10th North Carolina Regiment

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10th North Carolina Regiment
Active	1777-1778
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Size	728 soldiers
Part of	North Carolina Line
Nickname	Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Abraham Sheppard

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Contents 1 Summary 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External links

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The 10th North Carolina Regiment was authorized on April 17, 1777 as a unit of the North Carolina State Troops named Sheppard's Regiment. The regiment was organized from 19 April to 1 July 1777 at Kinston, North Carolina from men from the northeastern region of the state of North Carolina and was adopted and assigned to the main Continental Army on 17 June 1777 as Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment. The regiment did not see any action. The regiment was disbanded on June 1, 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

[edit] References

• Wright, Richard K. [1983]. The Continental Army (HTML), Center of Military Hisory. Retrieved on 2006-05-29. 

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