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

Union Farmers

43rd Regiment North Carolina Troops, Company B

— C.S.A. —

Union Farmers Marker image. Click for full size.

November 11, 2023

1. Union Farmers Marker

Inscription. Mecklenburg County remembers with honor her gallant sons who served in the 43rd Regiment N.C. Troops. In January and February 1862 an infantry company known as the Union Farmers was recruited and enlisted in Charlotte and Monroe with Captain Robert P. Waring commanding. In April 1862 it was designated Company B of the 43rd Regiment North Carolina Troops under command of Colonel Thomas S. Kenan. As part of General Junius Daniel’s Brigade comprised of the 32nd, 43rd, 45th and 53rd N.C. regiments and the 2nd Battalion N.C. Infantry, it served primarily in eastern North Carolina before joining Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. As part of Robert Rodes' Division of Richard Ewell’s Corps, the 43rd fought savagely on Culp’s Hill, Gettysburg PA July 3rd 1863 and Colonel Kenan was wounded there and later captured, Lt. Colonel William G. Lewis becoming commanding officer. These gallant sons of North Carolina brought honor to the Old North State and the Confederate States time and again – at Plymouth N.C., Drewry’s Bluff VA, the attack on Washington D.C., Cedar Creek VA, and in some of the last skirmishes at Appomattox. These

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stalwart Mecklenburg and Union County patriots contributed their full share 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 43rd North Carolina Troops (reactivated) and the Major Egbert A. Ross Camp 1423, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Charlotte, Mar. 2000.

Erected 2000 by 43rd North Carolina Troops (reactivated) • 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. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1862.

Location. 35° 14.125′ 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 in Elmwood Cemetery.

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023

2. Union Farmers Marker

Featured marker is under the arrow on the right.

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.

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: Ranaleburg Riflemen (a few steps from this marker); Mecklenburg County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); Mecklenburg County Confederate Soldiers Monument (a few steps from this marker); Charlotte Confederate Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); North Carolina Military Institute / Gen. D.H. Hill School (a few steps from this marker); Mecklenburg Beauregards (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte (within shouting

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

Also see . . .
1. 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment. Wikipedia entry on the Confederate regiment organized at Camp Mangum near Raleigh on March 18, 1862. (Submitted on December 9, 2023.)

2. 43rd NC Regiment (Infantry). Officers, battles and other details about the regiment and its companies, including the Union Farmers. (J.D. Lewis, "North Carolina in the American Civil War" project, Carolana.com) (Submitted on December 9, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2023. This page has been viewed 307 times since then and 33 times this year. Last updated on September 12, 2024. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 9, 2023. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.