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North Carolina State Troops Portrait Gallery

Assembled here are surviving images taken of various officers and enlisted men known to have fought in the 37th NC State Troops.  A short biography, if available is provided along with the image of each soldier.  Please check back in the future for images of soldiers from other North Carolina regiments, especially those of the Branch/Lane Brigade.


photographer

John Coffer is a leading expert on 19th century photography. You can find out more about this lost art by visiting his website here.
another photographer

Photographic techniques of the period

37th NC Infantry 

BRIGADIER COMMANDERS 

Lawrence O'Brian Branch, Brigadier General
James H. Lane, Brigadier General
John Decator Barry, Colonel

OFFICERS 

John B. Ashcraft, Captain, Co. D
Wesley Lewis Battle, 1st Lieutenant, Co. D
Andrew J. Critcher, Captain, Co. B
John T. Forrester, 2nd Lieutenant, Co. F
William Groves Morris, Captain, Co. H
Charles T. Haigh, 1st Lieutenant, Co. B
Edward A. T. Nicholson, 2nd Lieutenant, Co. E
William T. Nicholson, Captain, Co. E
Iowa M. Royster, 2nd Lieutenant, Co. G
Robert M. Staley, 1st Lieutenant, Co. F
Albert L. Stough, Chaplain
Herbert DeLambert Stowe, 1st Lieutenant, Assistant Commissary of Subsistence
Octavius A. Wiggins, 1st Lieutenant, Co. E

ENLISTED 

Robert Nathaniel Bivens, Private, Co. D
Laban Jonas Clemmer, Private, Co. H
Calvin C. Miller, Musician, Co. B
Luther L. Penley, Private, Co. B

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