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53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment: Statistics*
- Organized on May 6 1862
- Mustered out on Apr 9 1865
Available
statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 1335
- Drafted: 35
- Transferred in:
28
- Killed or died of wounds: 116
- Died of disease: 218
- Prisoner of war: 471
- Died while prisoner of war:
54
- Disabled: 39
- Missing: 1
- Deserted: 104
- Discharged: 43
- Transferred out: 38
* Information obtained through: Confederate Military History, Extended
Edition (19 Volumes); The Union Army (9 Volumes); Walter Clark, Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions From North
Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865 (5 Volumes); North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster (15 Volumes); Official Records
of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Advance to:
Recommended Reading: For
Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. Description: Professor James McPherson posits
that the common rank-and-file soldiers did indeed hold political and ideological beliefs that prodded them to enlist and to
fight. His research is based on letters and diaries from 1,076 Union and Confederate soldiers that reveal many motivations,
but always lead back to duty, honor, and a cause worth dying for. For Cause and Comrades is a fascinating exploration
of the 19th-century mind--a mind, it seems, that differs profoundly from our own.
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