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]