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Douglas Carrell was an early recruit to the Second North Carolina Regiment in 1775. He first fought at Norfolk, 14 December 1775. He was at the Battle of Sullivan Island near Charleston in 1776. He fought in the Philadelphia Campaign. Companies from the Second Regiment became part of the Tenth Regiment. He was in Coleman's Company in the Second Regiment, according to his service record. Coleman became a Captain in 1777. The Second (Tenth) Regiment fought at Brandywine Creek and Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1777.
After spending the winter in Valley Forge, General Washington stated the soldiers in the North Carolina Regiments were the worst prepared of any troops at Valley Forge. The Tenth North Carolina Regiment was dissolved and Private Douglas Carrell mustered out.
He rejoined the Second North Carolina Regiment. He was in Captain Clement Hall's Company of the Second North Carolina Battalion, commanded by Colonel John Patton, 9 September 1778. The Second North Carolina Regiment fought at the Battle of Monmonth, 28 June 1778. His wartime record indicates he provided three years of active service.
Douglas Carrell was a winner in the Georgia Land Lottery, according to Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. 3. He won land at Green County, Georgia. He died at Green County in 1828.
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