Re: Kirk and Bartlett; organization and chain of command:

The Union Army recruited two mounted Infantry regiments within North Carolina; both mounted regiments were raised from Western North Carolina counties: William C. Bartlett, Union's 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry Regiment; and George W. Kirk, Union's 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry Regiment. Recruitment of these regiments epitomized the "Brother's War" and the men serving in the two Union mounted infantry regiments were commonly referred to as "Home Yankees." Union Major General George Stoneman's command as it concerns Western North Carolina in 1865: Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry Regiment, Lieut. Colonel William C. Bartlett; Third North Carolina Mounted Infantry Regiment, Colonel George W. Kirk; First Brigade, Commanding Colonel Chauncey G. Hawley; Fourth Division, Department of the Cumberland, Brig. General Davis Tillson; District of East Tennessee, Major General George Stoneman (For Stoneman's entire command in 1865, please see O.R., 1, 49, Part II, pp. 538-539) or scroll down this page, http://thomaslegion.net/conclusion.html to: The Final Days: United We Stand (links for Stoneman's entire command are included. Also included: Bartlett and Kirk's roles in the final days of the Civil War)
Regards, Matthew Parker