North Carolina Line

These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line.

Officers of the Continental Army below the rank of brigadier general were ordinarily ineligible for promotion except in the line of their own state.

[10] On May 9, 1776, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized the creation of one company of artillery, the 1st North Carolina Company of artillery, headed by Captain John Vance.

Camp Quankey, near the town of Halifax, North Carolina was established as a depot and it remained until the end of the war with Colonel Long as commander.

[12][13] The regiments of the North Carolina Line are known to have been involved in 36 engagements from December 1775 to August 1782.