8th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

The regiment was formed in September 1861 at Camp Macon, near Warrenton in North Carolina . His companies were recruited in the districts of Cabaerus, Rowan, Cumberland, Grenville and New Hanover. The first commander of the regiment was Henry Shaw, who was born in Rhode Island, but moved to North Carolina and was a delegate to the state secession council ^[1] . Lieutenant Colonel William Price from New Hanover County.

The regiment was formed on September 13, and already September 18 sent to the island of Roanoke Island. On September 21, the regiment arrived on the island, set up a camp for about a week, then went into training. Already in early October, the regiment took part in the first skirmishes with federal troops near the island of Roanoke. The garrison commander, General Henry Wise , gave command to Colonel Shaw at the end of January, and in early February a federal fleet appeared and the battle of Roanoke Island began . On February 8, Colonel Shaw surrendered.

After surrender, the regiment was placed for two weeks in a prisoner of war camp, and then released on parole. By September 1862, the exchange procedure was carried out and the regiment again entered the military service. He was again formed at Camp Magnum near Raleigh and became part of the Thomas Klingman Brigade, which also included the 31st, 51st, and 61st North Carolina regiments. From the camp, the regiment was sent to the Kingston area, where on December 17, 1862 he participated in the battle of Goldsboro. In winter, the regiment was sent to Charleston, and in the spring he stood in a camp near Wilmington .

On July 10, the regiment was sent to Charleston to defend Fort Wagner. The regiment was stationed on the island of James Island, west of Fort Wagner. From these positions, on July 18, the regiment observed the second battle for Fort Wagner . On July 19, the regiment was sent to the island of Sullivan, where it stood until July 22. After that, the regiment was twice at positions at Fort Wagner, then was assigned to the island of Sullivan, and on November 30 sent to North Carolina, to Wilmington.

Throughout January 1864, the regiment stood in a camp near Petersberg, then was sent to Kingston, where Colonel Shaw died in a shootout on February 1. Lieutenant Colonel Witson took his place.

• Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr. and Louis H. Manarin, “North Carolina Troops (1861-1865): A Roster” Office of Archives and History: Raleigh, NC 1973, ISBN 1626368112
• Frances Harding Casstevens, Clingman's Brigade in the Confederacy, 1862-1865, McFarland, 2002 ISBN 078641300X

• 8th North Carolina Infantry Regimental History