Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-04-14
From the Raj. Confederate .

~ 1F0Ht LHe Tai. COHteQcrato
OF Gav. Vance at Orange Court House,
II Va., and at the Headquarters of the
ii Ihsrsieth ". o. Reginaent, IN the pres
81 ence of Gen. Lee and has veteran Officers
q and Ken Grand Rev;e,o IN Honor OF
q the Governor, dc.
8 Through the prompt attention of our
8 army correspondent &C." with the army
n of Northern Virginia, we are enabled to
i lay before our readers the following sketch
es OF the addresses of Gov. Vance in the
4 presence of Gen. Lee and his veteran ar
!. my, as also the distinguished honors paid
our Chief Executive by this noble band:
CAMP SECOND n. &. INFANTRY, |
Ramseur's Brigade, March %, 1864
Nessrs. Editors We have had for sew
eral days past, a variety of things to dis
] turb the monotony OF camp life. Last week
I there fell the heaviest fall Of snow that
d has occurred this winter, and it has occa-
stoned no little sport among the soldiers.
B Snow-baling was all the rage aud count
h less battles were fought between different
4 companies, giments and brigades, and
. there was even one between rival divis-
J ions, in which officers high in rank, and
I usually of grave dignity and decorun,
. participated. When the snow had melt
ed away, as it did in very short time,
under the warm and genial sun OF several
days that followed, Gov. Vance came. and
since then we have had the pleasure of
listening to two of his inimtable speeches.
On Saturday, he spoke to very large
audience OF North Caro!inans at the quar-
ters OF the 53d regiment, OF Daniels bri-
gade, and again on yesterday, to all tho
North Carolinians Of the I'd corps and the
1st N. @. cavalry. His speech on Satur-
day was listened to with marked attention.
and had the effect Of cheering, IN no small
degree, the listening soldiers. I was glad
to see, Oh Saturday, on the speakers stand.
so many OF our chiet leaders, among them
Gems. Lee, Ewell, I'LL, Rodes, .sAlle-
ghany' johnson, Jeb Stewart, Ramsenr,
and Stewart, of Mary and /; and I am in
formed, during the Governors stay with
us, he has received all the courtesy and
attention from our chief officers to which
the Executive OF our State is entitled, and
the hlg't merit OF the man is due.
But to-day has been the gala-day It
was proposed on Saturday, that a grand
review OF the North Caro.inians Of this
army corps be he'd in honor Of the Gov
crnor, aud it came OFT on yesterday in "all
the pomp and circumstance Of glorious
war" All the brigades and parts OF bri-
gades. hailing from the old North State,
were out in full force, aud presented a
splendid appearance, in military bearing,
as We'll as in every thing else that the most
ardont well wisher could desire. The
proud array of the children OF old Rip
Van WinkIe--battle-s Scared veterans-as
they stood in long line almost as far as the
eye could reach, with their arms glisten~
ing in the light OF the ncon-day sI,l--or,
as wheeled in column, in an hundred sub
divisions, with bullet-rent flags flying they
marched with soldierly precision around
the review ground --eould not bat impress
the observer with the. magnitude OF the
power which the old North State wisIdsy
IN this contest for freedom. And this mass
OF men were only part--not half OF her
representatives in the army of Northern
virginia. "Ihe scorner may sneer at, and
wltlings detame her, but her jewels here
shine with = lnstrs unsurpassed by; none,
ana by their real worth and vslor i'm ]
every battle Of Virginia, haye. won
the pIandits OF the nnprein Iced wrung
praise from the unwilling, aud piacses her