NORTH CAROLINA 60TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
Organized by increasing 6th Inf Bn to a regt in Madison County, summer 1862
Field consolidation with 58th NC Inf Regt from Dec 1863 to 04/09/1865
Consolidated with 58th NC Inf Regt & designated 58th NC Inf Regt Consolidated at Smithfield, NC 04/09/1865
FIRST COMMANDER: Joseph A. McDowell, Col
FIELD OFFICERS: William H. Deaver, Major, LtCol
Washington M. Hardy, Major, Col
James T. Huff, Major
William W. McDowell, Major
James M. Ray, LtCol
James T. Weaver, Major, LtCol
ASSIGNMENTS:
Unattached, Dept of East TN, Aug-Oct 1862
Walker's Brig, Army of Middle TN, Dept #2, Oct-Nov 1862
Walker's Brig, Breckinridge's Div, 1st Corps, Army of TN, Nov 1862
Preston's Brig, Breckinridge's Div, 2nd Corps, Army of TN, Dec 1862-May 1863
Preston's-Stovall's Brig, Breckinridge's Div, Dept of the West, May-July 1863
Stovall's Brig, Breckinridge's Div, Dept of MS & East LA, July-August 1863
Stovall's Brig, Breckinridge's Div, 2nd Corps, Army of TN, Aug-Nov 1863
Reynold's Brig, Stevenson's Div, 1st Corps, Army of TN, Nov 1863-Feb 1864
Reynold's-Palmer's Brig, Stevenson's Div, 2nd Corps, Army of TN, Feb 1864-April 1865
BATTLES:
Murfreesboro 12/31/1862-01/03/1863
Jackson Siege July 1863
Chicamauga 09/19-20/1863
Chattanooga Siege Sept-Nov 1863
Chattanooga 11/23-25/1863
Atlanta Campaign May-Sept 1864
New Hope Church 05/25-06/04/1864
Peach Tree Creek 07/20/1864
Atlanta 07/22/1864
Atlanta Siege July-Sept 1864
Jonesboro 08/31-09/01/1864
Carolinas Campaign Feb-April 1865
Bentonville 03/19-21/1865
[Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies - North Carolina, pp 159-160]
NORTH CAROLINA 6TH INFANTRY BATTALION
Organized with 4 Co's composed of men from Va & NC in early 1862
Also considered as a Va Unit
Disbanded 07/14/1862, per S.O. #162, A&IGO
NC portion of this Bn increased to Regt & designated 60th NC Inf Regt
FIRST COMMANDER: John T.P.C. Cohoon, LtCol
ASSIGNMENT:
Infantry Brig, Dept of NC, June-July 1862
BATTLES:
Seven Days Battles, 06/25-07/01/1862
Malvern Cliff, 06/30/1862
[Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, North Carolina, p 90-91]