The Wilmington District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of Wilmington.
History[]
The Brigade was formed in 1776 to improve coordination of militia regiments spread over several counties.
- Commanders
- Brigadier General John Ashe, Sr. (1776-1778)
- Brigadier General John Alexander Lillington (1779-1783)
- Brigadier General (Pro Tempore) James Kenan (1781)
Regiments[]
- 1st Battalion of Militia
- 2nd Battalion of Militia
- Bladen County Regiment
- Brunswick County Regiment
- Cumberland County Regiment
- Duplin County Regiment
- New Hanover County Regiment
- Onslow County Regiment
Bibliography[]
- Saunders (ed.), The Colonial Records of North Carolina Volume X: 1775 to 1776 (1890).
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