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 Record of Events
for Sixty-second North Carolina Infantry Regiment
July 1862 through December 1863
[Webmaster's Note: Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units, Official Records of the Confederate Armies. National Archives Microfilm Series M861, Roll #42: 62 NC Infantry.]

Field and Staff

Station not stated, September-October 1862.

Regiment

[Note: no record of events were reported.]

Company A

Station not stated, July 11, 1862.
July 11
.– Muster-in roll of Captain Asbury T. Roger's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops... commanded by Colonel [Robert Gustavus Adolphus] Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 11, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          [Robert Gustavus Adolphus] Love,
          Colonel,
          Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Haynesville, July 14-August 31, 1862.
Stationed at Morristown, Tennessee, September-December 1862.
Stationed at Greeneville, Tennessee, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.

Company B

Station not stated, July 10, 1862.
July 10
.– Muster-in roll of Captain N. W. Moore's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops of North Carolina... commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 10, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R. G. A. Love,
          Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Lick Creek Bridge, July 12-October 31, 1862.
Stationed at Lick Creek, November-December 1862.
Station not stated, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Lick Creek Bridge, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.

Company C

Station not stated, July 12, 1862.
July 12
.– Muster-in roll of Captain John Turpin's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops... commanded by Colonel _____, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 12, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R. G. A. Love,
          Colonel,
          Mustering Officer.
Station not stated, July 14-August 31, 1862.
Stationed at Morristown, Tennessee, September-December 1862.
Stationed at Greeneville, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.

Company D

Station not stated, July 11, 1862.
July 11
.– Muster-in roll of Captain R. M. Henry's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops... commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 11, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R. G. A. Love,
          Colonel,
          Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Jossin's Depot, July 14-August 31, 1862.
Station not stated, September 1862-February 1863.
Stationed at Zollicoffer, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.

Company E

Station not stated, July 14, 1862.
July 14
.– Muster-in roll of Captain [Lambert] C. Neill's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops... commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 9, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R, G. A. Love,
          Colonel,
          Mustering Officer.
Station not stated, July 14-August 31, 1862.
Stationed at Camp Carter, September-October 1862.
Stationed at Carter's Depot, Tennessee, November-December 1862.
Stationed at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
Station not stated, [May 1] -June 30, 1863.

Company F

Station not stated, not dated.
Muster-in roll of Captain [Aug B.] Cowan's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers... commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from – (date of muster) for the term of [three years or the war], unless sooner discharged....
          [Unsigned.]
Stationed at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, July 14-October 31, 1862.
Stationed at Camp Maury near Greeneville, Tennessee, [November 1, 1862] -February 28, 1863.

December 13.– This company was captured on the Holston River by a detachment [of] 1,400 Federals and held as prisoners of war until March 1863. Therefore it being impractical to muster it sooner, the muster was made this day by special order of Brigadier-General [Alfred Eugene] Jackson and was made to include the following four months viz.: November, December, January, and February.
          A. B. Cowan,
          Captain,
          Commanding.
Stationed at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, May-June 1863.

The men who are marked absent sick since April 20 were captured by [Samuel Powhatan] Carter and were unable to return when the company returned to duty. They are under medical treatment for the diseases specified, mostly chronic cases of long standing, better suited for discharge than service.
          A. B. Cowan,
          Captain.
Station not stated, June 30-December 31, 1863.

Company G

Station not stated, July 11, 1862.
July 11
.– Muster-in roll of Captain Andrew D. Hooper's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops... commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 11, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R. G. A. Love,
          Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Lick Creek, Tennessee, July 14-October 31, 1862.
Station not stated, November-December 1862.
Stationed at Lick Creek, Tennessee, January-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.

Company H

Station not stated, July 14, 1862.
July 14
.– Muster-in roll of Captain Rufus A. Edmonston's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, of North Carolina Troops ...commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 14, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R. G. A. Love,
          Colonel,
          Mustering Officer.
Station not stated, July 14-August 31, 1862.
Stationed at Carter's Depot, September-December 1862.
Station not stated, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Greeneville, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.

Company I

Station not stated, July 12, 1862.
July 12
.– Muster-in roll of Captain William J. Wilson's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops of North Carolina... commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed – by General C. K. S.... from July 12, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R. G. A. Love,
          Colonel,
          Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, July 19-August 31, 1862.
Stationed at Morristown, Tennessee, September-October 1862.

The company was ordered from Zollicoffer to Morristown, Tennessee.
Stationed at Limestone, Tennessee, November 1862-February 1863.
Stationed at Limestone Depot, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.
Stationed at Marshall, North Carolina, June 30-December 31, 1863.
September 9
.– The captain, W. J. Wilson, and two lieutenants ([I. P.] Long and [P. G.] Murray) were captured together with the majority of the company at Cumberland Gap. Nearly all the officers of the Sixty-second were captured, hence so many from other companies mustered on this roll for pay.
          R. B. Johnston,
          Captain and Assistant Quartermaster,
          Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment.

Company K

Station not stated, July 14, 1862.

July 14.– Muster-in roll of Captain T. G. Henson's Company, in the Sixty-second Regiment, North Carolina Troops... commanded by Colonel R. G. A. Love, called into service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress... from July 14, 1862 (date of muster) for the term of three years or the war, unless sooner discharged....
          R. G. A. Love,
          Colonel,
          Mustering Officer.
Station not stated, July 14-October 31, 1862.
Stationed at Greeneville, Tennessee, November-December 1862.
Station not stated, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Bristol, Tennessee, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Cumberland Gap, May-June 1863.
Stationed at Asheville, North Carolina, June 30-December 31, 1863.
September 9
.– A great portion of this company became prisoners of war by the surrender of Cumberland Gap.
          R. B. Johnston,
          Quartermaster.

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