Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-11
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE
LATE WAR. 5e

LATE WAR.
A correspondent writes to the n Y.
Aeco,'d from -Pittsboro', n. c., as follows
II will take the liberty of trespassing
UPON yonr time and patience of your num-
eions readers, to give some account as to
what is being done in the "Old North
Sate.." ltlnight very naturally have
been supposed that. as the war closed in
this State, Gen. Johnstons surrender be- |
ing made at Greensboro, and as natural
consequence OF the disbanding of large
bodles OF solciery, much confusion and a
terrible state OF disorder and anarchy
should have prevailed among us; buthap
PLY for us, the same orderly, conservative,
law abiding princi pie which has always
characterized North Caroinians, at that
trying hour shone forth most conspicuous
~; order was soon restored, the laws res
pected, and In a short time the machinery
OF government was working as smoothly
as IN any Southern State, and much better
than IN many. North Carolina may
probably never receive justice from the
historians OF the war, for the gallant part
she sustained in the late bloody drama,
and therefore | may be excused for men
ti"nirg few historical facts, for entirely
concur Ill the old Latin proverb-"!f0t
.juetlt50, rel0t c0eluD1." It is we'll known
to all that the first battle OF the war was
fought and won by North Carolina troops,
nnder the command of the then Colonel,
but now Lieutenant General D. 81. Hill :;
but 1t is not SO generally known, though
none the less true, that OH the 9th of A.
prirl, 1865. Immediately before the sur
render OF General Lee on the ever mem
ora5le hills Of Appomattox Court House,
North Carolina troops, commanded by
another distinguished son Of the old
North State-Maj. Gen. Bryan Grimes,
made the last chasye and fred the Lost voz-
leg for Southern Independence.
With a population of less than a mil
lion whites and blacks, North Carolina
sent into the Confederate army 12O,O
well armed soldiers. Upon the ensan
guined hills around Gettysburg, on the
burning sands near Charleston, on the
blood. stained heights Of Missionary Ridge
around the beleaguered trenches ct Pc
tersburg, on every carnage covered felo
OF Southern valor, and in the dreary hos
pitfalls of Richmond, were to be found the
gallant. dauntless, suffering, fearless ole
/ 'tTar-heels" And now, since "grim- Wis
aged war hath smoothed his wrinklee
! lIOut, tlioSe DaLtle-ScaffeQ Vese rams nave
returned to their homes, determined to re
pair the disasters of war, and work as Wig
oronsly in the more congenial pursuits 0
peace :; and as the results of their labor
we now see fields waving with their ri
pening grain, where but short time since
i Sherman 8 bummers' were rioting in al
their t'endish work of devastation.
History in vain may search tor paral
lei to equal the v,gor and earnestness will
which the Southerners, thou gh defeated
deprived OF all their property, and render
ed destitute by four ears Of unprecedent
ed suffering, resumed peaceful avoea
tons. and realized the stern necessities O
the day by quiet and patient submission
to- their conauerors. ''oa ii = rssH I.oa 9w
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