Historical Sketches Seventh North Carolina Troops 1861-65: By Captain James Sidney Harris, Company B

Company B had on its rolls, from first to last 151 names, and with the regiment took part in nearly all the great infantry battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia. Its death loss was; 17 killed in action, 15 mortally wounded, 28 died from disease and one accidentally drowned. Forty-eight were wounded and recovered, many of them maimed for life; three deserted and one enlisted in the Federal army while in prison. It surrendered May, 1, 1863, at Greensboro N. C.: Two commissioned officers and twenty-six enlisted men. For gallant conduct on the field, and heroic endurance of physical discomforts; in loyalty to country and cause, this Company was not surpassed by any from the good county of Cabarrus.