Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-12-17
V,,s a3iM North Carolina NfOOps.

,r,a 18th North Car"iDa Regiment was or
nao,zrd .n the 10th day st May 1851, at. Garss
hh.,y n c.. aud elected the following held Ofh
csrs: w. ID. Pendef ot Edgecombe, Colonel
" 5, Guy ot Granville, IL. Colonel, ano -.
u u.o,iIticn. of Hhlsburo' Military Institute,
M.i,r. Th,. res,ment was the third in nutnbsr
that lett the State for Vnginia. and WAS organ
lied and known as the Third ~. Carolina, until
she 2Oth o. Sept, 1861, at which time the osa'e
Troops wrre formed numbering iron one t"i
ten. The 18Th remained at Gary sourg III Camp
Of lps,ruction about two weeks, when IL was
ord.red T., Suffolk Va Remaining there four
weeks it was next ordered .o Ben's Church 10
Isle of w Isht county, FIVE miles from Sm'th
field Va. AT this place 1T was thrown 'n''
Penn oer:on's lst Brigade, Hages's DIVISION.
Tbs regiment. while i. This section of Virginia
was not engaged 10 any battle or sk'rm'sh, Out
was required tu perform excesslv" guard dnsy
the pns:s ext ending five miles asong tne james
riyer aud at two puhts-Old I"Wn ana S"S-
xed Islano o-fortifcatons were erected. WE'le
At Bsn's Chutcn, Or Camp Ruffin, named IN hon
or OF the venerable Jadge Ruifin, ut N e.. some
changes were mad. IN tn. FlrIc Officers "t the
regiment: also our Rrig.d,er General, ). =.
Prmbertnn, was transferred t" Charleston, ,.
C.. and protuoted t" M ,ior Gsn-ral, and b. T.
Coston. Brxadier General placed in com'na"a
of the lst Brigade Col. W. Prnder was
transfe, red TO the Sixth n. {. S. L. t" al sns
vacancy occasirned by the death OF Col. fisher
kliled at Manassas M. l. Capt. A. M Scales
of Co. H was unanimou>iy elected Colonel on
th- lOth of October. lS6t The regiment re-
manned at Camp Rutin till April 4th, 1852,
when It was ordered To he Peninsula. 1t was
marched. biv mack I'd and picket about the for
. siscati>,ns of York Town. The regiment re"r
gaa,zed on 26ln day nt April, 1862, AID re cleo
ted A. M. Scales Colonel, Th"s, Rutfln L. Col
eael. and j S. Hsmbrick Major. Tbs reg'-
nent then was placed ia l. ,bgstreets Diviss"
and took up march with the same towards w
liansbury Ia .he engagement at this p'ae"
the regiment participated, and three companies
fought the enemy hand to hand, ano we're IN
close contest tor the short .ime shat the yankees
stood ground.
In Justice to- the gallant men of these comPa'
nies It ~ rot amiss tospartcular;ze the courage
shown in that short but bloody struggle. Inc
men locked ba> one,s AUD there are n"~ living
heroes at home disabled, VIII" carry the marks
of the sabre and bayoner upon thar persons
Tie loss sustained IN this battle was seVeoty-
five killed. wounded aud missing. 1ne 1nes'
ment then tell back with the army to k'ch'n"no
and o., N. 1T June 1862 was in the battle o;
Seven Pines and rsmalned an the he'o iro"
Sa,u.day evening to Monday murnng Are
tins hat1ls ON the I4h OF June. 1862, it ~a>
transferred I. ID. I'll. sHufs Division, and plac-
ed i. General GarIand's nrigade. In the pal
tie, ar.uro Rchmond, M~chan'csv'lle. C'ld
= Harbor aud Malvern Hall, (Juns 26th' @t"
and July O., 1862 it was engaged and s"s-
tanned i,ss ..t 1877 men, in all th"se engage
msnts. On the 18th of August, 1862, It TOOK
no line snf march for Manassas. G~n. -. u.
Hill. our D,v,sion C."pmander, was "roerso
to report to- Lieut.. Gen. jackson, his oV's'o.
being placed in his corps. l. failed TO ts"c'
Manassas in time I" pxr,,cipate 10 ma oalu-.
After marching for several day along 'ss Is, l''
tomac, it engaged in the battle "i South M'ua
tain. Sept, .14th, 1862, H-re fell Ger. Garlane
before the centre ot. the Regiment; sn s'fhcsr se
mired and beloved by every soldier ~ ms cnh
maid. Capt Glenn, OF Co. l. also was k'ilee
ir this pnysgenent-a warm hearted, true, shs
accom- ol,shed officer, whose loss was sadly fei
bv his eomrades in line. On the l7ths't Patti
cipated in the battle of Sharpshurg and Gnr' Dol
mo- small part in the fighting that day In'
loss sustained in both aof these sngsge'nent'
was ahas. 6lt, per cent of the number carried
in. On, the l9tlleof September 1862. tns reg.
naent recro.sed the Putsmac, and ON 1as on
OF October 1862 wss trsnstsrred =, tne p 'lsAV
of w. ID. Psndsrs A.sP. Hills aDlvls'oa.
remained in the Valley, near Winchester, w''
nothing of aets trsnspirisg save small aA'f-