Excerpt from The Bloody Sixth: The Sixth North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America Carolina; Mr. Brooks Davis, Chicago, Illinois; Mr. Louis H. Manarin, Editor, the Roster of North Carolina Troops in the Civil War (to be published by the North Carolina Confederate Centennial Com mission) Arlington, Virginia; my wife, Mary P. Iobst, who graciously permitted our home to be filled with research materials for such a long period; Dr. Hugh T. Lefler, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and to Mr. George D. Colclough, Burlington, North Carolina, whose contributions, both in a material and inspirational manner, are too numerous to list. I might add that this book would not have been possible in its present form without the able editorial skill of Mrs. Donna Stallings of the North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.