Newbern weekly progress., 1861-08-06
Col. Necklaces regiment at MANASSAS

!. e. We regret very much that spfained ankle
kept our FREUD tfcRae from the field at Manas-
sas for we know he would have been Wiling
I 10 risk his life a thousand ih,.cs to have par
ticpatcd in that days work. But the Regi-
xlent was there and did noble work as will be
seen from the following account
The Fifth Infantry, North Carolina State
Troeps forms part of Brgadirr General Long
streets command and although crippled III fts eff
cheney by she sickness OF two Ct Its held Ohcerss
uobIy purforn ID its part in the battle at Manas.
s,s on the right wing. under the gallant lead or
. Its lieutenant Colonel, who was IN sole COM
uland during the entire engagement.
Early la the morning the cannonadinS corr
nienccd from TWO batteries on the right Rank OF
the positi, II occupied by this regiment supper
, ted by full brrada of the enemy Col Jones,
determined to ascertain the position of their bat.
teries and the force of the enemy detailed small
recunoiteriug force under the command of the
Rev. james Sinclair Chaplain of the Regiment,
", o had volunteered his services for the d#y,--
This force crossed the Run, and attempted to
pen, trate the wood on the left of the enemy pc-
ticn, but was recalled, in order to charge the
batteries up the ravine on the right the scouts
having brought III the necessary infOrmation-
The Virginia Seventeenth ut the same time
ordered Ia support the North Carolina fifth, which
duty it gailanly discharged. General Longstreet
With characteristic yalor, undertook now move
ment which it the orders were understood gen:
orally, would have carried the day with stlA
Col. Jones ordered to send four companies
up the hill as sl1irmiohers, AMI 10 dIaw the tro
of the batteries, while Rrgaiicr General Jones
from right TO flank the enemy on his
left. The reserve companies of the 9th, Suppof-
ted by the l7th Virginia, to attack the right.
The slrmishtrS of the North Carolina 5th, head
ed by the Chaplain, charged up the hill, in tho
face of storm of grape and canister wuch Killed
two and wounded five of his men. On the SUM
init of that h;ll these men lay tor two hours,
ceivjug the cnemy's fire without itlhchtng, While
every side the hoary monarchcs of the forest
We're being muwn down like grass before the
mowers Scythc The brave commander him
self seemed to be ubiquit ius here, there and
everywhere exposing himself III the hottest of
the tire Ii Is hard fer men 10 remain still and
receive the fire OF the enemy, without being per-
mtted 10 return il; and this precisely was the
condition OF the North Caruiiua 9th Oh the 2lst
inst Long and eagerly did those brave men
watch for the signal OF attack upon the right. III
order to advance and give the Northern hounds
;, tuch of the Southern steel.
After remaining on the hil for two hours and
losing in killed and wounded seven men, THIS
body received O 'lers 20 retire 10 the, ravine,
which done in good order.
Bat the tidc of battle again rolled down the
hin, and once more fonr companies of the 9th n.
G. : ate troops were ordered 10 occupy the sum
NIT, and await orders to @dvauco with tho
hay onet on the battery on the right of the enc
my's position. This accomplishUl without
any loss to the North CaroilnianS, aud{ although
they not privileged TO advance upon tho
battery, we THINK tile North Cafollna ruin ~
tautry has given good earnest that at no distant
day she u i'll for herself in the mill
tary annals of the Southern Confclcracy Had
Col james the other field officers of the Regiment
with him, there would have probably been
another bright spot in The gicrics OF the DIST OF
July, 1861. But Bravcly did he perform his
duty, though lis Lieutenant Colonel was
preacher taking his first lesson in the art Of war,
aud mparting the same TO the enemy in the most
impressive manner possible.
Cen Longstrcet in token Of his appreciation
of Mr. Sinclairs services the occasion, pre-
sentcd him with one Of the sabres captured from
the enemy, and expressed his desire that ho
should go his staff