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The North Carolina 14th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 4th Volunteers, completed its organization in June, 1861, at Garysburg, North Carolina. Its companies were raised in the counties of Halifax, Onslow, Anson, Cleveland, Wake, Cumberland, Northampton, Stanly, and Davidson. With more than 1,000 men, the regiment moved to Virginia where it was placed in the Department of Norfolk. Later it was assigned to General Colston's, G. B. Anderson's, Ramseur's, and Cox's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia.The 14th participated in the various campaigns of the army from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox. It sustained 17 casualties at Williamsburg, 102 during the Seven Days' Battles, 139 in the Maryland Campaign, 4 at Fredericksburg, and 142 at Chancellorsville. Of the 306 engaged at Gettysburg, twenty percent were disabled, and there was 1 killed and 4 wounded at Bristoe. It surrendered 7 officers and 107 men at AppomattoxThe companies of the NC 14th Infantry Regiment were raised in the counties of Halifax, Onslow, Anson, Cleveland, Wake, Cumberland, Northampton, Stanly, and Davidson. Co. A, Capt. Wm. A. Johnston's Co. Roanoke Minute MenCo. B, Capt. Willis L. Miller's Co. Thomasville Rifles Co. C, Capt. Chas. E. Smith's Co. Anson GuardCo. D, Capt. Edw. Dixon's Co. Cleveland BluesCo. E, Capt. Geo. A. Faribault's Co. The Oak City Guards Co. F, Capt. Z.B. Vance's Co. Rough and Ready GuardsCo. G, Capt. Thos. T. Slade's Co. Reid Guard Co. I, Capt. Jesse Margrave's Co. Lexington Wild Cats Co. K, Capt. Wm. H. Harrison's Co. Raleigh RiflesCol. R. T. Bennett stated: "It is fitting and proper to put upon record at the outset of this sketch our sincere and ardent thanks to the surviving officers and men of the Fourteenth Regiment of North Carolina Troops for the unbroken constancy, patient submission to discipline, uniform valor and good nature maintained by them throughout the war between the Government and the Confederate States. The dead of the regiment are beyond the tribute of tears.""The Fourteenth Regiment of North Carolina Troops, organized originally as the Fourth Regiment of North Carolina Troops, was formed at Garysburg, N. C., early in June, 1861, and was composed of patriotic and eager men and youths, who tendered their services to the State to maintain the dignity and rights of the State in the conflict then imminent.""Of the one thousand four hundred officers and men of the regiment borne upon the muster-rolls from the outbreak of the war until Palm Sunday in 1865, when the pale flag of defeat drooped over the guns which had upheld the life of the 'New Nation, ' scarcely fifty escaped wounds during their service."