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War Stories of North Carolina Regiment at Seven Pines and Gaines Mill
The account describes Company A of the Sixteenth North Carolina regiment, its formation in 1861, and early battles from Seven Pines to Gaines Mill. It recalls marches from Raleigh to Richmond, engagement near Williamsburg, and intense assaults, including close personal losses and a comrade killed before his eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Jackson County
North Carolina
Lincoln
Raleigh
Virginia
Sixteeth
Richmood
Richmond
Stanton
West Virginia
Valley Mountain
Valley Gap
Lee
Valley River
Rosencross
Gillam
Manassas
Ocquoguan Bay
Fredericksburg
Joseph E. Johnston
Davis
Yorktown
Hampton’s Legion
Nineteenth
Georgia
Wade Hampton
Williamsburg
Battle of Seven Pines
Ragiug
Hempton
Sixteenth
Sixteenth North