8th North Carolina Regiment

The 8th North Carolina Regiment was authorized on November 26, 1776 and assigned to the Southern Department of the Continental Army. The unit saw action at the Battle of Brandywine and Battle of Germantown during the American Revolution. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel James Armstrong. The regiment was disbanded on 1 June 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.[1]

8th North Carolina Regiment
Active	1776–1778
Allegiance	Continental Congress
Type	Infantry
Size	8 companies
Part of	North Carolina Line
Engagements	Battle of Brandywine (1777) Battle of Germantown (1777)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel James Armstrong

Officers

Known officers of the 8th North Carolina Regiment include the following[1]

Commander	Lt Colonels	Majors	Regimental Adjutants	Quartermasters
Col. James Armstrong	James Ingram Samuel Lockhart Levi Dawson	Selby Harney Pinketham Eaton	John Burton John Bush	Francis Graves Peter Rhein

History

The 8th North Carolina Regiment was organized in the Spring and Summer of 1777 at Halifax, North Carolina. It included eight companies from New Bern and Wilmington Districts of North Carolina

At Valley Forge the field officers were Colonel James Armstrong, Lieutenant Colonel Levi Dawson, and Major Pinketham Eaton.[2] Some of the known company commanders at Valley Forge were Captain Francis Tartanson, Captain John Walsh, Captain Joseph Rhodes, Captain Michael Quinn, Captain Henry Pope and Captain William Dennis Jr (William Dennis Sr. 1720-1800 was a 2nd Major in the Carteret County Militia, many confuse the father and son).

Engagements:

• 9/11/1777, Battle of Brandywine Creek (PA)
• 10/4/1777, Battle of Germantown (PA)

Notes

1. Lewis, J.D. "The American Revolution in North Carolina, 8th Regiment". carolana.com. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
2. Heitman, 12

References

• Heitman, Francis Bernard (1914). Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Wright, Robert K. Jr. (1989). The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4.
• Davis, Charles L.; A Brief History of the North Carolina Troops on the Continental Establishment in the War of the Revolution with a Register of Officers of the Same, published in 1896, Link, accessed Jan 30, 2019

External links

• Bibliography of the Continental Army in North Carolina compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History