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Engagements. Regiments of the Wilmington District Brigade were involved in 49 known engagements (battles, sieges, and skirmishes), including one in Georgia, 9 in South Carolina, 39 in North Carolina. The 1st and 2nd Battalion of Militia did not see any action.
The Wilmington District Minuteman Battalion was created by the Continental Congress on September 9, 1775 for six months duration. The brigade was commanded by Colone John Alexander Lillington. It was disbanded on April 10, 1776 in favor of Wilmington District Brigade of militia.
Salisbury District Brigade, Morgan District Brigade: 1777 1783 Col Benjamin Cleveland: Wilmington District Brigade: North Carolina Militia Command 1776 1783 BG John Ashe, Sr. 1st Battalion of Militia: Wilmington District Brigade 1776 1776 Col Thomas Brown: 2nd Battalion of Militia: Wilmington District Brigade 1776 1776
The Wilmington District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of Wilmington. The Brigade was formed in 1776 to improve coordination of militia regiments spread over several counties. Commanders Brigadier...
Wilmington District Brigade: North Carolina Militia: 1776: 1783: Ashe, John Sr., B.G. 1st Battalion of Militia: Wilmington: 1776: 1776: Brown, Thomas, Col: 2nd Battalion of Militia: Wilmington: 1776: 1776: Hawkins, Philemon, Jr., Col: Bladen County Regiment: Salisbury: 1775: 1783: Robeson, Thomas, Jr., Col: Brunswick County Regiment: Wilmington ...
The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina, as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of New Bern, Edenton and Hillsborough District of North Carolina. On February 5, 1777, the ...
Salisbury District Brigade; Active: 1776–1783: Allegiance: North Carolina: Branch: North Carolina militia: Type: infantry brigade: Size: about 2,000 men: Engagements: see #Engagements: Commanders; Notable commanders: Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford; Matthew Locke; Henry William Harrington; William Lee Davidson; Andrew Pickens; Ambrose ...
