United States. Army. Department of North Carolina (1862, 1865-1866)
History notes:
1862
The Department of North Carolina was created on January 7, 1862, to include the areas of North Carolina occupied by Union forces. These areas were formerly part of the Department of Virginia. Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside was the department's first commander. Early territories captured by Burnside's Expeditionary Force included Roanoke Island, New Bern, Morehead City, Beaufort and Fort Macon. On December 24, 1862, XVIII Corps was created, composed of the five divisions stationed in North Carolina. On July 15, 1863, the department was merged with the Department of Virginia. The Department of North Carolina was headquartered at the Slover-Bradham House in New Bern, North Carolina.
1865
On January 31, 1865, the department was re-created to include Union-occupied areas of North Carolina excluding those occupied by the armies of William T. Sherman. General John M. Schofield was hand picked by Ulysses Grant to head the department. Schofield assembled troops within the department into the Wilmington Expeditionary Force which he personally led in the capture of Wilmington. Significant territories included in the department were those captured by Ambrose Burnside in 1862 along with recently captured Fort Fisher and Wilmington. In March 1865, The troops of the Department of North Carolina formed the "revived" X Corps, under the command of Alfred Terry. On May 19, 1866, it was merged into the Department of the Carolinas.
Commanders
1862
Ambrose Burnside (January 7, 1862 – July 6, 1862)
John G. Foster (July 6, 1862 – March 29, 1863)
Innis N. Palmer (March 29, 1863 – April 16, 1863)
John G. Foster (April 16 – July 15, 1863)
1865
John M. Schofield (January 31, 1865 – June 20, 1865)
Jacob D. Cox (June 20, 1865 – June 28, 1865)
Thomas H. Ruger (June 28, 1865 – May 19, 1866)
Posts in Department of North Carolina
Fort Ocracoke, 1861–1865), Beacon Island
Fort Clark, 1861–1865, Hatteras Inlet
Camp Wool, 1862–1865, just west of Fort Clark
Fort Hatteras, 1861–1865, Hatteras Inlet
Bogue Sound Blockhouse, 1862–1864, Morehead Township
Fort Macon, 1862–1865, Atlantic Beach
Newport Barracks, 1862–1864, Newport
Fort Lane, 1862, James City
Defenses of New Bern, NC, (1862–1865), New Bern
Camp Hoffman, 1862–1865, near Tuscarora
Defenses of Washington, NC, (1862–1865), Washington
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- African American troops
- Amphibious warfare
- Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Military discipline
- New Bern, Battle of, New Bern, N.C., 1862
- Roanoke Island (N.C.), Battle of, 1862
Occupations:
Places:
- James City, NC, US
- Fort Macon (historical), NC, US
- Wilmington, NC, US
- Carteret County (N.C.), NC, US
- New Bern, NC, US
- New Hanover County, NC, US
- Roanoke Island, NC, US
- Ocracoke, NC, US
- Morehead City, NC, US
- Hatteras, NC, US
