Record #:

23688

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Once known at various times as the Jarvis Light Infantry, the Pitt County Rifles and the Greenville Guards, this organized group of citizen soldiers has had a long history in Greenville. After the Civil War, these various guard groups of citizen soldiers formed in Greenville and eventually disbanded and reorganized a few years later. In 1917, a National Guard unit was formed in Greenville as a part of the 2nd NC Regiment. Capt. Lester Jones was the first commanding officer of Battery A (later Battery C) proudly representing Greenville in both World Wars. Battery A had its armory in the Long Building on Cotanche Street (where Chico’s sits) which burned in 1933. In 1937, Gov. Clyde R. Hoey dedicated a new armory at the corner of Evans and Second Streets. In 1956, Battery D was formed in Greenville and in 1970 moved into the new armory at the Pitt-Greenville Airport.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. 28 Issue 22, Nov 10-24 2010, p5

Subject(s):

National Guard--Greenville--History