Civil War Military Units Created With Men From Burke County, NC




North Carolina in the American Civil War

Civil War Military Units Created With Men From Burke County, NC

North Carolina State Troops Assigned to CSA
Date Organized	Unit Name	Captain(s) from Burke County	Assigned To:	Date Ended	Comments
April 25, 1861	Company G Burke Rifles	Capt. Clark Moulton Avery	1st NC Volunteers	November 12, 1861	Mustered out after completing six months' service.
May 10, 1861	Company E Burke Tigers	Capt. Elijah J. Kirksey, Capt. Abel S. Cloud, Capt. Ambrose L. Kaylor	6th NC Volunteers / 16th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
May 16, 1861	Company D	Capt. Samuel McDowell Tate, Capt. Duncan Cameron Pearson	6th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
May 16, 1861	Company E	Capt. Isaac E. Avery, Capt. Alphonso C. Avery	6th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
October 7, 1861	Davis Dragoons, Company F-Davis Dragoons	Capt. Thomas George Walton, Capt. Elisha A. Perkins	Independent Company, 41st NC Regiment (3rd Cavalry)	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
October 15, 1861	Company K Burke & Catawba Sampsons	Capt. James Theodore Johnson	35th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
December 3, 1861	Company B	Capt. Mark D. Armfield, Capt. Thomas R. Parks	11th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
February 1862	Company B	None (Captains from Other Counties)	46th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
February 4, 1862	Company D	Capt. Calvin S. Brown, Capt. William J. Kincaid	11th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
March 21, 1862	Company B	Capt. James C.S. McDowell, Capt. George B. Kibler	54th NC Regiment	April 9, 1865	Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
June 8, 1862	Burke Rangers, Company C, Company H	Capt. Junius C. Tate	Independent Company, 5th NC Battalion-Cavalry, 65th NC Regiment (6th Cavalry)	April 26, 1865	Mustered out at Salisbury, NC.
June 28, 1862	Mitchell Cavalry, Company B, Company K	Capt. Samuel W. English	Independent Company, 5th NC Battalion-Cavalry, 65th NC Regiment (6th Cavalry)	April 26, 1865	Mustered out at Salisbury, NC.
July 14, 1862	Company F McDowell Rangers	Capt. Jason Conley, Capt. Caleb O. Conley	58th NC Regiment	April 26, 1865	Surrendered at Bennett Place, NC near Durham Station.
May 25, 1864	Independent Company, Company D, Company I	Capt. David Jackson Corpening	Corpening's Company-Senior Reserves, Lt. Col. George C. Stowe's Battalion-Sr. Reserves, 5th NC Regiment-Senior Reserves	April 26, 1865	Unknown if/when this company was mustered out. Most men simply went home on their own accord.
June 14, 1864	Company C, Company G	Capt. Lambert Augusus Bristol	8th NC Battalion-Junior Reserves, 3rd NC Regiment-Junior Reserves	April 26, 1865	Mustered out at Bush Hill, NC (Randolph County).
February 1865	Company A	None (Captain from McDowell County)	Maj. Alphonso C. Avery's Battalion-Local Defense	April 17, 1865	Men not formally mustered out. They simply dispersed and went home on their own accord.
North Carolina Militia Units
Date Organized	Unit Name	Captain(s) from Burke County	Assigned To:	Date Ended	Comments
April 10, 1862	Linville Company	Capt. Joshua Gibbs	100th NC Regiment of Militia (Northern Burke County)	EOW	EOW = End of War.
April 10, 1862	Lower Creek Company	Capt. William Henry Bristol
April 10, 1862	Morganton Company	Capt. William Marcus Winters
April 10, 1862	Parks's Company	Capt. John Lewis Warlick
April 10, 1862	Brindleton Company	Capt. Simeon Michael Kibler	101st NC Regiment of Militia (Southern Burke County)	EOW	EOW = End of War.
April 10, 1862	Icard Company	Capt. James Dyzard Glass
April 10, 1862	Lower Fork Company	Capt. John Tyler Patterson
April 10, 1862	Silver Creek Company	Capt. John Nelson Dorsey
April 10, 1862	Upper Fork Company	Capt. Jonathan Waitsteel Caswell
North Carolina Home Guard Units
Date Organized	Unit Name	Captain(s) from Burke County	Assigned To:	Date Ended	Comments
< October 14, 1863	3-5 Companies (Not Named)	Capt. James D. Glass, Capt. ? Kibler, Capt. J.T. Patterson (All 3 - Probably in Militia Above)	60th NC Battalion-Home Guard, 8th NC Regiment-Home Guard (1st Organization)	EOW	EOW = End of War.