The New York herald., 1862-10-27
THE REBEL efmFaAls.
The Rebel MAJOR os.sral ms.~

Tm0 &sOCl m0yOH 0g0egol to06o40.
The rebel General Holmes, of whom very isiis wss
heard In the early part a his connection wh TIE ress
has recently become general of imporssce,
though, as yet he has done much the wsy fghf
ing For some time he commsnded the Nsrth Csrsiiax
State troops but he commands IN AfksssAs aassx
Tor his immediate opponent the Unon General Eareas
A. Carr, his military junior BY twenty cne years.
Major General Theophs Hunter iloi'ass sbeui any
six years Of age but looks several years sasr 10 cssss
quence Of dsapponimenls and the raihss hard he he
led the frontiers and elsewhere his yenger days
when he FIRST held United States commissloa. Ne 10
native OF North Carolina, and was appointed nrom thai
State 70 tho West Pon. Military Academy isss grsaaa
ting tour years afterwards n the class % which sAe rese
General Robert H. fcc is the best known rcpreSea
tive ON the lst Of July, is2s cAaei Holmes became
Brcvet Second Lieutenant, and was sttschsd 20 tho
Seventh regiment Of infantry, IN which be served fer the
long period Of wcniysx years before he obtained h.
majority. In March, 1885 vacancy Tor fan s~rera
lieutenant occurred the regiment Of dragoa- Ass Leu.
Holmes appointed 10 H. hut declined tho pro.
notion prefcrring 70 remain In the infantry Amer this
he acted as regmen,al aduanl for some iime and aaay
promoted TO first lioutcnancy in hs own regimen
March, IS35l. Three years afterwards, in December
1885, he made full captain aud, therefore, took
command Of company G. During the Mexican ne
engaged with his company In several conflicts a. Monte
rey, and brevoted major for gallant and merorou.
conduct, the brevet being conferred In April lsS-. u
however dated back 90 the 23d of September ls4s
After the conclusion Of the Mexican war, Brevct MAJOR
Holmes served with his regiment various parts OF
western possessions, chiefly IN Texas and New Mckee
Fort Washta, Choctaw Nation. his company gsrrsoning
the fort; and in 1851 he was commanding oser al Fora
Stanton, New Mexico, which, Al that time i'm
portant post, garrsoned by companies OF the Mounted
Rdemen, Second artillery and Eighth infantry In 1880
Major Holmes was detailed tho general recruiting ser
q tyi
sion, with headquarters al Fort Coumbus New York
harbor He thereupon turned the command of Fort
Stanton TO Capt. Caborne then officer IN the Mounted
Riiemen, now rebel, and, proceeding TO New York
lieved the late Colonel hen acr) Eecus Backus the
Island In the meantime he had been promoted to full
majority in the Eighth Infantry, his commission
bearing date March ., 1855. For some time
pected that MAJOR Holmes would rslinquish his
commission soon as the secession OF North Carolina,
his native state in which he had considerable property
both in land aud slaves FAR dcoompii No, iong
before this event occurred he obtained 10 OF absence
went to North Carolina. doubt Ia connection with
the step he subsequently took When he resigned ne
looked like prenlaturely old and broken down man.
not at all likely TO 'bs capable Of going into active
In the Army Register FOR 1861 Major Holmes stood
Der nine the liaea list OF majors OF infantry, AMI by
this time would have been full colonel had he t!nod
true to the flag under which he fought bayey in Mexico
His eldest son, phiius, was appointed by President
Buchanan TO cadetshp at the West Point Academy IN
the TALL Of 1860 but his father resignation put stop
his going there. Young Holmes, almost eighteen
years old Is captain in the Confederate states
As q captain, general Holmes is extremely well
spoken OF by who have served under hun
He looked after the affairs Of his company personally in
stead Of leaving them many captains do 70 the order
ly sergeant The consequence was tha, Brevet MAJOR
Holmes had the most efficient company In the Seventh
infantry II has been statsd that Holmes hsbtual
drunknrd. This Is not correct As young man, he Is
understood u have been rather "fast;" but after has
marriage he was an altered character Hts wife, very
tmable lady 10 whom he M ch attached, dad rather
suddenly after he took command OF the recruiting
service and this melancholy event had great effect upon
the Major, who afterwards appeared like the
man. Mrs. Holmes ia buried in the graveyard iover-
Island and the tablet erected to her memory bears
her and age this touching inscription
s.Shc made her husband a Christian
II is pity that history will have TO add
ssTut he became rebel"