49th North Carolina Infantry

49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Battle Flag of the 49th North Carolina Troops, captured at the Battle of the Crater
Active	March 1862 to April 19, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	North Carolina
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Seven Days Battles Battle of Oak Grove Battle of Malvern Hill Maryland Campaign Battle of Harpers Ferry Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Bermuda Hundred Campaign Battle of Chester Station Battle of Proctor's Creek Battle of Ware Bottom Church Siege of Petersburg First Battle of Petersburg Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of the Crater Battle of Globe Tavern Battle of Fort Stedman Appomattox Campaign Battle of Dinwiddie Court House Battle of Five Forks Battle of Appomattox Court House

Seven Days Battles

Maryland Campaign

Battle of Fredericksburg

Bermuda Hundred Campaign

Siege of Petersburg

Appomattox Campaign

The 49th North Carolina Regiment was a Confederate States Army regiment during the American Civil War attached to the Army of Northern Virginia.

The companies of the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment were recruited in the following counties:

Many of the recruits were members that had enlisted earlier in the war, but for lack of weapons were not able to be mustered into service. The companies were organized in their home counties and made their way to Camp Mangum in Raleigh, where they were organized as the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. While at Camp Mangum the regimental officers were elected with Stephen Dodson Ramseur as colonel.

After training, the unit was transferred to Richmond, Virginia, where they were placed in Major General Robert Ransom, Jr.'s brigade. While here they participated in the Seven Days Battles, with Col. Ramseur being wounded in the arm at the Battle of Malvern Hill. After his recovery he would be promoted to brigadier general and assigned elsewhere. LeRoy McAfee assumed command of the 49th NCT, being promoted to full colonel on 1, November 1862, and held that post until the army's surrender at Appomattox. The 49th fought under General Robert E. Lee as part of the Army of Northern Virginia throughout the Peninsula Campaign. They participated in the capture of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and then were force marched to Sharpsburg, Maryland, for the Battle of Antietam.