60th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Brief History
60th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organized at Greenville, Tennessee, during the summer of 1862 by adding four companies to the 6th North Carolina State Infantry Battalion. It mustered a force of 106 in January, 1865 and surrendered in April, a few men.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A - "Buncombe Light Artillery" - many men from Buncombe County.

Company B - many men from Madison County.

Company C - many men from Buncombe County

Company D - "Henderson Rangers" - many men from Henderson County

Company E - "Buncombe Farmers" - many men from Buncombe County

Company F - many men from Buncombe County.

Company G - many men from Polk County.

Company H - many men from Cocke County, Tennessee

Company I - "French Broad Guard" - many men from Madison County.

Company K - many men from Buncombe County

The information about the companies comes fromA Guide to Military Organizations and Installations North Carolina 1861-1865. Information about the companies and their rosters are in Manarin and Jordan, North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: a roster.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,648 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘North Carolina in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * North Carolina in the Civil War describes many sources, specifically for North Carolina, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Walter Clark. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina in the Great War, 1861-'65  (Nash Brothers, Book and Job Printers, Goldsboro, N.C., 1901). Internet Archive.