Company Names

[CSA Today]

The name of a Company in the Regiment can tell us a little about the men that made up the companies in those regiments. Such as Company K, of the 44th North Carolina, from Franklin County. They were known as the "Franklin Guides to Freedom." And there was Company A, 26th North Carolina, from Ashe County, known as the "Jeff Davis Mountaineers. The men of Company G, 55th North Carolina, from Johnston and Wayne Counties were known as the "North Carolina Rebels."

The men of Company F, 56th North Carolina, from Guilford County, were known as the "Stonewall Boys." Company B, 34th North Carolina, from Rutherford County were known as the "Sandy Run Yellow Jackets." Company E, 37th North Carolina, from Watauga County, were known as the "Watauga Minute Men," Company D, of the same regiment from Union County were called the "North Carolina Defenders." But the company name that stands out to me is Company D, 28th North Carolina, from Stanly County, they were known as the "Stanly Yankee Hunters".

 

[Deleted member 8452]

Company A of the 56th Virginia "Mecklenburg Guards"
Company B of the 56th Virginia "Mecklenburg Spartans"

46th North Carolina Infantry Company D had a unique name "The Sons of Mars."

 

[Elennsar]

I have to admit to liking the sound of the "Edenton Bell" battery (Company B, 3rd North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion)

Or per http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/nicknames.regts.htm - Company E, 33rd Wisconsin: Rock County Plough Boys.

 

[M E Wolf]

NOTE:

Dyers and Fox both record "Company Names" for the Union Volunteers but, I do hope that the Confederate unique Company Names can be organized as to be a good reference.

CSA Today started with North Carolina but, let us (in a general sense) take it a step further after North Carolina Troop 'names' are identified. This could be extremely helpful for people who only have the "Company Names" to go by researching their ancestors.

Lets see if everybody can help in this effort. If we can get a rather clean compilation of Company Names, identifying States, Regimental number, etc., I can make it into a sticky.

M. E. Wolf
POSTED IN THE CAPACITY OF MODERATOR
June 22, 2014 10:45

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

NOTE:

Dyers and Fox both record "Company Names" for the Union Volunteers but, I do hope that the Confederate unique Company Names can be organized as to be a good reference.

CSA Today started with North Carolina but, let us (in a general sense) take it a step further after North Carolina Troop 'names' are identified. This could be extremely helpful for people who only have the "Company Names" to go by researching their ancestors.

Lets see if everybody can help in this effort. If we can get a rather clean compilation of Company Names, identifying States, Regimental number, etc., I can make it into a sticky.

M. E. Wolf
POSTED IN THE CAPACITY OF MODERATOR
June 22, 2014 10:45

A very similar thread was started a few months back, I hope it helps.
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/unique-interesting-clever-unit-nicknames.96378/#post-822451

 

[major bill]

In The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Spring 2009 gives some of the interesting names of Georgia companies. It breaks them down by subject. For example cats: The Miller County Wildcats, the Wilson Tigers of Richmond County and The Mountain Tigers of Harris County. For farmers: Jackson Farmers of Newton County, Irwin County Cow Boys, Fayette Planters of Fayette County, the Cotton Guards of Paulding County and the Cotton Planter Guards of Clay County. This article may contain perhaps a hundred company names.

 

[major bill]

I keep a data base of Michigan Company names, but I go from early Michigan to the late 1800s. If anyone is interested I might be talked into sharing. Sadly it is 27 typed pages long and Michiagn did not have a big population during the Civil War. I see larger states like New York as being 100-150 typed pages long or so. What I am saying is a finished project of all states would probably be well over a thousand typed pages long.

 

[Elennsar]

This might be of help: http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030921617/cu31924030921617_djvu.txt

 

[CSA Today]

Company A of the 56th Virginia "Mecklenburg Guards"
Company B of the 56th Virginia "Mecklenburg Spartans"

46th North Carolina Infantry Company D had a unique name "The Sons of Mars."

Co. D of the 46th NC was a county raised company and The Son of Mars is the name of my SCV camp. Other local company names was the Scotch Boys for Company F of the 18th NC Inf., Scotch Greys for Company E, 40th/3rd NC artillery and the Pee Dee Guards for Company D of the 23rd NC Inf. For some reason Company E of the 52nd NC, another county raised company, didn't have a nickname. I had a great grandfather who serve in the Nelson Greys, Company G, 19th Virginia Infantry. Another poster from Ohio also had ancestors that served in the Nelson Greys.

 

[Deleted member 8452]

Co. D of the 46th NC was a county raised company and The Son of Mars is the name of my SCV camp. Other local company names was the Scotch Boys for Company F of the 18th NC Inf., Scotch Greys for Company E, 40th/3rd NC artillery and the Pee Dee Guards for Company D of the 23rd NC Inf. For some reason Company E of the 52nd NC, another county raised company, didn't have a nickname. I had a great grandfather who serve in the Nelson Greys, Company G, 19th Virginia Infantry. Another poster from Ohio also had ancestors that served in the Nelson Greys.

Your relative's "Nelson Greys" served with my relative's "Mecklenburg Guards" same brigade

 

[CSA Today]

Your relative's "Nelson Greys" served with my relative's "Mecklenburg Guards" same brigade

Which regiment?

 

[Deleted member 8452]

Which regiment?

56th Virginia Company A

 

[Deleted member 8452]

Co. D of the 46th NC was a county raised company and The Son of Mars is the name of my SCV camp. Other local company names was the Scotch Boys for Company F of the 18th NC Inf., Scotch Greys for Company E, 40th/3rd NC artillery and the Pee Dee Guards for Company D of the 23rd NC Inf. For some reason Company E of the 52nd NC, another county raised company, didn't have a nickname. I had a great grandfather who serve in the Nelson Greys, Company G, 19th Virginia Infantry. Another poster from Ohio also had ancestors that served in the Nelson Greys.

What was the name of your great grandfather in the nelson greys??

 

[CSA Today]

Thomas M. Bolton, his brother James also served in the company after transferring from another company in 1864.

 

[Deleted member 8452]

Thomas M. Bolton, his brother James also served in the company after transferring from another company in 1864.

Did he get hit on july 3rd???

Also, i noticed they had the name "Greys"I'm guessing that came from the colors of their uniforms, ironically I've seen some confederate regiments with companies that say "Blues" like the 14th Virginia Company E "clarksville blues" and the "Norfolk Blues Light Artillery"

 

[CSA Today]

Did he get hit on july 3rd???

Also, i noticed they had the name "Greys"I'm guessing that came from the colors of their uniforms, ironically I've seen some confederate regiments with companies that say "Blues" like the 14th Virginia Company E "clarksville blues" and the "Norfolk Blues Light Artillery"

My grandmother told me her father was never wounded or seriously ill during the war. His first battle was Fredericksburg and his last Saylor's Creek when the regiment was over run. My grandmother would tell the story of how her father would skip around on the floor to show how he escaped getting shot at Gettysburg when she was a child. I pretty sure this was to amuse a child rather than something he actually did during Pickett's charge.

Greys was fairly common in Confederate company names, another great grandfather served in the Scotch Greys – Company E, 40th/3rd NC artillery.

 

[Deleted member 8452]

My grandmother told me her father was never wounded or seriously ill during the war. His first battle was Fredericksburg and his last Saylor's Creek when the regiment was over run. My grandmother would tell the story of how her father would skip around on the floor to show how he escaped getting shot at Gettysburg when she was a child. I pretty sure this was to amuse a child rather than something he actually did during Pickett's charge.

Greys was fairly common in Confederate company names, another great grandfather served in the Scotch Greys – Company E, 40th/3rd NC artillery.

Yeah looked him up and he was not hit at Gettysburg, very lucky man. Enlisted in November of 1862.

 

[Chattahooch33]

Co. I of the 19th Georgia Inf were the "Villa Rica Gold Diggers"

Co. A of the 23rd Georgia Inf were the "Bartow Yankee Killers"

Co. F of the 11th Georgia Inf were the "Mrs. Joe Brown's Boys"

 

[BillO]

This is a listing of VA. units and their names. http://www.newrivernotes.com/old_nrn/cw_va/vaco.htm

 

[Rebforever]

WOW! What a catch.