From NC1812 site.
U.S. Army Major William S. Hamilton was appointed to the rank of colonel and placed in charge of recruiting troops for the U.S. Army from North Carolina. Pay was between $8 and $12 a month, plus a $124 bounty for enlisting and 160 acres of free land after the war.
Most North Carolinians served in the 10th U.S. Infantry Regiment under Col. James Wellborn of Wilkes County, North Carolina. He resigned his commission in the N.C. militia to join the regular army.
Detached militia in North Carolina was 7,000 men.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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