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Faces of the 6th
The Photographic History of original members of the
6th North Carolina State Troops
Copyright (C) 1999-2013, compiled by Historian, Rick Walton
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The following photographs are of original members of the "Bloody Sixth". We are honored to include their images here.
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Private John Wesley Knott
Company A, Sixth North Carolina State Troops
Photo Courtesy of his descendant Bruce Zigler
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Pvt. John Wesley Knott (spelled Nott on muster rolls)
Company A, Sixth North Carolina State Troops
Prior Occupation: Farmer Enlisted: September 15, 1862 Where: Yadkin County Age at enlistment: 18 Captured: Rappahannock Station, Va. November 7, 1863 & sent to Point Lookout, Md Paroled: February 24, 1865 at Aikens Landing, Va. and appeared on the Hospital Muster at General Hospital Camp Winder, Richmond, Va. in March 1865.. John Wesley Knott was born on February 18, 1844 and lived near Bloomtown by the Yadkin River. After the war he had nine boys and in the 1880's moved to Champaign, Illinois. He died there on February 14, 1912.
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