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Record
of Events
for Sixty-second North Carolina Infantry Regiment
July 1862 through December 1863
[Jackson County [North
Carolina] Genealogical Society, Inc., 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Notes courtesy Matthew Parker:
In late December 1862, while guarding bridges and railroads
in East Tennessee, three poorly armed companies (295 soldiers) of the 62nd North Carolina Regiment were captured
by a Union cavalry force of 3,000. The 62nd continued to serve in East Tennessee until 442 men of its men were surrendered to Union forces in the Cumberland Gap on September 9, 1863, by General Frazer, who many consider a coward for not fighting nor trying to evade capture, but as
many as 200 soldiers from the 62nd evaded capture and in April 1864, the unit mustered 178 men in Asheville. The
bulk of the fighting at the Battle of Asheville, April 6, 1865, was shouldered by 175 of the unit's faithful warriors. As the Confederate and Union forces exchanged
volleys for five hours, Col. Clayton, commanding 62nd, local militia, soldiers on leave and others recovering from wounds
and illnesses, and a battery with two Napoleons, was eye witness to Kirby's Union brigade retreating toward Tennessee.
Lee surrendered to Grant just 3 days later on April 9, thus sealing the Confederacy's fate.
A record of any unit's events may be difficult to compile, because
many Confederate records were intentionally destroyed as the war neared its conclusion. For example, not a single
source survived the war to corroborate the total number of Confederate casualties, so best estimates have always been used.
The histories for Southern units were usually recorded by the
unit historian, but because the soldiers were ordered to burn their respective unit's records, lest the United States use
them as evidence for possible treason charges, the primary source for the Confederate unit is drawn from memoirs
written some 35 years after the war. From a single soldier's memoirs -- often written after 1900 -- is
the primary source for most Rebel regiments. Memoirs are problematic at best, because the soldier was prone to forget
important dates and actions which occurred so long ago. While embellishment and omission of facts were
common, as with all memoirs, the old warrior generally had physical and emotional scars, too, so not all acts
of commission and omission should be viewed under the light of judgment, but perhaps with empathy.
The record of events was basically a diary with entry dates, recording
unit location, any action that occurred, company transfers, as well as other material information. A regiment's
record of events, or sketch as many refer to it, sometimes offers battle casualty totals, but since it often lacks
accurate numbers it should not be used a reliable source. Casualty reports for a battle were far from static, because
weeks and even months after a single engagement, soldiers who were initially recorded as wounded, may have had their names moved
into the mortally wounded category.
Missing in action after battle reports was at crisis proportions, because
many of the soldiers were captured and moved to prison camps, while others had in fact deserted. As a general rule by
the 1880s, the most quoted Civil War statisticians Fox, Dyer, and Phisterer, all agreed that the remaining missing in
action soldiers should be considered killed in action, which meant tens-of-thousands of soldiers, but since best estimates
have been applied to the total Confederate casualties, killed in action merely increased the estimated total number.
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