6th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 16, 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
• April-May 1862 - Yorktown
• May 7, 1862 - Eltham's Landing
• June 15, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• June 30, 1862 - White Oak Swamp
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 22, 1862 - Freeman's Ford
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 14-15, 1863 - 2nd Winchester
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• October 23, 1863 - Rappahannock Bridge
• November 7, 1863 - Rappahannock Station
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth
• May 1864 - New Bern
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• May 30, 1864 - Bethesda Church
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864--April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg (from December 1864)
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 7, 1865 - Farmville
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Shenandoah / Bee's Brigade (July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 2nd Corps / Bee's/Whiting's Brigade (July-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 2nd Corps / Whiting's Division / Whiting's Brigade (October 1861-February 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Whiting's Division / Whiting's Brigade (February-April 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Whiting's/G.W. Smith's Division / Whiting's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Whiting's Division / Whiting's Brigade (June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Whiting's Division / Whiting's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Whiting's Division / Whiting's Brigade (July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Whiting's/Hood's Division / Whiting's/Law's Brigade (July 1862-January 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Early's Division / Hoke's Brigade (January 1863-January 1864)
• Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Brigade (January-May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Ransom's Division / Hoke's Brigade (May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Early's/Ramseur's Division / Hoke's/Lewis' Brigade (May-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Ramseur's/Pegram's Division / Lewis'/Godwin's Brigade (June-December 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Pegram's Division / Godwin's/Lewis' Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander Charles F. Fisher (Colonel)
• Isaac E. Avery (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William T. Dortch (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles E. Lightfoot (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William D. Pender (Colonel)
• Samuel McD. Tate (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert F. Webb (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Richard W. York (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Iobst, Richard William. The Bloody Sixth, the 6th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States Army
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 91-93)