5th North Carolina Regiment

The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the Continental Army in the Southern Department.

The regiment was reduced to a cadre on June 1, 1778, at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and was assigned to the Southern Department.

The regiment was captured by the British Army on 12 May 1780 at Charlestown, South Carolina and was officially disbanded on January 1, 1781.

The 5th North Carolina Regiment was organized in March 1776 as part of the Southern Department, where it remained till February 5, 1777.

The companies from the regiment were first organized in Wilmington, North Carolina and included men from New Bern, Edenton, and other parts of the Hillsborough District.