Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-07-09
Killed and Wounded North. .Carolinians.

Killed and Wounded orth.Carolfnians.
We have no means of knowing with accuracy the
number Of troops from this State engaged in the late
battles near Richmond, but We think it probable
that at least thirtysix regiments were in action
Nor do We know, with certainty, the brigades and
divisions to which the North Carolina regiments be-
long, as nearly all the regiments have been recently
transferred to Brigadiers and Major Generals from
their respective States. The divisions of Gems. A.
P. Hill and Longstreet have been in nearly all the
battles and they bore the brunt of the terrible con-
flict, on Monday evening and Monday night, about
seventeen miles from Richmond. The Richmond
papers contain the names of about 400 from this
State as killed and wounded in Fridays fsht near
ly all the names mentioned being those wounded,
as the dead for the most part have been buried
where they fell, and have not yet been reported.
We think it probable that, in all the battles, this
State has lost thousand killed and some two or
three thousand wounded The loss may, however,
fall much below this, and we hope it does; but we
cannot we'll see how it can, if the reports WHICH we
have of the battles of Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
be correct.
Officers and men have acquitted themselves with
equal valor. The private who has fallen is entitled
to as much honor as the Colonel the General who
met death on these bloody fields. Side by side they
went forward an irresistible column against the in
vadcr-the officers leading and cheering, and the
shouting, half bent with that incessant double
quick and those cleaning bayonets, so terrible in
the eyes Of the recedng enemy. A people who
send out such soldiers to fight their battles, can
never be conquered; and an army which relies on
the bayonet, and on the bayonet alone, to storm
fortfcatons capture artillery, and repe cavalry is
absolutely invincible.
Among the native North-C -Carolinians who fell glo-
riously, was Maj. Chatham Roburdeau Wheat, a
son Of Professor Wheat formerly of this State.
From Manassas to the spot where he fell, he was
distinguished among the bravest for his lofty and
daring courage. At the head of eighty-6ve men
the remnant Of his once proud ba:talion-he was
struck by rife bullet in his head, and died almost
instantly. His last words were, "Boys, bury me
on the field"
We learn that COL Charles G.. Lee of the 37th,
Gen. Branch's brigade, was slain in the battle OF
Monday. His body was sent through this place on
Wednesday, to his family in Charlotte. Col. Lee
was native of Buncombe County, and graduate
of West Point He distinguished himself in the
battles of Newbern, Hanover Court House and in
those near Richmond. We have heard none Of the
circumstances of his death, but we may be sure
that he was where duty called him, and that he met
his fate like hero.
The Wilmington Journal contains touching and
most deserved tribute to Capt James Allan Wright,
of the LIST State Troops, Of the late DR.. Thomas
H. Wright of that place. He fell in the conflict OF
Thursday: Capt Wright was young man Of much
promise. But, says the Journals correspondent:
"He is gone from among u.s. All pale now is the