6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

For the Continental Army unit, see 6th North Carolina Regiment.

6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
ActiveMay 16, 1861 - April 9, 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance North Carolina
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
RoleInfantry Regiment
Motto"Deeds Not Words"
Commanders
GeneralRobert E. Lee
ColonelCharles F. Fisher
Lieut. ColonelSamuel McDowell Tate

The Sixth North Carolina Regiment was organized on the 16th of May 1861, at Company Shops now commonly known as Burlington, North Carolina. Charles F. Fisher would assume command as Colonel of the Regiment.

The Sixth would earn the name "The Bloody Sixth" through tough marches and exhausting battles during the War. The Sixth Regiment was prominent in the campaigns of the army from Seven Pines to Mine Run, then was active in the battles of Plymouth and Cold Harbor. It fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and later in the Appomattox operations. The 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.

Organization and companies

Colonels:

Following them are the companies:

  • Company A - Caswell & Chatham County "Jackson Rangers", Capt. Robert M. McKinney
  • Company B - Orange County "Flat River Guards", Capt. Robert F. Webb
  • Company C - Orange County, "Orange Greys", Capt. William Johnson Freeland
  • Company D - Burke, Catawba & McDowell County, Capt. Samuel McDowell Tate
  • Company E - Burke, McDowell, Mitchell & Yancey County, Capt. Isaac Erwin Avery
  • Company F - Alamance County "Hawfield River Boys", Capt. James W. Wilson
  • Company G - Rowan & Mecklenburg County, Capt. James A. Craige
  • Company H - Caswell County "Caswell Boys", Capt. Alfred A. Mitchell
  • Company I - Wake & Chatham County "North Carolina Grays", Capt. Richard W. York
  • Company K - Alamance County "Flat Bottom Boys", Capt. James W. Lea

Battles

1861-

1862-

Peninsula Campaign (March -July):

Cont. (July -December)

1863-

1864-

1865-

See also

References

  • Register of North Carolina Troops, 1861, by John Spelman page 13.
  • "The respective command" of the 6th (as stated on the title of the book), page 786–808 in the History of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War-'65-Volume 1 edited by Walter Clark and published by the state.
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