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

Ranaleburg Riflemen

13th Regiment North Carolina Troops, Company B

— C.S.A. —

Ranaleburg Riflemen Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023

1. Ranaleburg Riflemen Marker

Inscription. In April 1861 an infantry company known as the Ranaleburg Riflemen was enlisted at Ranaleburg, in southern Mecklenburg County, with Captain Albert A. Erwin commanding. In May 1861 it was designated Company B of the 3d N.C. Volunteers, Colonel W. Dorsey Pender commanding. In November 1861, the 3rd Volunteers were redesignated the 13th Regiment, N.C. Troops under command of Colonel Alfred M. Scales. In June 1862 it became part of General Samuel Garland’s Brigade, Daniel Harvey Hill’s Division. It later became part of Dorsey Pender’s Brigade comprised of the 13th, 16th, 22nd, 34th, and 38th N.C. Troops, A.P. Hill’s Division, Stonewall Jackson’s Corps, and served in the campaigns of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. It fought savagely at South Mountain, Maryland September 14, 1862, where General Garland was killed and the 13th’s colorbearer sacrificed himself for his regiment. These gallant sons of North Carolina brought honor to the Tar Heel state and the Confederate States time and again – the bloody Charge at Malvern Hill, Sharpsburg, Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness

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and Appomattox. These Mecklenburg patriots contributed their full measure to North Carolina’s wartime legacy.

First at Bethel, farthest to the front at Gettysburg
and Chickamauga, last at Appomattox

Deo vindice Erected to the sacred memory of the Confederate soldiers who rest here and all across our nation by the friends and members of the 13th North Carolina Troops and the Major Egbert A. Ross Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans, Charlotte, Oct 2000.

Erected 2000 by 13th North Carolina Troops (reconstructed) • Maj. 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.

Location. 35° 14.117′ N, 80° 50.808′ 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. Marker is in the Confederate section of Elmwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023

2. Ranaleburg Riflemen Marker

Featured marker is under the arrow on the left.

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.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in 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: Mecklenburg County Confederate Soldiers Monument (here, next to this marker); North Carolina Military Institute / Gen. D.H. Hill School (a few steps from this marker); Union Farmers (a few steps from this marker); Mecklenburg County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); Charlotte Confederate Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte (within shouting distance of this marker); The Charlotte Grays (within shouting distance of this marker); Mecklenburg Beauregards

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(within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2023. This page has been viewed 259 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 9, 2023.