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Faces of the Sixth- Sgt. Bartlett Yancey Malone Co. H

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Sgt. Bartlett Yancey Malone

Company H

Sixth North Carolina State Troops

Sgt. Bartlett Yancey Malone, Co. H

source- "Whippt 'em Every Time"

"B. Y. Malone was borned in the year of our Lord 1838 rased and graduated in the Corn field & Tobacco And inlisted in the war June the 18th 1861 And was a member of the Caswell Boys which was comanded by Capt Mitchel And 25 was attatched to the 6th N. C. Regt. which was comd by Coln Fisher who got kiled at the first Manassas fight which was fought July the 21st 1861." From his diary

Best known as the author of the diary that was later published as "Whipt 'Em Every Time", Malone served in Co. H, "The Caswell Boys" commanded by Captain Alfred A.Mitchell.

Enlisted: June 6,1861 for the war

Where: Caswell County

Age at enlistment: 22

Pre-War Occupation: Farmer

Appointed Corporal: May/June 1861

Promoted to Sergeant: February 1, 1863

"The first day of February which was the Sabath was a pritty spring day."

from his Diary (He doesn't mention his promotion)

Wounded: Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862

"And the next morning whitch was the first day of July just twelve months from the time I left home we crost over and about 10 oclock we overtaken the scamps again And they comenced throwing bumbs amung us And we amung them And thar was a very heavey canonading cept up all day And a little befour night the pickets comenced fyring And from that time untell about a hour in the night thar was very hard fiting don indeed And a great meney kild and wounded on boath sids in our company M. Miles L. Smith, B. Murphey, I. Calmond, G. Lyons And my self was all hurt"

from his diary

Wounded: Chancellorsville, Va., May 4, 1863

"And the next day which was the 4 we was marching about first from one plais to a nother a watching the Yankees untell about a hour by sun and the fight was opend our Bregaid went in and charged about a half of a mile and just befour we got to the Yankee Battery I was slitley wounded above the eye with a peas of a Bumb"

from his diary

Captured: Rappahannock Station, Va. November 7, 1863

"And about dark the yanks charged on the Louisianna Bregaid which was clost to the Bridg and broke thir lines and got to the Bridge we was then cutoff and had to Surender"

from his diary

Confined: at Point Lookout Maryland

"The first day of July 1861 I left home, and the first day of July 1862 I was in the fight of Malvern Hill, and the first day of July 1863 I was in the fight at Gettysburg, and today which is the first day of July, I am at Point Lookout Md."

from his diary

Paroled & Exchanged: Aikens Landing Va. Feb. 25-Mar. 3, 1865- Admitted to hospital in Richmond after being exchanged.

"The 21st all Prisnor capturd at Rappahanoc Station was cauld we all went out and Signed the Parole and was put in the Parole Camp and staid there most all the 24th then we was put on the Steamer George Leary we got to Fortress Monroe about dark And then run as far as Hampton Roads and there we staid all night Started next morning at light which was the 25 got to Acorns Landing about 10 Oclock which was about 12 miles from Richmond on the James River we then marched from there to Camp Lea we got to Camp Lea about dark We then Staid at Camp Lea untell the 27 when we wen over to Camp Winder."

from his diary

Married: Mary Frances Compton (1842 - 1892) on 15 Nov 1866

Post War Occupation: Farmer

Death Date: 4 May 1890

Cemetery: Lynches Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Corbett, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA

Source Notes:

1) Jordon, "North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865"

2) Malone, Bartlett Yancey, and William Whatley Pierson. Whipt 'em everytime: the diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987.

3) North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

4) North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011

5 )Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgipage=gr&GRid=54151398&ref=acom

Additional information or photos would be welcomed to complete the record of this honorable soldier.

Faces Of the Sixth- Private Anderson G. Gibbons

Private Anderson G. Gibbons
Company G
6th North Carolina State Troops

Private Anderson G. Gibbons
Source: Photo provided by descendant Gary Gibbons

Prior Occupation: Farmer

Enlisted: May 29, 1861, for the war.

Where: Mecklenburg County

Age at enlistment: 22

Wounded: South Mountain, Maryland, September 14, 1862.

Born in Davidson County and resided in Rowan County, he was present or accounted for until paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Took the Oath of Allegiance at Salisbury on June 3, 1865.

Source Notes:

1) Jordon, "North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865"

Additional information or photos would be welcomed to complete

the record of this honorable soldier.

Private William Thaddeus Redmond- Company C

Private William Thaddeus Redmond
Company C

Sixth North Carolina State Troops

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William Thaddeus (Thad) Redmond fought with Company "C" of the 6th North Carolina Troops. According to family lore, he was wounded in the right arm while carrying the colors. This photo (above) was taken on his 83rd birthday in 1926. Thanks to Donnie Brogden of Durham, NC for supplying this picture of his cousin.

Enlisted: May 1, 1861 for the war

Where: Orange county (his residence)

Age at enlistment: 18

Note: Thaddeus Redmond, Co. C, 6^th NCST was 18 when he enlisted on 5/1/1861 so he would have been born in 1843.

Wounded: Right Arm in Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863

Promoted Corporal: Oct. 1, 1862

Promoted Sergeant: August 1 1863

W Thaddeus Redmond
Source: N.75.9.1 NCArchives W. Thaddeus Redmond (1843- 1935), Corporal and Flagbearer, Sixth (6th) Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, Company C, in Uniform. Photograph by Katie Johnson Studio, Durham, North Carolina, circa 1900.

Additional information or photos would be welcomed to complete

the record of this honorable soldier.

Private Henry Speck Harris- Company B

An Historic Sketch of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment.

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, Captain, J. W. Wilson;

G, from Rowan, Captain, James A. Craige;

Captain, James A. Craige

H, from Caswell, Captain, A. A. Mitchell;

I, from Durham county, Captain, R. W. York;

K, from Alamance, Captain, J. A. Lea.

Captain, Jeremiah A. Lea

The Regiment had four Colonels:

Charles F. Fisher, killed at Manassas, July 21. 1861;

W. D. Pender, killed (Major General)- at Gettysburg;

I. E.Avery, killed July 2, at Gettysburg, commanding Brigade;

Robert F. Webb, wounded at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.

Five Lieutenant Colonels :

W. T. Dortch, resigned on account of Governor Ellis' death ;

Charles E. Light-foot, wounded at Seven Pines, Mav 31, 1862;

I. E. Avery,

R. F. Webb,

S. McD. Tate, wounded at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.

Major Samuel McDowell Tate

Four Majors:

Charles E. Lightfoot,

Robert F. Webb,

S. McD. Tate,

R. W. York, wounded at Mt. Jackson, September 21, 1864.

Four Surgeons :

A.M. Nesbitt,

J. A. Caldwell,

Pleasant A. Holt,

J. G. Hardy.

Four Assistant Surgeons :

J. A. Caldwell,

C. A. Henderson,

W. A. Collett,

W. A. Bickers;

Two Chaplains :

Rev, A. AY. Mangum, D. D.; Episcopal Methodist;

Rev. .K. J. Stewart, D. D., Episcopal.

A. Q. M.: Captains N. E. Scales, M. W. Page, T. HI. Biame.

A. C. S.: Captain W. H. Alexander.

Adjutants: Lieutenants H. B. Lowrie, B. R. Smith, C. Mebane.

The Regiment was in all the great battles of the army of Northern Virginia, under Generals Johnston and R. E. Lee, with two exceptions: The Regiment was under Picket in his fiasco against New Berne, being engaged at Bachelors Creek; and under Hoke at Plymouth ; and was in the storming Column that took Fort Wessels at Plymouth, and was a part of the army of the Valley under Early that went to Washington, and participated in all the engagements of that army, till the fall of 1864, when it rejoined Lee at Petersburg, and stacked its muskets at Appomattox Court House.

The Regiment, in the Army of the Shenandoah, brigaded in the '"Old Third'' with 4th Alabama, 2d and 11th Mississippi. In 1863, in Hoke's North Carolina brigade, 6th, 21st, 54th, 57th regiments and 1st battalion from Salem.

Army commanders: J. E. Johnston, R. E. Lee.

Corps commanders: Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, R. S. Ewell, J. B. Gordon, J. A. Early.

Division commanders: AV. It. C. Whiting, J. B. Hood, J. A. Earlv, S. D. Ramseur, J. G. Walker.

Brigade commanders: Barnard E. Bee, W. H. C. Whiting, E. M. Law, R. F. Hoke, A. C. Goodwin, W. G. Lewis.

Masonic Lodges:

Bee Military Lodge No. 200, under Grand Lodge of Virginia, while in the "Old Third” Brigade. Officers:

R. W. York, W. M.;

S. McD. Tate, S. W.;

Charles E. Lightfoot, J. W.;

W. J. Freeland, S. D.;

Robt. F. Webb, J. P.;

W. B. Allen, Sec;

W. A. Jenkins, Treas.;

J. F. Williams, Tyler. ;

I. E. Avery Military Lodge No. .1, G. L. of N. C:

R. W. York, W. M.;

S. McD. Tate, S. W.;

A. A. Thompson, J W.;

Rev. K. J. Stewart, D. D., chaplain to both lodges.

Went from the regiment :

Captain Robert Martin McKinney, to be Colonel 15th Regiment;

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Lightfoot, to be Colonel of Artillery commanding defenses of Richmond;

Captain James A. Craig, to be Lieutenant-Colonel 57th Regiment;

Colonel W. D. Pender, to be Brigadier and Major General;

Captain A. G. Avery, to be Major Inspector General of D. H. Hill's staff;

Lieutenant J. A. Rose,to be Aid-de-Camp General Pender's staff;

Private Jacob Shepard, to be Aid-de-Camp General Pender's staff;

Surgeon P. A. Holt to be Chief Surgeon Pender's Division;

Sergeant George F. Bason, to be Lieutenant of Ordinance Scales' Brigade;

Private Banks Holt, to be Lieutenant in 7th N. C.;

Private David Silver, to be Lieutenant 58th Regiment;

Lieutenant John Carson and Private Charles Stewart, to be Commissioned Officers of Avery's Battalion.

Note: no author is credited, but Major R. W. York is credited with similar articles, although they are more specific to his company, The North Carolina Grays.

Brief History Of the 6th North Carolina State Troops

1861

First Manassas (Colonel Fisher is Killed)

1862

Peninsula Campaign
- Yorktown
- Eltham's Landing
- Barhamsville
- Seven Pines
- Fair Oaks
- Gaines Mill
- Savage Station
- White Oak Swamp
- Malvern Hill
- Harrisons Landing
- Warrenton Springs

Thoughfare Gap
Second Manassas
Ox Hill
Boonesboro
SharpsburgFredericksburg

1863

Fredericksburg/Chancellorsville
Winchester
Gettysburg (Colonel Avery is killed)
Hagerstown

Bristoe Station
Mine Run
Rappahannock Station (Colonel Webb is Captured)

1864

Bachelder's Creek/New Bern, NC
Martinsburg
Monocacy
Plymouth, NC
Petersburg, Va.
Hanover Junction
Totapotami Creek

Cold Harbor
Lynchburg
Washington
Winchester
Fisher's Hill
Cedar Creek

1865

Hatcher's Run
Fort Stedman
Sayler's Creek
Appomattox

The Barbee Brothers of Company I

The Barbee Brothers of Company I

Sixth North Carolina State Troops

The Barbee family appears in the 1860 Federal Census living in the eastern district of the county of Chatam. William, a 45 year old farmer and his wife Eliza, age 47, have 7 children living in their household. Thomas (22), Henry (21), Rufus (18), Cornelia (16), Ann (12), William (7) and Milly (5).

The three eldest brothers answered the call of the Confederacy. Only two survived. Here are their stories.

Private Anderson G. Gibbons Company G6th North Carolina State Troops

Private Anderson G. Gibbons
Company G
6th North Carolina State Troops