64th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Allen's)

Brief History
64th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Allen's) was organized during the summer of 1862 and attached to General Gracie's Brigade July, 1863, stationed at Cumberland Gap. Here most of the regiment was captured in September but some did escape. It was disbanded near the French Broad River.

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 - many men from Madison County

Company B - many men from Henderson County

Company C - many men from Madison County

Company D - many men from Madison County

Company E - many men from Polk County

Company F - many men from Madison County

Company G - many men from Madison County

Company H - many men from Greene County

Company I - many men from Madison County

Company K - many men from Washington County

Company L - many men from Madison County

Company M - many men from Hancock County, Tennessee and Hawkins County, Tennessee

Company N - many men from Greene County, Tennessee

The information about the companies comes from A 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 2,006 men on its roster for this unit. .

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.