Hillsborough (NC) Recorder

July 10, 1861

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                                                THE SIXTH REGIMENT

            The sixth Regiment, which has been recruited under the efficient and liberal management of Colonel Charles F. Fisher, left the Company’s Shops in Alamance on Monday morning last in a special train, for the rest of the war.  A large portion of the ladies and citizens of the town, and many from the country around, assembled at the depot in this place to cheer them as they passed.  The train went by about 12 o’clock.

            We copy from the State Journal the following list of officers:

                                                Charles F. Fisher, Colonel

                                                Wm. T. Dortch, Lieutenant Colonel

                                                Charles E. Lightfoot, Major

A.     M. Nesbitt, Surgeon

J. A. Caldwell, Assistant Surgeon

C. A. Henderson, Second Assistant Surgeon

Houston B. Lowry, Adjutant

            Company A.—Samuel S. Kirkland, Captain; J. C. Turner, Thomas M. Prince and A. M. Kirkland, Lieutenants

            Company B.—Robert F. Webb, Captain; W. R. Parrish, William E. M’Mannen and W. P. Mangus, Lieutenants

            Company C.—Wm. J. Freeland, Captain; W. J. H. Durham, W. W. Guess and Evans Turner, Lieutenants

            Company D.—S. M’D. Tate, Captain; Cameron Pearson, Neil Ray and John Carson, Lieutenants

            Company E.—J. E. Avery, Captain; Alphonso C. Avery, James Burns and John A. M’Pherson, Lieutenants

            Company F.—James W. Wilson, Captain; Robert N. Carter, Benjamin F. White and Henry C. Dixon, Lieutenants

            Company G.—James A. Craig, Captain; Benjamin B. Smith, W. B. Lewis and J. T. Rasborough, Lieutenants

            Company H.—Alfred A. Mitchell, Captain; Levi S. Walker, Quentin T. Anderson and Jerry A. Lea, Lieutenants

            Company I.—Richard A. York, Captain; M. W. Page, W. B. Allen and M. R. Barber, Lieutenants

            Company K.—James A. Lea, Captain; James S. Vincent, Calvin N. Robey and Samuel J. Crawford, Lieutenants

 

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]