5TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

5TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade (McIntosh’s Brigade) | 5th North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1776 at Wilmington from Newbern, Edenton, and Hillsborough Districts.

Entered Valley Forge as a brigade.

Disbanded in 1778.

Previous engagements: Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

  • Colonel Edward Buncombe
  • Lt. Colonel William L Davidson
  • Major Thomas Hogg

Company Commanders

  • Captain Thomas Armstrong
  • Captain Benjamin Coleman
  • Captain John Enloe
  • Captain Simeon Alderson
  • Captain William Groves
  • Captain Henry Darnell
  • Captain Benjamin Stedman

Regimental Staff

  • Quartermaster Nimrod Swann
  • Adjutant Peter Mallett
  • Surgeon Samuel Cooley