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BKIGADE OKGANIZATION.

By WALTER CLARK, Lieurenant-CotonEt, SEVENTIETH REGIMENT
Norta Caroiina TRoops.

In the first year of the war the troops from different States
were indiscriminately brigaded together. In 1862 the policy
was adopted of making the brigades, as far as possible, of
troops from the same State.

IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

Some few North Carolina regiments remained in mixed
brigades till 1864, when they were finally transferred to
North Carolina brigades. There was in that army thirteen
brigades exclusively from this State, eleven being infantry
and two cavalry brigades.

They were, giving the names of the successive Brigadiers
of each, as follows:

1. The Anprrson-Ramsrur-Cox Brigade, consisting of
the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fourteenth and Thirtieth
Regiments. The First and Third, however, served in Geo.
H. Steuart’s Brigade till a large part of them were captured
at the salient 12 May, 1864, when the remnant was trans-
ferred to this brigade.

2. The Brancn-Lane-Barry Brigade, consisting of the
Seventh, Eighteenth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-third and Thir-
ty-seventh Regiments. General Barry commanded the bri-
gade only a few days while General Lane was absent
wounded.

3. Crineman’s Brigade, consisting of the Eighth, Thirty-
first, Fifty-first and Sixty-first Regiments. The Eighth was
temporarily attached to Ransom’s Brigade at the capture of
Plymouth 20 April, 1864.

4, Cooxr’s Brigade, consisting of the Fifteenth, Twenty-
seventh, Forty-sixth, Forty-eighth and Fifty-fifth Regiments.
The Fifty-fifth served in Davis’ Mississippi Brigade and
was not transferred to Cooke’s till 1864.