md eerie i ONE TCH SIX-
TEENTH KEGIMENT.

By GEORGE H. MILLS, First Lizvrenant, Company G.

 

 

 

 

The Sixteenth Regiment of North Carolina Troops (Sixth
Volunteers) was composed originally of twelve companies,
as follows:

Jompany A—Jackson—Captain, A. W. Coleman.
Company B—Madison—Captain, John Peake.
Company C—Yancey—Captain, J. S. McElroy.
Company D-—Rutherford—Captain, H. D. Lee.
Company E—Burke—Captain, E. J. Kirksey.
Company F—Buncombe—Captain, P. H. Thrash.
Company G—Rutherford—Captain, C. T. N. Davis.
Company H—Macon—Captain, Thomas M. Angel.
Company I—Henderson—Captain, Wm. M. Shipp.
Jompany K-——Polk—Captain, J. C. Camp.
Company L—Haywood—Captain, R. G. A. Love.
Company M—Gaston—Captain, B. F. Briggs.

In April, 1862, Company N, Captain J. W. Kilpatrick,
from Rutherford, was added, making thirteen companies, but
after the battle of Seven Pines, it was transferred and be-
came Company I, Fifty-sixth North Carolina. After Sharps-
burg Company A was transferred to the Thirty-ninth, and
Company L to the Sixty-ninth North Carolina, both these
last in the Army of the West.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The regiment was organized at Raleigh on 16 June, 1861,
electing—

SteruEn D, Ler, of Buncombe, Colonel.

Capra R. G. A. Love, of Haywood, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Carrary B. F. Brraes, of Gaston, Major.

Woovsury Wueeter, Adjutant.

Nors.—A sketch of this Regiment will be found in Vol. 1 of this

“work, pp. 751-773. The writer of this very interesting additional sketch
died 10 January, 1901. He wasa gallant soldier.—Ep.