15th North Carolina Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* Also referred to as the 5th (Volunteer) North Carolina Infantry
* June 6, 1861 - Organized for 12 months as the 5th (Volunteer) North Carolina Infantry near Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina
** June 6 - Mustered into Confederate Service there
* November 14, 1861 - Re-designated the 15th Infantry
* April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
* April 5, 1862 - Lee's Mill
* May 2, 1862 - Reorganized 
* June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
* July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
* July 4, 1862 - Companies L/M reassigned as 32nd North Carolina Infantry / Companies (II) K/(II) I
* September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
* September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
* September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
* December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
* January 9, 1863 - (I) Company D traded for 49th North Carolina Infantry / Company B
* May 22, 1863 - Gum Swamp
* July 4, 1863 - South Anna Bridge
* October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
* October 14, 1863 - Bristoe Station
* November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
* May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
* May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
* May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
* June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
* June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg 
* August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern
* August 25, 1864 - Reams' Station
* September 30, 1864 - Squirrel Level Road
* September 30, 1864 - Jones' Farm
* October 2, 1864 - Harman Road
* February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
* April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
* April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
** Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
* Department of the Peninsula (July-October 1861)
* Department of the Peninsula / McKinney's Brigade (October 1861)
* Department of the Peninsula / Rains' Division / McKinney's Brigade (?) (January-March 1862)
* Department of Norfolk / Cobb's Brigade (March 1862)
* Department of North Carolina / Cobb's Brigade (March-April 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Cobb's Brigade (April-July 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / Cobb's Brigade (July-November 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Ransom's Division / Cooke's Brigade (November 1862-January 1863)
* Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina / Cooke's Brigade (November 1862-January 1863)
* Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Cooke's Brigade (April-May 1863)
* Department of North Carolina / Cooke's Brigade (May-June 1863)
* Department of Richmond / Cooke's Brigade (June-September 1863)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Cooke's Brigade (September-October 1863)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / / Heth's Division / Cooke's Brigade (October 1863-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Stephen Lee (Colonel - declined commission)
* Henry A. Dowd (Colonel)
* William F. Green (Major)
* Gray W. Hammond (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Ross B. Ihrie (Lieutenant Colonel)
* Robert P. Jerome (Major)
* William MacRae (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Robert M. McKinney (Colonel)
* William H. Yarborough (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 90, 105-106)
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