See below for information on Col. George N. Folk who signed the commutation of rations for David Tester. His NA CSR is scattered in several places, including in the NC units below and in the Confederate officers file in footnote.

6th Regt. N.C. Cav. (65th Regt. North Carolina State Troops)

Col. Geo. N. Folk

65th Regt. North Carolina State Troops
Organized early in 1863 by consolidation of the 5th and 7th Bns. N. C.
Cav.,
- Cos. A to D, 5th Batallion becoming Cos. I,K,H, and B, of the Regt., and Cos. A to F, 7th Batallion becoming Cos. E, F, (new) G,C,D, and A of the Regt.
- (old) Co. G (also known as Artillery Co. G) appears to have been
disbanded early in 1864, and some of its members transferred to Co. C of same Regt. (It is not known where this Co. came from.)
- Co. K, "Mitchell Cav."