The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Reserves, Army of the Potomac

Lieutenant Colonel L T Wigfall, commanding the 1st Texas Battalion Infantry

Sergeant J A Breedlove, 13th North Carolina Infantry, Company G

Thirteenth North Carolina Infantry

Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K arrived at Manassas Junction in the evening on 21 July, 1861, and did not participate in the first battle of Manassas. Redesignated the Twenty-third North Carolina State Troops on 14 November, 1861

COLONEL J F HOKE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL J W LEAK
MAJOR D H CHRISTIE

Company A Anson Ellis Rifles: CAPT. W F HARLEE
Company B Hog Hill Guards: CAPT. G W SEAGLE
Company C Montgomery Volunteers No.1: CAPT. C J COCHRANE
The company remained at the Camp of Instruction, near Garysburg, North Carolina, and rejoined the regiment, Camp Wigfall, near Manassas Junction, on 8 August, 1861.
Company D Pee Dee Guards: CAPT. L H WEBB
The company remained at the Camp of Instruction, near Garysburg, North Carolina, and joined the regiment, Camp Wigfall, near Manassas Junction, on 8 August, 1861.
Company E Granville Plough Boys: CAPT. J H HORNER
Company F Catawba Guards: CAPT. M L MCCORKE
Company G Granville Rifles: CAPT. C C BLACKNALL
Company H Gatson Guards: CAPT. E M FAIRES
The company remained at the Camp of Instruction, near Garysburg, North Carolina, and joined the regiment, Camp Wigfall, near Manassas Junction, on 8 August, 1861.
Company I Granville Stars: CAPT. R AMIS
Company K Beattie's Ford Riflemen: CAPT. R D JOHNSTON

Sources

"On Wednesday, 17 July, Colonel Hoke, with seven companies of the regiment, left the 'Camp of Instruction' at Garysburg, N C, in freight cars for Richmond, Va. Companies C, D and H, were for the time being necessarily left behind on account of the prevalence of measles among the men."

Roster of North Carolina troops in the War Between the States during the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1865, Volume 1, by John W Moore

Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25: The 23rd North Carolina Infantry, organised in 1861, as the 13th Regiment of Volunteers, by H C Wall

Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861–65 (1901), Volume 2, written by members of the respective commands and edited by Walter Clark

Notes

The 13th North Carolina Infantry was organised at Garysburg, North Carolina, in July, 1861, and Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, under the command of Colonel J F Hoke, were ordered to Richmond, Virginia, by railroad on 17 July, 1861. Companies C, D, and H which had an outbreak of measles remained at Garysburg, North Carolina, under the command of Major D H Christie, and Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, encamped at Rockets, Richmond, Virginia.

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, 21 July, 1861: The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, were ordered to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, in the morning on 21 July, 1861, and were delayed near Rappahannock Bridge, above Gordonsville, Virginia, to allow trains containing the wounded from the first battle of Manassas to proceed at Louisa Courthouse, Virginia. The seven companies arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, in the evening on 21 July, 1861, and encamped on the wooden floors in the box cars. The 13th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A, B, E, F, G, I, and K, were ordered to Camp Wigfall, near Manassas Junction, on 22 July, 1861.

Companies C, D, and H were ordered to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, on 5 August, 1861, and after a delay at Richmond, Virginia, joined the 13th North Carolina Infantry at Camp Wigfall, near Manassas Junction, on 8 August, 1861.

Redesignated 23rd North Carolina State Troops: The 13th North Carolina Infantry was redesignated the 23rd North Carolina Troops on 14 November, 1861.

North Carolina State Troops, 8 May, 1861: Ten regiments of North Carolina State Troops, numbering 1st through 10th, were organised to serve during the civil war on 8 May, 1861. Two days later, thirteen regiments of volunteers for twelve months service were authorised, numbering 1st through 8th and 10th through 14th. On 14 November, 1861, Special Order No.222, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Virginia, authorised the original ten regiments of state troops to keep their numbering and the volunteers to be redesignated and all units were subsequently referred to as North Carolina State Troops.

On 25 July 1861, the Army of the Potomac was reorganised and the 13th North Carolina Infantry was assigned to the Sixth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel J A Early.