QM Records of the 60th North Carolina Infantry

[mississippian]

Here is another one of my pet regiments. The 60th was one of the few regiments from North Carolina that fought with the AOT. It served with the "Florida Brigade" of the AOT from late 1862 till November 1863, when it became part of Reynolds Brigade of NC and VA troops in Carter Stevenson's Division.

From the Papers of QM W.A. Patton:

For the Quarter ending March 31st 1863:

93 Overcoats
76 Jackets
66 pairs pants
249 Shirts
237 pairs shoes
182 pairs drawers
76 blankets
18 mess pans
5 axes
9 camp kettles
4 tin cups
2 Tents
1 tent pole
1 tent fly
47 Hats
46 Caps

Papers of Lt. Weaver, Co. A:

June 11th 1863

11 pairs shoes
8 jackets
18 pair pants
20 pairs drawers
6 hats
20 shirts
4 blankets
15 pair socks


Papers of Capt. Marion C. Toms, Co. A:

October 2nd 1863:

9 jackets
23 pair pants
23 shirts
5 pair shoes
6 pair socks

Unknown day, October 1863:

5 jackets
10 pairs shoes
1 cap
32 blankets
2 tent flies

November 23rd 1863:

35 pairs socks
1 blanket

Will MacDonald

[GrumpyDave]

Any info on what they were issued to eat?

[mississippian]

Grumpy,

Here are some documents that might interest you, The 60th was part of the confederate army that "tried to save" Vicksburg. As you can see, they give a pretty good account of what the C.S. was issuing their soldiers in Mississippi during late June of 1863.

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fwaro%2Fwaro0038%2F&tif=00970.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DANU4519-0038

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fwaro%2Fwaro0038%2F&tif=00979.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DANU4519-0038

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fwaro%2Fwaro0038%2F&tif=00986.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DANU4519-0038

BTW, I heard you broke your rain curse over this past weekend, congrats.

Will MacDonald

[Pvt Schnapps]

That's great stuff, Mr. MacDonald. I'm surprised to see that rice became as big a part of the Confederate diet -- at that time, in that theater -- as corn. Even bigger in the last report. It makes sense given where they were; maybe we'll start seeing more of it at events.

[Gregg Hensley]

First, let me say thanks for your research and interest in the 60th NC! In December my unit as well as around 75 family members dedicated a memorial foot marker for Alexander H. Ledford, 60th NC, Co. G who died of disease in Lauderdale Springs, Miss. in Sept. '63. This soldier is my wife's namesake GG Grandfather. The area where I live contributed a substantial number of troops to the 60th. I've been doing some off and on research and I'm fairly certain that I also have 2 ancestors who were in the 60th. Thanks again!

Gregg Hensley
22nd NC, Co. K
The McDowell Boys

[Burnsville]

There is a gentleman in Asheville, NC, a reenactor, who has extensive records of the 60th. I believe he is actually planning on publishing a book about NC units serving in the Western theatre. I might be able to give you an address if you wish to contact him. I believe he is in college, and now,is mostly tied up with that. I know he is descended from Lt. Colonel James T. Weaver, and might even has some of his personal articles.
The 60th was a part of Stovall's brigade in September, 1863, not the Florida brigade.

[brown30741]

In September 1863, Marcellus Stovall's Brigade (which was in Breckinridge's Division) included:
1st & 3d Florida
4th Florida
47th Georgia
60th North Carolina

All NC regiments on the field at Chickamauga were in different brigades. By the way, Robert Trigg's Brigade had 3 Florida Regiments and the 54th Virginia, and John Kelly's Brigade included the 58th NC & 63rd Va along with a Georgia regiment and a Kentucky regiment; Trigg & Kelly were both in Preston's Division.

[mississippian]

Gregg,

My Girlfriends family is from the Meridian area so I know exactly where Lauderdale Springs is. The Jackson Campaign is very much forgotten, I had a bunch of relatives in Shanks Evans "Tramp Brigade" of South Carolinians who fought in the same campaign, as well as a great uncle in the 29th NC who was captured at Yazoo City and "died" in a federal prison camp. (The records are unclear as to what exactly happened to him.)

Will MacDonald