Beaufort County NcArchives Military Records.....Potts, Capt. John R. 
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North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865
A Roster
Compiled by Luois H. Manarin
Vol. 1, Artillery

1st. Co. H, 40th Regiment N.C.T. (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery)
This company of light artillery, known as the "Branch Artillery," from Craven 
County, was mustered in at New Bern, January 30, 1862 as "Captain Alexander C. 
Latham's Company of North Carolina Volunteers." When Captain Latham resigned 
on September 16, 1863, 1st Lieutenant John R. Potts was promoted, and the 
company became known as Potts' Battery. It served as an unattached company 
until officially reported as Company H, 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd 
Regiment N.C. Artillery) on the September-October 1863 muster roll. Being the 
first company to serve as Company H in this regiment, it was later referred to 
as 1st Company H, 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery).

Born in Beaufort County where he resided as a clerk and was appointed 1st 
Lieutenant at age 22, to rank from January 20, 1862. Promoted to Captain 
September 16, 1863. Present or accounted for until transferred to Company F, 
13th Battalion N.C. Light Artillery November 4, 1863.

Company F
This company of light artillery, known as Captain John R. Potts' Battery, was 
1st Company H, 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery). It 
served under that designation until November 4, 1863 when it was assigned to 
the 13th Battalion N.C. Light Artillery as Company F. Captain Potts was killed 
in action at Spotsylvania Court House, May 8, 1864, and 1st Lieutenant Henry 
G. Flanner was promoted. The battery then became known as Flanner's Battery, 
after its Captain.

John R. Potts Capt. Co. F, 13 Regt
Name appears on a Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from North
Carolina which were filed for settlement in the Office of the Confederate States
Auditor for the War Department.
By whom presented Joseph Potts, fa(ther)
When filed Aug 20, 1864


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