North Carolina Continental Artillery Company

• Authorized on May 9, 1776 in the North Carolina State Troops as the North Carolina Artillery Company.
• Organized during the summer of 1776 at Wilmington with recruits from eastern North Carolina.
• Adopted on July 19, 1777 into the Continental Army as the North Carolina Continental Artillery Company and assigned to the Main Army.
• Relieved on November 11, 1779 from the Main Army and assigned to the Southern Department.
• Captured on May 12, 1780 at Charleston, South Carolina, by the British Army.
• Disbanded on January 1, 1781.

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