The New Bern District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of New Bern.
History[]
The Brigade was formed in 1776 to improve coordination of militia regiments spread over several counties.
- Commanders
- Brigadier General Richard Caswell (1775-1777)
- Brigadier General William Bryan (1777-1779)
- Brigadier General William Caswell (1779-1783)
- Brigadier General John Simpson (Pro Tempore) (August 1780)
- Brigadier General James Armstrong (Pro Tempore) (2/7/1781 to 2/10/1781)
- Brigadier General John Bryan (1782)
Regiments[]
- Beaufort County Regiment
- Carteret County Regiment
- Craven County Regiment
- Dobbs County Regiment
- Hyde County Regiment
- Johnston County Regiment
- Jones County Regiment
- Pitt County Regiment
- Wayne County Regiment
Bibliography[]
- Saunders (ed.), The Colonial Records of North Carolina Volume X: 1775 to 1776 (1890).
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