1. A.H. Belo, Colonel
2. John Kerr Connally, Colonel
3. Rev. William Royall, Chaplain
4. D.D. Dickson, Captain, Co. C
5. C.M. Cooke, 1st Lieutenant and acting Adjutant
(Source: Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-’65. Written by members of the Respective Commands. Edited by Walter Clark, Lieut. Colonel Seventieth Regiment, N.C.T. Vol. III. Published by the state. 1901)