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)

A

20 Dec 1828 Amherst, Burke County, North Carolina - 03 Jul 1863 photo

B

02 May 1841 Sevier County, Tennessee, United States - abt 28 Feb 1898
1840 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States - 18 Apr 1862
16 Apr 1837 Chatham, North Carolina, United States - 17 May 1903 photo
09 Jun 1816 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States - 23 Mar 1907
18 Jun 1834 Chatham, North Carolina, United States - 03 Jan 1862 photo
03 Feb 1830 North Carolina, United States - 12 Mar 1909 photo
16 Nov 1816 Rowan, North Carolina, United States - 12 Mar 1865
15 Jan 1824 North Carolina, United States - 01 May 1862
27 Jun 1823 Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, United States - 15 Mar 1907 photo
07 Jan 1844 North Carolina, United States - 13 Feb 1927

C

10 Jan 1832 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 05 Feb 1897
abt 1837 Burke, North Carolina, United States - abt 1887

C cont.

abt 1836 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 06 Oct 1864
abt 1830 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 07 Aug 1863
abt 1834 Burke County, North Carolina, United States - 19 Sep 1863

F

25 Dec 1832 Mitchell, North Carolina, United States - 01 Apr 1900

J

1828 Lincoln, North Carolina, United States - 01 Oct 1862

K

17 Jun 1841 Orange, North Carolina, United States - 06 Apr 1900
25 May 1831 Orange, North Carolina, United States - 24 Dec 1904

L

abt 1835 North Carolina, United States - abt Jan 1875
19 Feb 1848 Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States - 18 Feb 1920

M

22 Jan 1839 Caswell, North Carolina, United States - 04 May 1890 photo
18 Feb 1840 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 07 Nov 1917 photo
11 Jan 1842 North Carolina, United States - 01 Jul 1863

M cont.

31 Dec 1837 Burke County, North Carolina - 07 Aug 1914 photo

O

22 Feb 1845 Yancy County, North Carolina, United States - 08 May 1935

R

1841 North Carolina, United States - 15 May 1862
1840 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 20 Apr 1862

S

30 Dec 1819 Forsyth, North Carolina, United States - 27 Nov 1864
01 Feb 1839 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 10 Sep 1910
1833 North Carolina, United States - 20 Jan 1865
07 Oct 1829 Burke Co. North Carolina - 02 Mar 1909 photo
abt 1831 Burke, North Carolina, United States - 02 Jul 1862
1822 North Carolina - 1904 photo




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