Historical Sketch and Roster of the North Carolina 34th Infantry Regiment

The North Carolina 34th Infantry Regiment was assembled at High Point North Carolina in October 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Ashe Rutherford Rowan Lincoln Cleveland Mecklenburg and Montgomery. After serving in the Department of North Carolina it was sent to Virginia and placed in General Pender's and Scales' Brigade. The 34th was active in the many campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor and later participated in the Petersburg siege south of the James River and the operations around Appomattox.