Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-08-07
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We gather tho toIowing Items Of infaFma-
ton concerning thd North Carolina soldiers
from letters found ! various exchanges
Capt Ramseur's light Artillery Company
has been stationed Aear SmithReld. Va, along
with Col. Pender's Regiment 1t viii give
pieayune Butler nd title trouble should he
attempt TO land trops at any of tbs Points
in that vicinity.
On the 29th JULY tho fades Of Norfolk,
through Gen. Hugef, presented the I'd Regi~
ment N. @. Yoiapte@s with . beautiful Flag.
The Colonel Of ISIssgment received it and
responded in goIah patriotic remarks to the
address of Gen. II. Wewill publish thetwo
speeches next week. Ac0rrespondent of the
Petersburg Express says the array Of beauty
on tho occasion was magnificent, and the
whole ceremony was grand and imposing in
the extreme.
A post office has been established at Camp
Lee, Powhatan Co. w, for the benefit of the
ment N. G. Volunteers, Col. Lees, are in
camp at that place. It willremain until SUI
6ciently REINFORCED IA march.
One-half of the Adj Regiment of State
Troops reached Manassas on the evening Of
the 9th July, "wearI, cold and hungry
A member of the Regiment writes =" We
are getting on brayely End in fine spirits"
A bill has passed he Confederate Con-
gress, permitting the 1T Regiment of North
Carolina Volunteers to be mustered into SER
vice for the time agreed upon by them when
they volunteered, and hey are to be paid for
services already rendelsd. This includes the
pay of p~rivates in ths company of Cadets
from the N. c.. Military Institute.
The second RegimesS of State Troops, Col
Tew's and the. elifd, Col. Meares', we at
tached to Brig Gen. Holmes command on
the lower Potomac. Correspondents will
address those attaehed to Col. Meares' Regi-
ment at Accokeek P. O., Stafford county,
Virginia.
The Standard learns from a friend, that
the 9th Regiment late Col. Fishers, is at
Camp Bee near Manassa. Our troops are
we'll provided for and are as comfortable as
could be expected We learn that diarrhoea
prevails to a considerable extent, and that
blackberry wine, cholera medicines, &c.
would be acceptable. We presume a box
prepaid, containing medicines or necessaries
for our troops at Manassa, would certainly
reach it's destination il ssent by the South RI
Express Company, to the care of Col. Light
foot, 9Th Regiment n. C. State Troops"
The WAR.-The Rex. r. FL. Morrison, o
North Carolina, has in the service of the Con
federate Army, a son and four sons-in law
Among the latter are two very brave an
efficient officers, Brigader General Thoma
J.. jackson, of Virginia, and the we'll know
commander of the North Carolina forces a
Bethel, Gen. D. Fl. Hill. Both these gentl,
men are graduat-@es est Point, both serve
with much honor during the Mexican Wa
and both are distinguished for piety and men
tai cultivation.
THE 11TH n. G. REGIMRNT.-This regimen
was at, but not in, the Bulls Run fight
A member of it writes, as published in tt
Greensboro Patriot
THE Eleventh Regiment was placed {
the left fank but did no fighting. Lieu
Col. Leach, in passing from the right
the left wing of our regiment, was salute
by a cannon ball passing in four feet of hiI
and cutting off a limb just at his side al
nearly in front ; and another fell immediate
before MS horse, ard in a few feet Of
guide, and several whistled over the rig
wing as they proceeded to join the left
TIE FIFTH N. G. REG1MENT.-It was
a while uncertain whether this Regiment W
in the battle on July 21st. The fact is NJ
settled. A number Of companies at least We
present, and did gallant service. In additi
to our letter from a member of the Regimel
= Dispatch of the 29th:-N G. Pres.
Early in the morning the cannonadi
! commenced from two batteries Oh the RIG
flank of the position occupied by this reg
ment, supported by a full brigade of the en-
my. Col. Jones, determined TO ascertain t
-. position of their batteries and the force
the enemy, detailed a small r~econnoiteri
force, under the command of the Rev. Jan
Sinclair, Chaplain Of the Regiment, who h
volunteered bis services for the day. 7
: force crossed the Run, and penetrated
4 woods on the left ofthe enemy position, /
! was recalled, IN order to charge the batter
:, up the ravine on the right, the scouts havi
u brought in the necessary information. I
Virginia Seventeenth was at the same ii
IL ordered to support the North Carolina Fiji
which duty it CALAMITY discharged. Gen
: al Longstreet, with characteristic valor, u
= dertook now a movement which, if the
y ders had been understood generally, wo
y have carried the day with a still greater i
. ire, if not a more complete victory.
;" Cn[Iopas-Jr& SSascad-ta send four CO
draw the fire of the batteries, while Br1
- der General Jones from our right was
IS flank the enemy on his left. The rese
companies of the 5th,% supported by the l
Virginia, were to attack the enemy on
p right. The skirmishers of the North Car
. ma 9Th, headed by the Chaplain. charged
at the hill, in the face of a storm of grape
ld canister which killed two md wounded t
of his men. On the summit of that
r, these men lay for two hours, receiving
enemy's fire without finching, while on
ry side the hoary monaEchs Of the fo
were being mown down like grass before
Ss mowers scythe. The brave comman
u himself seemed to be ubiquitous-here, tt
and everywhere exposing himself in the
e. test of the fire. 1t is hard for men to
ut main still and receive the fire of the enc
il without being permitted to return it:
this precisely was the condition Of the Ne
" Carolina 9TH on the 21st July. Long
"A eagerly did those brave men watch for
" signal attack upon the right, in order to
as vance and give the Northern hounds a to
of the Southerp-Ss1
as After remaining on the hill for two no
vs. and losing in killed and wounded seven n
al this body received orders to retire to the
vine, which was done in good order.
But the tide of battle again rolled d
the hill, and once more four companies OF
9th N. c.. State troops wee ordered to O
Ply the summit, and await orders to adv;
with the bayonet on the bttery on the r
, of the euemy's position. This was acc
plished without any loss to the North G
7 %linians; and although they were not pri
" edged to advance upon the battery, we tt
that the North Carolina Fifth Infantry
~ given good earnest that al no distant day
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