16th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 6th (Volunteer) North Carolina Infantry

• June 6, 1861 - Organized for 12 months as the 6th (Volunteer) North Carolina Infantry at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
  • June 16, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service
• September 12, 1861 - Cheat Mountain
• November 14, 1861 - Re-designated as the 16th Infantry
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• April 26, 1862 - Reorganized
• April 1862 - Company N assigned - later reassigned as 56th Virginia Infantry]] / Company I
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 26, 1862 - Beaver Dam Creek
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
• August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
• October 5, 1862 - Companies A/L became Thomas Legion (North Carolina) Infantry / Companies A/E
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• July 10, 1863 - Falling Waters
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864--April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• August 25, 1864 - Reams' Station
• September 29-30, 1864]] - Fort Harrison
• September 30, 1864 - Jones' Farm
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Northwest / Gilham's Brigade (July-November 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Whiting's Division / Hmpton's Brigade (November 1861-April 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Whiting's Division / Hmpton's Brigade (November 1861-April 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Whiting's Division / Hampton's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / A.P. Hill's Division / Pender's Brigade (June-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / Pender's Brigade (July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / Pender's Brigade (July 1862-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Pender's/Wilcox's Division / Scales' Brigade (May 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Stephen Lee (Colonel)
• Benjamin F. Briggs (Major)
• Abel S. Cloud (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Champion T.N. Davis (Colonel)
• Herbert D. Lee (Major)
• Robert G.A. Love (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John S. McElroy (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William A. Stowe (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Mills, George H. History of the Sixteenth North Carolina Regiment in the Civil War
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 93, 106-108)