RAMSEUR'S BRIGADE
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2nd North Carolina State Troops
Col. William R. Cox
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4th North Carolina State Troops
Col. Bryan Grimes
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14th North Carolina Troops
Col. R. Tyler Bennett
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30th North Carolina Troops
Col. Francis M. Parker
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At dawn, May 12, 1864, Union troops overwhelmed Maj. Gen. Edward
Johnson's Division at the Muleshoe Salient. Brig. Gen. Stephen Dodson
Ramseur's North Carolina Brigade counterattacked across these
earthworks and by 7:30 a.m. regained the portion of the salient
opposite this point. For the next twenty hours Ramseur's men held
their ground in the face of determined Union assaults. The North
Carolinians then withdrew to a new defensive line one-half mile to
the rear. This gallant stand help thwart the Union advance and
saved Lee's Army from disaster.
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DEO VINDICE
Erected by the 30th N.C. Troops (Reactivated) Charlotte, N.C.
Sept. 2001
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