The Civil War Roster Project had published 15 volumes by 2006. Volumes 1 and 2 cover artillery and cavalry units, respectively; volumes 3-15 contain rosters and histories of infantry units. Volume 16 will present additional Confederate infantry units and volume 17 will contain rosters of miscellaneous Confederate units such as junior and senior reserves, militia, Home Guard, navy and Marines.
It will also include North Carolina Federal troops (four regiments of blacks and four of whites) and many North Carolinians who served in units from other states.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Showing posts with label Moore's Roster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moore's Roster. Show all posts
Friday, May 6, 2016
A Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States-- Part 3: A Whole Lot of Information
Louis H. Manarin headed the Civil War Roster Project from 1961 to February 1970 when Weymouth T. Jordan Jr. took over the editorship. Rosters are arranged alphabetically by company. A field and staff sections precedes the company roster of each regiment.
Within each company roster, officers and enlisted men, excluding captains, appear alphabetically in separate sections. Captains and field and staff personnel are listed by date of rank. Each name is followed by a service record of approximately 100 words that includes, if known, the soldier's county of birth and residence, his age and occupation at time of enlistment, his promotion record, whether he was wounded, captured or killed, and whether he deserted or died of disease.
--Old Secesh
Within each company roster, officers and enlisted men, excluding captains, appear alphabetically in separate sections. Captains and field and staff personnel are listed by date of rank. Each name is followed by a service record of approximately 100 words that includes, if known, the soldier's county of birth and residence, his age and occupation at time of enlistment, his promotion record, whether he was wounded, captured or killed, and whether he deserted or died of disease.
--Old Secesh
Thursday, May 5, 2016
A Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States-- Part 1
From the Encyclopedia of North Carolina "Civil War Rosters" by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr. and Wiley J. Williams.
A must for anyone researching their North Carolina Civil War Confederate ancestors.
These books were written by Confederate veteran John Wheeler Moore and was an undertaking by North Carolina in 1881 to publish a list of its Confederate veterans. The four volumes of "Moore's Roster" as it became known, included the names of 106,498 soldiers, about 70% of the state's Confederate soldiers-- and are arranged by military units.
The last volume, after identifying the regiments and separate battalions, lists generals and staff officers or North Carolinians in the Confederate Navy and elsewhere.
For each individual recorded, the roster generally gives rank, date and county of enlistment. Remarks about promotions, desertions, injuries, capture and death in battle are sometimes noted.
--Old Secesh
A must for anyone researching their North Carolina Civil War Confederate ancestors.
These books were written by Confederate veteran John Wheeler Moore and was an undertaking by North Carolina in 1881 to publish a list of its Confederate veterans. The four volumes of "Moore's Roster" as it became known, included the names of 106,498 soldiers, about 70% of the state's Confederate soldiers-- and are arranged by military units.
The last volume, after identifying the regiments and separate battalions, lists generals and staff officers or North Carolinians in the Confederate Navy and elsewhere.
For each individual recorded, the roster generally gives rank, date and county of enlistment. Remarks about promotions, desertions, injuries, capture and death in battle are sometimes noted.
--Old Secesh
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