John C Rigdon

Historical Sketch and Roster of The North Carolina 1st Infantry Regiment Junior Reserves John C Rigdon

The North Carolina 1st Regiment Junior Reserves was formed in July, 1864, at Weldon, North Carolina, by consolidating the 1st and 6th Junior Reserves Battalions which had just been organized. It was made up of boys between the ages of fifteen and eighteen. It was assigned to the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia the unit skirmished in the Roanoke River and Kinston areas. Later it served in L. S. Baker's Brigade, saw action at Bentonville, and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The Companies were organized from the counties of Warren, Franklin, Nash, Granville, Wake, Randolph, Chatham, Martin, Northampton, and Chowan.