Index to Collection at the North Carolina Museum of History
Compiled by Historian Rick Walton, the following tables contain descriptions and links to all the currently known articles in the collection of the North Carolina Museum Of History relating to the 6th North Carolina State troops. Some of them have photographs and some have only descriptions
Please Note: The NCMOH has changed their URLs which has broken most of the links. I am working to restore them. Their Search Engine seems PAINFULLY SLOW but the collection numbers are correct and can be used to search directly on their web site here:https://collections.ncdcr.gov/MAsearch.aspx?dir=COMBINED
Instructions
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BLUE SILK BROCADE SHAWL, OBVERSE IS EMBROIDERED IN WHITE "MAY 20TH 1775/ NORTH CAROLINA/ DEEDS NOT WORDS/ MAY 20TH, 1861" REVERSE HAS EMBROIDERED NC STATE SEAL
Important Note: This Flag is the subject of the 2016 Fund Raising Campaign
CO. I, BLUE FIELD W/ WHITE CANTON PAINTED NC STATE SEAL & "THE OLD NORTH STATE FOREVER"; REVERSE READS "NORTH CAROLINA GRAYS, PRESENTED BY LADIES OF CEDAR FORK"
CSA BATTLE FLAG, CAPTURE NO. "12" STAMPED ON REVERSE UPPER STAFF EDGE & FLY CORNER, HANDWRITTEN HISTORY ON STAFF EDGE, HAND-SEWN, SEVERAL HOLES THROUGHOUT
Note: Recent scholarship suggests that this flag may have been mis-identified. The 6th NCST battle flag Captured at Rappahannock Station is most likely a flag currently owned by Stratford Hall and on display in Gettysburg
ALSO KNOWN AS SHABRAQUE; GREY-GREEN FELT, TRIMMED WITH BLACK LEATHER AND GOLD BRAID, LINED WITH MATTRESS TICKING. USED COL. CHARLES F. FISHER, 6TH REG. NCST.
HAT ORNAMENT, BLACK CLOTH W/ GOLD BRAID SEWN INTO PATTERN OF EAGLE BITING SNAKE, REVERSE HAS ONE EYELET, WORN BY CAPT. WILLIAM DORSEY PENDER
19XX.330.19
VEST CONFEDERATE ARMY, PROBABLY STAFF OR INFANTRY. NON-REGULATION, BUT MILITARY TYPE AND PATTERN, BLUE WOOL. BLACK CIVILIAN SUIT BUTTONS, FLAP POCKETS. WORN BY MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM DORSEY PENDER.
PHOTOGRAPH OF LIEUTENANT GENERALS & MAJOR GENERALS FROM NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSIONED BY THE CONFEDERATE STATES; FEATURES 8 FACIAL SHOTS W/ THEIR NAMES UNDERNEATH, MISSING MAJ. GEN. RAMSEUR. (Is he missing or did someone whitewash him out?)
PROJECTILE- FIRED FROM A FEDERAL CANNON AT THE 6TH REGIMENT, NCST, AT THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS, JULY 20, 1861.
1937.6.1
Sophia Partridge Sewing Kit RIGID FOLDING KIT W/ AN EXTERIOR COVERING OF RED VELVET EMBOSSED W/ ROCOCCO REVIVAL FLORAL PATTERNS AND SAW TEETH & LINE BORDERING...
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: THE LADIES OF CEDAR FORK CHOSE SOPHIA PARTRIDGE TO SEW THE FLAG FOR THE "NORTH CAROLINA GRAYS", COMPANY I, 6TH NC STATE TROOPS, FLAG # 19XX.330.174.
HALF LENGTH, 1/4 PLATE, IMAGE OF MAN W/ BEARD & DRESSED IN CSA UNIFORM SEATED IN CHAIR, FACE & BUTTONS HAND-TINTED, ALL IN GUTTAPERCHA, MOLDED, BI-FOLD CASE, IMAGE OF PRIVATE NEWTON A. BRANCH.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF ROBERT F. WEBB, IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES. ON THE BACK IS HAND WRITTEN MESSAGE: "WITH MY BEST WISHES FOR YOUR FUTURE HAPPINESS/ I AM TRULY YOURS/ ROB'T WEBB" (Click on above link to see back of Photo)
Resided in Burke County and enlisted in Alamance County at age 24, June 20, 1861, for the war. Appointed Corporal on June 30, 1861, and was elected 3rd Lieutenant on June 17, 1862. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on December 24, 1862. and promoted to 1st Lieutenant on July 1,1863. Captured at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, November 7, 1863, and confined at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., until transferred to Johnson's Island, Ohio, November 11, 1863. Paroled at Johnson's Island and transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, March 14, 1865, for exchange. Received at Cox's Wharf, James River, Virginia, March 22, 1865, for exchange.