Category: 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, United States Civil War
Categories: North Carolina, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War | First Battle of Bull Run | Battle of Antietam
6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organized at Camp Alamance, near Company Shops (Burlington), North Carolina, in May, 1861. The men were from the counties of Mecklenburg, Orange, Burke, Catawba, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey, Alamance, Rowan, Wake, Caswell, and Chatham. This regiment reported 23 killed and 50 wounded at First Manassas, and in April, 1862, contained 715 effectives. It lost 115 during the Seven Days' Battles, 147 at Second Manassas and Ox Hill, 125 in the Maryland Campaign, and 25 at Fredericksburg. Of the 509 engaged at Gettysburg, thirty-six percent were disabled. At the Rappahannock River in November, 1863, it lost 5 killed, 15 wounded, and 317 missing, and there were 6 killed and 29 wounded at Plymouth. It surrendered with 6 officers and 175 men of which 72 were armed.
See: National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database.
- Officers: Colonels Isaac E Avery, Charles F Fisher, William D Pender, and Robert F Webb; Lieutenant Colonels William T Dortch, Charles E Lightfoot, and Samuel M Tate; and Major Richard W York.
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Person Profiles (35)
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Isaac Avery
20 Dec 1828 Amherst, Burke County, North Carolina - 03 Jul 1863
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Martin Baker
02 May 1841 Sevier County, Tennessee, United States - abt 28 Feb 1898
Henry Barbee
1840 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States - 18 Apr 1862
William Barbee
16 Apr 1837 Chatham, North Carolina, United States - 17 May 1903
William Barbee
09 Jun 1816 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States - 23 Mar 1907
James Beavers
18 Jun 1834 Chatham, North Carolina, United States - 03 Jan 1862
Rufus Beavers
03 Feb 1830 North Carolina, United States - 12 Mar 1909
James Boone
15 Jan 1824 North Carolina, United States - 01 May 1862
Robert Boone
27 Jun 1823 Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, United States - 15 Mar 1907
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Joshua Chapman
abt 1834 Burke County, North Carolina, United States - 19 Sep 1863
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John Fortner
25 Dec 1832 Mitchell, North Carolina, United States - 01 Apr 1900
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Samuel Kirkland
25 May 1831 Orange, North Carolina, United States - 24 Dec 1904
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Jacob Lowman
abt 1835 North Carolina, United States - abt Jan 1875
Martin Lowman
19 Feb 1848 Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States - 18 Feb 1920
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Bartlett Malone
22 Jan 1839 Caswell, North Carolina, United States - 04 May 1890
James Morrison
18 Feb 1840 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 07 Nov 1917
John Morrison
11 Jan 1842 North Carolina, United States - 01 Jul 1863
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John Ollis
22 Feb 1845 Yancy County, North Carolina, United States - 08 May 1935
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Laban Ramsey
1841 North Carolina, United States - 15 May 1862
Notain Ramsey
1840 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 20 Apr 1862
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Jacob Shamel
30 Dec 1819 Forsyth, North Carolina, United States - 27 Nov 1864
George Smith
01 Feb 1839 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 10 Sep 1910
Morgan Smith
1833 North Carolina, United States - 20 Jan 1865
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