From the Durham, N. C. “Tobacco Plant” newspaper, Oct 12, 1888, Page 2 Transcribed by Historian Frederick E. Walton 7/11/2016 The Sixth North Carolina Regiment was organized at Burlington, (Company Shops) in June, 1861, as the Sixth Regiment of State Troops, under the ten Regiment Act, with the following field and staff officers: Colonel Charles F. Fisher, killed at Manassas, July 21. 1861 Colonel, Charles F. Fisher; Lieutenant-Colonel, W. T. Dortch ; Major, Charles E. Lightfoot; Captain N. E. Scales, A. Q. M. ; Captain W. H. Alexander, A. C. S. ; Lieutenant H. B. Lowrie, Adjutant ; Surgeon, A. M. Nesbitt ; Assistant Surgeons, J., A. Caldwell, C. A. Henderson; Chaplain, Rev. P. H. Dalton, D. D. The ten companies and original Captains: A, from Western North Carolina Railroad,Captain, R. M. McKinney; B, from Durham county, Captain, R. F. Webb; Major Robert F. Webb C, from Durham, Captain, W. J. Freeland ; D, from Burke, Captain, I. E. Avery; Colonel Isaac Erwin Avery F, from Alamance, Ca
