Private Isaiah Presley Markham

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The following photographs and information are original members of the "Bloody Sixth". I am honored to include their stories and images here. If you would like to share a story or photo about your 6th NCST ancestor, please leave a comment and I will be in touch.

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Private Isaiah Presley Markham

Company C (Orange Grays)

Sixth North Carolina State Troops

Isaiah Markham
North Carolina Museum of History Record ID: N.88.12.8

Prior Occupation: Farmer 

Enlisted: May 1, 1861, for the war.

Age at Enlistment: 27

Where: Company Shops, Orange County (by Captain Freeland)

Discharged: October 24, 1861 Due to Surgeons Certificate of Disability

Appears on N. C. Roll of Honor in recognition of his service in the 6th NCST

Enlisted: in Wake County, N. C.  in the 56th North Carolina Troops, Co. E on July 17, 1862

11/1/1862- Detailed as Ambulance Driver

11/1/1863- Detailed as teamster

5/20/1864- Killed in action at Ware Bottom church

Appears on N. C. Roll of Honor in recognition of his service in the 56th NCT

Isaiah Presley Markham.  Markham Memorial Gardens, Durham, N. C. 

The family story that has been handed down is as follows: (shared by Ancestor Edgar M. Malpass)

Henry Stovall Markham, Isaiah Presley and John Henry's father, after hearing of Isaiah's battlefield death in Virginia in May 1864, managed to make it to Chesterfield County, Va. to retrieve his son's body. He then buried it on the family property in Durham. Twenty years ago (early 2000's) the old Markham family house and the family cemetery plot was still intact. It was there I placed a Confederate States headstone for Isaiah Presley within the family cemetery plot as it was unmarked. Unfortunately, sometime in the early 2000's a developer had bought the entire property and bulldozed the cemetery and house for a new housing community. I was told that the all remains were moved to Markham Memorial Gardens located close by but I have my doubts as I have seen no evidence of their new location. John Henry Markham, Isaiah's brother was KIA at the battle of Chancellorsville in  May 1863. We assumed he was possibly buried in that same family plot but we don't know for sure. We don't even know for sure if his body was ever recovered by the family. 

Another story concerning Isaiah Presley Markham was that before the Battle of Ware Bottom Church took place the battle lines were drawn close together and in the evenings soldiers from both sides would sneak across their lines and meet in the middle in the evening to trade items, like tobacco and drink and play cards. 

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Private John Henry Markham

Company C

Sixth North Carolina State Troops

Brother of Isaiah P. Markham

No known Photo Available

Resided in Orange County, N. C. where he enlisted in the Orange Grays which became Company C (Captain Freehand) of the 6th North Carolina State Troops at age 25, May 1, 1861, for the war. 

Killed at 2nd battle of Fredericksburg (Chancellorsville), Virginia, May 4, 1863.

Index to Sixth North Carolina State Troops Flags within the Collection at the North Carolina Museum of History

First Sgt. Rick Walton with the Reproduction Fisher Flag in 2011
Source: 20110625 Morrisville Living History-35.JPG

One day, way back in 2009, I was searching the North Carolina Museum of History Collections for something related to the Sixth North Carolina State Troops that  I was researching at the time. After visiting the museum and seeing an object related to the Sixth North Carolina State Troops, I was very excited to learn there was an online database that would tell me more about the object. 

Imagine my surprise and amazement when I discovered there were other Sixth North Carolina State Troops  items in the collection that were NOT on display. What a cool "secret" treasure trove of artifact descriptions and photos I had stumbled into.

From that day on I spent very free moment searching the collection. At first it was thrilling to find random items, but I soon started stumbling over myself and re-finding the same things again and again, so I organized my searches and recorded my results. 

Eventually my fishing expeditions started to come up dry, nothing new to find. I was as disappointed as an eight year old opening the last present on Christmas morning. The excitement was gone. But what about all the items I discovered? This was still a treasure trove of information. It was not necessarily meaningful at the time, but eventually many of these items were helpful to me in research projects and presentations.

This collection represents a massive research project that took me years to fully discover. I eventually collected all the results and created a webpage for the Sixth North Carolina State Troops website. 

To make sure this effort is preserved for the future, I have reviewed, updated and present it here. The following tables contain descriptions and links to all the currently known (by me) objects in the collection of the North Carolina Museum Of History relating to the 6th North Carolina State troops. Some of them have photographs and some have only descriptions

Want to search for something specific , try their search page below:

SEARCH the North Carolina Museum's Collections

OR browse through all the FLAGS I have found related to the 6th North Carolina State Troops below:

Instructions

Click on the Highlighted Title in each description box to go to the related page in the museum's database which contains more details and photographs (when available). Click on the photos to the right of the description to see an enlarged view. Please report any missing or broken llnks to me so I can reconnect them.

Flags related the the 6th N.C.S.T.

H.1915.4.5	REGIMENTAL FLAG (Fisher Flag) BLUE SILK BROCADE SHAWL, OBVERSE IS EMBROIDERED IN WHITE "MAY 20TH 1775/ NORTH  CAROLINA/ DEEDS NOT WORDS/ MAY 20TH, 1861" REVERSE HAS EMBROIDERED NC STATE SEAL
H.19XX.330.174	North Carolina Grays COMPANY FLAG Important Note: This Flag is the subject of the 2016-2023 Fund Raising Campaign that raised $14,000 to conserve  this flag for future generations.  CO. I, BLUE FIELD W/ WHITE CANTON PAINTED NC STATE SEAL & "THE OLD NORTH STATE  FOREVER"; REVERSE READS "NORTH CAROLINA GRAYS, PRESENTED BY LADIES OF CEDAR  FORK"
H.1914.252.18	6th North Carolina State Troops REGIMENTAL BATTLE FLAG Important Note: This is the Flag we raised $6458 to conserve CSA BATTLE FLAG, W/O HONORS, CAPTURE NO. 357 STENCILED UPPER EDGE, MACHINE-SEWN, SEVERAL HOLES THROUGHOUT, STAR CUT OUT LOWER FLY, HOLES IN BORDER. CAPTURED AT SAILORS CREEK.
H.1914.252.34	REGIMENTAL BATTLE FLAG CSA BATTLE FLAG, CAPTURE NO. "12" STAMPED ON REVERSE UPPER STAFF EDGE & FLY CORNER, HANDWRITTEN HISTORY ON STAFF EDGE, HAND-SEWN, SEVERAL HOLES THROUGHOUT Note: Recent scholarship suggests that this flag may have been mis-identified. The 6th NCST battle flag Captured at Rappahannock Station is most likely a flag currently owned by Stratford Hall and on display in Gettysburg
H.1967.57.1	CENTENNIAL REPRODUCTION FLAG REPRODUCTION CIVIL WAR FLAG OF THE N.C. SIXTH REGIMENT; USED BY THE REACTIVATED SIXTH in the 1960's.

Faces of the Sixth- Private Christopher McDaniel-Company C

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The following photographs and information are original members of the "Bloody Sixth". I am honored to include their stories and images here. If you would like to share a story or photo about your 6th NCST ancestor, please leave a comment and I will be in touch.

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Private Christopher McDaniel 
Company C

 Sixth North Carolina State Troops

Christopher McDaniel  in the 1920s 

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Prior Occupation: Farmer  Enlisted: September 22, 1862 for the war  Where: Burke County  Age at enlistment: 25  Wounded: Gettysburg July 1,1863  Captured: in field hospital at Gettysburg and confined to DeCamp General Hospital, Davids Island, New York Harbor  Paroled: September 16, 1863 exchanged at City Point, Va.  Furloughed: August 30, 1863   Carried as Absent wounded on the rolls through December 1864 Christopher McDaniel enlisted on September 22, 1862 at age 25 with his three brothers Jesse, age 27, John, age 33 and William, age 23. Christopher was nicknamed "Kiddy" by his friends. Christopher was wounded in the right foot on the first day of Gettysburg.He didn't receive medical attention for three days. When he finally did get a surgeon, his wound caused amputation of most of his right foot. He was captured by Union soldiers on July 5th. He was then sent to the prison camp at David's Island New York, where he received more medical attention at DeCamp General Hospital.  He was exchanged at City Point VA and was determined unfit for duty because of the loss of his foot.  He walked from there to his home in Burke County using only his rifle as a crutch.  We don't know when he died, but some family members remember hearing stories from their fathers and mothers which said that he lived past the turn of the century and was alive as late as the 1920's.  All three brothers died in defense of their homeland. William was also wounded and captured at Gettysburg and died at DeCamp hospital on July 28, 1863. John died in Plymouth of  wounds April 18, 1864. Jesse died of typhoid fever in a Richmond hospital on November 15, 1862 Source: Photo & Bio Courtesy of his Descendant Marty Christopher McDaniel

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Additional information or photos would be welcomed to complete

the record of this honorable soldier.