Battle of Chickamauga
The 58TH
North Carolina Regiment advanced farther than any other regiment on Snodgrass Hill to push back the remaining Union forces
from the battlefield. At this battle they suffered heavy casualties, consisting of 3 KIA, 121 Wounded, and 1 POW, for an aggregate
of 161 casualties.
Battle of Bentonville
Estimated casualties: 4,500 total
"The presence of General [Joseph E.] Johnston again in command of veteran troops inspired the fullest confidence in the
small army. The [58th], in this, its last battle, numbered about 300 effectives. The brigade (Palmer's) was selected as the
directing column for the Army of Tennessee in the assault on the enemy's line. The charge was made with great spirit and dash,
and the enemy entrenched and with a high fence built in their front, gave way before inflicting great loss on their assailants.
In the pursuit which followed, [three] pieces of artillery, limbering with all haste to the rear, were captured and driven
back into our lines with their teams complete. In running down and taking the guns some of the artillerymen were shot while
on the chests, and the old pine field was strewn with blankets, provisions, and plunder of all sorts thrown away by the flying
foe."
Maj. G. W. F. Harper, 58th North Carolina, Palmer's Brigade, Stevenson's Division, Lee's Corps (D. H. Hill, Army of Tennessee),
Army of the South†describing a scene from the Battle of Bentonville, N.C., fought March 19-21, 1865.
