60th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Summer 1862 - Organized by increasing the 6th North Carolina Infantry Battalion to a regiment in Madison County, North Carolina
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• December 1863-April 9, 1865 - Field consolidation with the 58th North Carolina Infantry
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
• July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
• July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the 58th North Carolina Infantry and re-designated as the 58th (Consolidated) North Carolina Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of East Tennessee / Unattached (August-October 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of Middle Tennessee / Walker's Brigade (October-November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Walker's Brigade (November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Preston's Brigade (December 1862-May 1863)
• Department of the West / Breckinridge's Division / Preston's/Stovall's Brigade (May-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Breckinridge's Division / Stovall's Brigade (July-August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Stovall's Brigade (August-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's/Palmer's Brigade (February 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Joseph A. McDowell (Colonel)
• William H. Deaver (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Washington M. Hardy (Major, Colonel)
• James T. Huff (Major)
• William W. McDowell (Major)
• James M. Ray (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James T. Weaver (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 90, 158, 159-160)

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