See You In The Field

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. 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 recogn

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 re

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. Private Christopher McDaniel  Company C  Sixth North Carolina State Troops Christopher McDaniel  in the 1920s  ________________________________________________________________________________ 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, ag