond
Co. G from Wilmington
Co. H from Columbus
Co. I from Wilmington
Co. K from Bladen

Companies A, G and I were organized long before the war.

Company A was called the "German Volunteers" the only distinctly foreign citizenship unit in the regiment.
Co. C was also called the Wilmington Light Infantry.
Co. I was the Wilmington Rifle Guards. At one time it had 100 men between the ages of 16 and 22 and only one married one.

definitely a Southeastern North Carolina Unit. --Old B-Runner