Charlotte center city in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Mecklenburg Beauregards

30th Regiment North Carolina Troops. Company K

— C.S.A. —

Mecklenburg Beauregards Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023

1. Mecklenburg Beauregards Marker

Inscription. In September 1861 James T. Kell of southeast Mecklenburg County organized over 100 of his neighbors and friends into an infantry company known as the Mecklenburg Beauregards. Arriving in Raleigh that same month this company was designated as Company K of the 30th North Carolina Troops under the command of Colonel Francis Marion Parker as part of General Stephen Dodson Ramseur's brigade comprised of the 2nd, 4th, 14th and 30th North Carolina regiments. These loyal Mecklenburg citizens and their fellow North Carolinians served in General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, forsaking all else fighting bravely and enduring all hardships for the Confederate States of America. Time and time again these gallant sons of North Carolina brought honor to their state – the doomed charge at Malvern Hill, the Sunken Road at Sharpsburg, General Stonewall Jackson's flank attack at Chancellorsville, the Mule Shoe salient at Spotsylvania and even the final skirmishes at Appomattox. These Mecklenburg citizen-soldiers contributed their full measure to North Carolina's wartime legacy.

First at Bethel, furthest to the front at Gettysburg
and Chickamauga, Last at Appomattox.

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to the sacred memory of the Confederate soldiers who rest here and all across our nation by the friends and members of the 30th North Carolina Troops (reactivated) and the Major Egbert A. Ross Camp 1423, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Charlotte, July 1999

Erected by Friends and Members of 30th North Carolina Troops (reactivated) • Major Egbert A. Ross Camp 1423, Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1861.

Location. 35° 14.124′ N, 80° 50.792′ W. Memorial is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. It is in Charlotte center city. It can be reached from West 6th Street 0.2 miles west of North Graham Street, on the right when traveling west. Memorial is in the Confederate section of Elmwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 700 W 6th St, Charlotte NC 28202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

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It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte (a few steps from this marker); Charlotte Confederate Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Mecklenburg County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); The Charlotte Grays (a few steps from this marker); North Carolina Military Institute / Gen. D.H. Hill School (a few steps from this marker); Rev. Alexander Craighead (within shouting distance of this marker); Union Farmers (within shouting distance of this marker); Mecklenburg County Confederate Soldiers Monument (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte.

Regarding Mecklenburg Beauregards. Kell was a 26-year-old physician when he organized the Mecklenburg Beauregards. A captain upon the unit's arrival at Camp Mangum in Raleigh, he was promoted to one of the 30th N.C. Regiment's majors on Sept. 26, 1861. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel when all Confederate troops were reorganized in May 1, 1862. Kell was wounded by a shell fragment at the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27, leaving him disabled and unfit for active duty for the rest of the war.

Also see . . . 30th NC Regiment (Infantry). Officers, battles, and other details of the regiment and the companies that comprised it, including the Mecklenburg Beauregards. ("North Carolina in the American Civil War," Carolina.com) (Submitted on December 9, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2023. This page has been viewed 376 times since then and 19 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on December 9, 2023.

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