History of the 1st North Carolina Infantry (6 Months) in the Civil War

Note: there was another 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment that was organized in June for the duration of the war and served until Appomattox.

1861
May 9	Organized at Raleigh for six months service under the command of Colonel Daniel H. Hill, Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Lee and Major James Lane.
May 13	Mustered into state service.
May 20	Moved to Virginia and assigned to the Department of the Peninsula.
June 6	Sent to Big Bethel Church near Fort Monroe.
June 10	Battle of Big Bethel The regiment was under the command of Colonel Hill, and brought around 800 men to the field. Private Henry Lawson Wyatt was killed while advancing to burn a barn that was thought to be sheltering Federal troops. He is considered the first Confederate enlisted man killed in the Civil War.
July 10	Colonel Hill was promoted to brigadier general and took command of troops around Richmond. Lieutenant Colonel Lee was promoted to colonel, Major Lane was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Captain Rober F. Hoke to Major.
September 28	Lieutenant Colonel Lane was transferred to the newly created 28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment as its colonel. Captain Joseph Starr was transferred in as lieutenant colonel.
October	Assigned to McKinney’s Brigade, Department of the Peninsula
November 12	The regiment mustered out of Confederate service and disbanded at the end of its term of service and returned to North Carolina. Many of the men joined the 11th North Carolina Infantry.