Copyright 2012,2022 Frederick Walton, Historian of the 6th North Carolina State Troops
The Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia near the site of the 1st battle, fought a year earlier on July 21, 1861.
The Sixth North Carolina State Troops, fought in Whiting's Brigade under the command of Colonel Evander M. Law and were brigaded with:
4th Alabama: Ltc Owen K. McLemore
2nd Mississippi: Col John M. Stone
11th Mississippi: Col Philip F. Liddell
6th North Carolina: Maj Robert F. Webb
They were under the right wing of General Lee's Army commanded by Maj General James Longstreet in the Division of Brig. Gen John B. Hood.
In memory of those members of the 6th North Carolina State Troops who answered their states call and made the ultimate sacrifice 150 years ago on this anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Manassas.
Source: October 1, 1862 North Carolina Standard Weekly Newspaper, available on Microfilm from the N. C. Archives and at Olivia Raney Library. (18621001 WklyStd- Casualties 6th North Carolina State Troops Sharpsburg.jpg)
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