6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

The Sixth North Carolina Regiment was organized on the 16th of May 1861, at Company Shops now commonly known as Burlington, North Carolina. Charles F. Fisher would assume command as Colonel of the Regiment.

The Sixth would earn the name "The Bloody Sixth" through tough marches and exhausting battles during the War. The Sixth Regiment was prominent in the campaigns of the army from Seven Pines to Mine Run, then was active in the battles of Plymouth and Cold Harbor. It fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and later in the Appomattox operations. The regiment reported 23 killed and 50 wounded at First Manassas, and in April 1862, contained 715 effectives. It lost 115 during the Seven Days' Battles, 147 at Second Manassas and Ox Hill, 125 in the Maryland Campaign, and 25 at Fredericksburg. Of the 509 engaged at Gettysburg, thirty-six percent were disabled. At the Rappahannock River in November 1863, it lost 5 killed, 15 wounded, and 317 missing, and there were 6 killed and 29 wounded at Plymouth. It surrendered with 6 officers and 175 men of which 72 were armed.