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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
53rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organization in April, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. It totaled about 900 effectives in November, 1864. It mustered less than half that number in March, 1865. It surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, a force of nearly 250 on April 26, 1865.<ref> National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 24 January 2018). </ref> <ref> Sifakis, Stewart. ''Compendium of The Confederate Armies: North Carolina.'' Facts On file New York - Oxford 1992. {{FSC|476605|item|disp=FS | 53rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organization in April, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. It totaled about 900 effectives in November, 1864. It mustered less than half that number in March, 1865. It surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, a force of nearly 250 on April 26, 1865.<ref> National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 24 January 2018). </ref> <ref> Sifakis, Stewart. ''Compendium of The Confederate Armies: North Carolina.'' Facts On file New York - Oxford 1992. {{FSC|476605|item|disp=FS Catalog book 975 M2ss}} </ref> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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Company K - "Wilkes Rangers" - many men from [[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes County]] <ref name="ncgenweb"> [http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/military/NCMilOrg/company.htm A Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861-1865], (accessed 30 March 2011) </ref> | Company K - "Wilkes Rangers" - many men from [[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes County]] <ref name="ncgenweb"> [http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/military/NCMilOrg/company.htm A Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861-1865], (accessed 30 March 2011) </ref> | ||
The information about the companies comes from [http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/military/NCMilOrg/company.htm A Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861-1865]<br>Information about the companies and their rosters are in Manarin and Jordan, ''North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster''. <ref> Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan. ''North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster.'' Vol 13. Raleigh, N.C. : State Dept. of Archives and History, 1966. {{FSC|147534|item|disp=FS | The information about the companies comes from [http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/military/NCMilOrg/company.htm A Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861-1865]<br>Information about the companies and their rosters are in Manarin and Jordan, ''North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster''. <ref> Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan. ''North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster.'' Vol 13. Raleigh, N.C. : State Dept. of Archives and History, 1966. {{FSC|147534|item|disp=FS Catalog book975.6 M2nc Vol 13}} </ref> | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
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