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Contributed by: Arthur Booth Name: Isaac J Strickland , Residence: Duplin County, North Carolina Enlistment Date: 28 August 1861 Side Served: Confederacy State Served: North Carolina Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 August 1861 at the age of 23 Enlisted in Company E, 30th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 28 August 1861. Promoted to Full Corporal on 14 October 1861 Promoted to Full Sergeant on 30 January 1862 Promoted to Full Ordinance Sergeant on 01 May 1863 Source Citation: Side served: Confederacy; State served: North Carolina; Enlistment date: 28 August 1861. Isaac J. Strickland (First_Last) Regiment Name 30 North Carolina Infantry Side Confederate Company E Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Ordn. Sgt. Alternate Name Notes Film Number M230 roll 37 30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and Mecklenburg. It served in the Department of North Carolina, then was assigned to General G.B. Anderson's, Ramseur's, and Cox's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 30th saw action from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and was involved in the Appomattox operations. The unit reported 30 killed and 137 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, lost thirty-six percent of the 250 in the Maryland Campaign, and had 9 wounded at Fredericksburg. It sustained 125 casualties at Chancellorsville, lost sixteen percent of the 278 engaged at Gettysburg, and had 3 killed and 42 wounded on the Rappahannock River. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 6 officers and 147 men. The field officers wre Colonel Francis M. Parker; Lieutenant Colonels Walter Draughan, James T. Kell, and William W. Sillers; and Major James C. Holmes. |