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|unit_name=5th North Carolina Regiment
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|type= [[Infantry]]
|type= [[Infantry]]
|branch=[[Continental Army]]
|branch=[[Continental Army]]
|dates=1776-1783
|dates=1776-1781
|specialization=
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|command_structure=Southern/Northern Department, [[North Carolina Line|North Carolina Brigade]]
|command_structure=Southern/Northern Department, [[North Carolina Line|North Carolina Brigade]]
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|battles=[[Battle of Brandywine]],<br>[[Battle of Germantown]],<br>[[Battle of Monmouth]],<br>[[Siege of Savannah]],<br>[[Siege of Charleston]]
|battles=[[Battle of Brandywine]],<br>[[Battle of Germantown]],<br>[[Battle of Monmouth]],<br>[[Siege of Savannah]],<br>[[Siege of Charleston]]
|notable_commanders=Col. Edward Buncombe, Col. Thomas Clark
|notable_commanders=Col. [[Edward Buncombe]], Col. [[Thomas Clark (North Carolina soldier)|Thomas Clark]]
|anniversaries=
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The '''5th North Carolina Regiment''' was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the [[Continental Army]] in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina, as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of New Bern, Edenton and Hillsborough of North Carolina. On 5 February 1777, the regiment was assigned to the main [[Continental Army]] and assigned to the [[North Carolina Line|North Carolina Brigade]] on 8 July 1777. The regiment was reduced to a cadre on 1 June 1778 at [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]] and was assigned to the Southern Department. The regiment was re-organized to nine companies during the fall of 1778 at Halifax and assigned on 11 January 1779 to '''Sumner's Brigade'''. On 3 June 1779, this brigade was redesignated as '''Armstrong's Brigade'''. The regiment was captured by the [[British Army]] on 12 May 1780 at [[Charlestown, South Carolina]] and was officially disbanded on 1 January 1781.
The '''5th North Carolina Regiment''' was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the [[Continental Army]] in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina, as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of New Bern, Edenton and Hillsborough District of North Carolina. On February 5, 1777, the regiment was assigned to the main [[Continental Army]] and assigned to the [[North Carolina Line|North Carolina Brigade]] on July 8, 1777. The regiment was reduced to a cadre on June 1, 1778, at [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]] and was assigned to the Southern Department. The regiment was re-organized to nine companies during the fall of 1778 at Halifax and assigned on January 11, 1779, to Sumner's Brigade. On 3 June 1779, this brigade was redesignated as Armstrong's Brigade. The regiment was captured by the [[British Army]] on 12 May 1780 at [[Charlestown, South Carolina]] and was officially disbanded on January 1, 1781.

==History==
The 5th North Carolina Regiment was organized in March 1776 as part of the Southern Department, where it remained till February 5, 1777. The companies from the regiment were first organized in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] and included men from [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]], [[Edenton, North Carolina|Edenton]], and other parts of the Hillsborough District. Soldiers served for tours of nine months at a time. Later that year on July 8, 1777, the regiment was assigned to the Northern Department of the Continental Army.<ref name="Lewis" /><ref name="Wright">{{cite book | last=Wright | first=Richard K. | title=The Continental Army | year=1983 | url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm | series=Army Lineage Series | access-date=June 26, 2006 | publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] | location=Washington, D.C. | id=CMH Pub 60-4 | chapter=Lineage | archive-date=October 9, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009065615/https://history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="USA">{{cite book|url=http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/nc.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608052746/http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/nc.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2010|title=Bibliography of the Continental Army in North Carolina|author=United States Army Center of Military History|author-link=United States Army Center of Military History|year=1996|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>

The 5th North Carolina Regiment was folded into the [[3rd North Carolina Regiment]], commanded by Col [[Jethro Sumner]] sometime after May 29, 1778. The soldiers that remained with the army remained with the 3rd until January 1779 when the 5th North Carolina Regiment was reestablished under the Southern Command with [[Thomas Clark (North Carolina soldier)|Col Thomas Clark]] as commander. The command did not last longer than early 1780. It was officially disbanded on January 1, 1781. Most of the remaining men were absorbed into the 3rd North Carolina Regiment.<ref name="Lewis" />


==Officers==
==Officers==
[[File:Reading Blount.jpg|thumb|Reading Blount, 1756/58{{endash}}1807]]
Known Field grade officers:<ref name='Lewis'>{{cite web|author=Lewis, J.D.|website=The Revolutionary War in North Carolina|url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_nc_fifth_regiment.html|title=5th North Carolina Regiment|accessdate=May 2, 2019}}</ref>:
Known Field grade officers:<ref name='Lewis'>{{cite web|author=Lewis, J.D.|website=The Revolutionary War in North Carolina|url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_nc_fifth_regiment.html|title=5th North Carolina Regiment|access-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Edward Buncombe|Col. Edward Buncombe]] (April 15 {{endash}} May 1778)
* [[Edward Buncombe|Col. Edward Buncombe]] (April 15 {{endash}} May 1778)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/buncombe-edward|title=Edward Buncombe|author=Lemmon, Sarah Mcculloh|year=1979|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Clark (North Carolina)|Col. Thomas Clark]] (1779)
* [[Thomas Clark (North Carolina soldier)|Col. Thomas Clark]] (1779)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/clark-thomas|title=Thomas Clarke|author1=Rankin, Hugh F. Rankin|author2=Kellam, Ida Brooks|year=1979|website=NCpedia|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>
* Lt. Col. Henry Irwin
* Lt. Col. Henry Irwin<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/irwin-henry |title=Henry Irwin |author=O'Donnell, John Burke Jr |website=NCpedia |access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>
* [[William Lee Davidson|Lt. Col. William Lee Davidson]]
* Lt. Col. Henry "Hal" Dixon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/dixon-henry-hal|website=NCPedia|title=Henry Hal Dixon|author=Miller, Mark F.|year=1986|accessdate=May 2, 2019}}</ref>
* [[William Lee Davidson|Lt. Col. William Lee Davidson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/davidson-william-lee|title=William Lee Davidson|author=Davidson, Chalmers G.|year=1986|website=NCpedia|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>
* Lt. Col. Henry "Hal" Dixon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/dixon-henry-hal|website=NCpedia|title=Henry Hal Dixon|author=Miller, Mark F.|year=1986|access-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref>
* Maj. Levi Dawson
* Maj. Levi Dawson
* Maj. Thomas Hogg
* Maj. Thomas Hogg
* Maj. Reading Blount<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/blount-reading|author=Worthy, Pauline|year=1979|title=Reading Blount|accessdate=May 2, 2019|year=1879}}</ref>
* Maj. Reading Blount (brother of Thomas Blount)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/blount-reading|author=Worthy, Pauline|year=1979|title=Reading Blount|website=NCpedia|access-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Davis">{{cite book|author=Davis, Charles L.|title=A Brief History of the North Carolina Troops on the Continental Establishment in the War of the Revolution with a Register of Officers of the Same| year=1896| url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/A_Brief_History_of_the_North_Carolina_Troops_on_the_Continental_Establishment_Davis_1896.pdf |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref>

The brother of Major Reading Blount, Lieutenant [[Thomas Blount (statesman)|Thomas Blount]], served with this unit until he was captured and taken to prison in England.<ref name="NCPEDIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/blount-thomas|title=Thomas Blount|author=Maupin, Armistead Jones|year=1979|website=NCpedia|access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref>


==Known engagements==
==Known engagements==
The 5th North Carolina Regiment served with the [[Departments of the Continental Army#Northern Department|North Department]] in 1777 and with the [[Departments of the Continental Army#Southern Department|Southern Department]] in 1779:<ref name="Lewis" />
* September 11, 1777, [[Battle of Brandywine Creek]] in Pennsylvania
* September 11, 1777, [[Battle of Brandywine Creek]] in Pennsylvania
* October 4, 1777, [[Battle of Germantown]] in Pennsylvania
* October 4, 1777, [[Battle of Germantown]] in Pennsylvania
* March 3, 1779, [[Battle of Brier Creek]] in Georgia
* March 3, 1779, [[Battle of Brier Creek]] in Georgia
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book | last=Wright | first=Richard K. | title=The Continental Army | year=1983
| url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm
| series = Army Lineage Series| accessdate=June 26, 2006| publisher= [[United States Army Center of Military History]] | location= Washington, D.C. | language= | id= CMH Pub 60-4| pages= | chapter=Lineage | chapterurl= }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100608052746/http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/nc.htm Bibliography of the Continental Army in North Carolina] compiled by the [[United States Army Center of Military History]]
* {{cite book|author=Davis, Charles L.|title=A Brief History of the North Carolina Troops on the Continental Establishment in the War of the Revolution with a Register of Officers of the Same| year=1896| url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/A_Brief_History_of_the_North_Carolina_Troops_on_the_Continental_Establishment_Davis_1896.pdf Link|accessdate=January 30, 2019}}


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[[Category:North Carolina regiments of the Continental Army]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1776]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1776]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1781]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1781]]


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Latest revision as of 15:04, 27 December 2023

5th North Carolina Regiment
Active1776-1781
AllegianceContinental Congress of the United States
BranchContinental Army
TypeInfantry
Part ofSouthern/Northern Department, North Carolina Brigade
EngagementsBattle of Brandywine,
Battle of Germantown,
Battle of Monmouth,
Siege of Savannah,
Siege of Charleston
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Col. Edward Buncombe, Col. Thomas Clark

The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina, as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of New Bern, Edenton and Hillsborough District of North Carolina. On February 5, 1777, the regiment was assigned to the main Continental Army and assigned to the North Carolina Brigade on July 8, 1777. The regiment was reduced to a cadre on June 1, 1778, at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and was assigned to the Southern Department. The regiment was re-organized to nine companies during the fall of 1778 at Halifax and assigned on January 11, 1779, to Sumner's Brigade. On 3 June 1779, this brigade was redesignated as Armstrong's Brigade. The regiment was captured by the British Army on 12 May 1780 at Charlestown, South Carolina and was officially disbanded on January 1, 1781.

History

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The 5th North Carolina Regiment was organized in March 1776 as part of the Southern Department, where it remained till February 5, 1777. The companies from the regiment were first organized in Wilmington, North Carolina and included men from New Bern, Edenton, and other parts of the Hillsborough District. Soldiers served for tours of nine months at a time. Later that year on July 8, 1777, the regiment was assigned to the Northern Department of the Continental Army.[1][2][3]

The 5th North Carolina Regiment was folded into the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, commanded by Col Jethro Sumner sometime after May 29, 1778. The soldiers that remained with the army remained with the 3rd until January 1779 when the 5th North Carolina Regiment was reestablished under the Southern Command with Col Thomas Clark as commander. The command did not last longer than early 1780. It was officially disbanded on January 1, 1781. Most of the remaining men were absorbed into the 3rd North Carolina Regiment.[1]

Officers

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Reading Blount, 1756/58–1807

Known Field grade officers:[1]

The brother of Major Reading Blount, Lieutenant Thomas Blount, served with this unit until he was captured and taken to prison in England.[11]

Known engagements

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The 5th North Carolina Regiment served with the North Department in 1777 and with the Southern Department in 1779:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lewis, J.D. "5th North Carolina Regiment". The Revolutionary War in North Carolina. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Wright, Richard K. (1983). "Lineage". The Continental Army. Army Lineage Series. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2006.
  3. ^ United States Army Center of Military History (1996). Bibliography of the Continental Army in North Carolina. Archived from the original on June 8, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Lemmon, Sarah Mcculloh (1979). "Edward Buncombe". Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  5. ^ Rankin, Hugh F. Rankin; Kellam, Ida Brooks (1979). "Thomas Clarke". NCpedia. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  6. ^ O'Donnell, John Burke Jr. "Henry Irwin". NCpedia. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  7. ^ Davidson, Chalmers G. (1986). "William Lee Davidson". NCpedia. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  8. ^ Miller, Mark F. (1986). "Henry Hal Dixon". NCpedia. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  9. ^ Worthy, Pauline (1979). "Reading Blount". NCpedia. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  10. ^ Davis, Charles L. (1896). A Brief History of the North Carolina Troops on the Continental Establishment in the War of the Revolution with a Register of Officers of the Same (PDF). Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  11. ^ Maupin, Armistead Jones (1979). "Thomas Blount". NCpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
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