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- GLC#
- GLC02233.04-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 9 May 1861
- Author/Creator
- Riddick, Richard H., ?-1862
- Title
- General orders, no. 7
- Place Written
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Order from the Governor of North Carolina, regarding reorganization of North Carolina Volunteers into regiments, signed by Riddick as Assistant Adjutant General. Places Captain George Wortham in charge of Company 2, the Granville Greys, in Weldon, North Carolina. The regiment would be known as the Twelfth North Carolina Volunteers.
Col. Richard H. Riddick of Pender's Brigade, 34th North Carolina, was mortally wounded at Second Bull Run.
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