Company C, 1st North Carolina Artillery Regiment

Confederate Regiments & Batteries * North Carolina

“Charlotte Artillery”

1861
May 16 Company C, 1st North Carolina Artillery Regiment was organized at Charlotte under the command of Captain Thomas H. Brem.
August 15 Mustered into state service at Raleigh.
August 30 Mustered into Conferedate service. Equipped with six guns. Assigned to the Department of North Carolina.
December Assigned to the District of the Pamlico, Department of North Carolina.
1862
March 14
New Bern
April-May Assigned to Branch’s Brigade, Department of North Carolina.
May Assigned to Branch’s Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division, Department of Northern Virginia.
May 27
Hanover Court House
June-July Assigned to Deshler’s Artillery Battalion, Department of North Carolina
June 25-July 1
Seven Days Battles
June 30
Battle of Malvern Hill
July 1 Malvern Hill
July-August Assigned to Ransom’s Brigade, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
September Assigned to Daniel’s Brigade, French’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia.
1863
February Assigned to Daniel’s Brigade, D.H. Hill’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia.
April Assigned to Daniel’s Brigade, Department of North Carolina.
May Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Pender’s Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
July 1-3
Battle of Gettysburg

The battery was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Joseph Graham. It was equipped with two Napoleons and two 12-pounder Howitzers

From the marker to the Charlotte Artillery on the Gettysburg battlefield:

July 2. Late in the evening the Napoleons were placed in position here*.

July 3. At 7 A. M. they opened on the Union position but were soon ordered to cease firing as they drew concentrated fire of several batteries. They afterward took part in all the operations of the artillery during the day including the cannonade which preceded Longstreet’s assault. The Howitzers remained in the rear and were not engaged in the battle but held in readiness to resist any advance of the Union forces.

July 4. In the evening about dusk began the march to Hagerstown.

Losses not reported in detail.

*Southwest of Gettysburg along West Confederate Avenue in between the State of Tennessee and State of North Carolina monuments.
July Assigned to Poague’s Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
November-December
Mine Run Campaign
1864
May 5-6
Battle of the Wilderness
May 8-21
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 22-26
Battle of North Anna
June 1-3
Battle of Cold Harbor
June
Siege of Petersburg
1865
April 9
Appomattox Court House