119th Infantry Regiment (United States)
military unit
The 119th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army.
The unit was an organic element of the 30th Infantry Division ("Old Hickory") of the United States Army.
History
American Civil War
On 19 April 1861, the 1st North Carolina Volunteers was constituted in the Confederate States Army and mustered into service from 9–16 May 1861 for six months from existing North Carolina militia companies.
Company A (Edgecombe Guards), Tarboro, North Carolina
Company B (Hornet's Nest Rifles), Charlotte, North Carolina
Company C (Charlotte Grays), Charlotte, North Carolina
Company D (Orange Light Infantry), Hillsboro, North Carolina
Company E (Buncombe Riflemen), Asheville, North Carolina
Company F (Lafayette Light Infantry), Fayetteville, North Carolina
Company G (Burke Rifles)
Company H (Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry)
Company I (Enfield Blues)
Company K (Southern Stars), Lincolnton, North Carolina
The regiment was redesignated on 11 September 1861 as the 11th Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, to distinguish it from the 1st Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, a home defense militia regiment. On 12 November 1861, it was mustered out of service at Richmond, Virginia. On 31 March 1862, the regiment was reorganized in the Confederate States Army as the 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, and was surrendered and paroled on 9 April 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia. During the war, the regiment fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the Siege of Petersburg, and the Battle of Appomattox, among others.
Post-Civil War and Spanish-American War
On 10 April 1877, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, North Carolina State Guard, were organized in central and eastern North Carolina from existing militia companies.
1st Battalion
Company A (Raleigh Light Infantry), Raleigh, North Carolina
Company B (New Berne Grays) New Berne, North Carolina
Company C (Elm City Riflemen), New Berne, North Carolina
Company D (Goldsboro Rifles), Goldsboro, North Carolina
Company E (Orange Guards), Hillsboro, North Carolina
2nd Battalion
Company A (Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry), Fayetteville, North Carolina
Company B (Lafayette Light Infantry), Fayetteville, North Carolina
Company C (Wilmington Light Infantry), Wilmington, North Carolina
Company D (Whiting's Rifles), Washington, North Carolina
Company E (Hornet's Nest Riflemen), Charlotte, North Carolina
Company F (Charlotte Grays), Charlotte, North Carolina
Company G (Anson Grays), Polkton, North Carolina
On 10 December 1877, they were reorganized and redesignated as the 1st and 2nd Regiments. The 3rd Regiment was organized on 17 March 1879.
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