Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
uts1orv of North Carolina.

Rev, r. B. KINGsBURY, of OXFORD. pro
poses to write history of North Carolina
from 1860 to 1865 This is an enterprise
in which the author will have the sympa-
thy and cooperation of every true North
Carolinian. He proposes to enter upon
work in which every native and adopted
son of the State should feel direct inter
est. North Carolina has never had justice
done her. The deeds Of her gallant sons,
are unknown, even in the State. With
the exception of tho very credltabie, ont
rather preiudiced, work of that talented
authoress, Mrs. SPENCER, "Ihe Last MING
ty Days of the War in North Carolina
which, as its name indicates, is a limited
and local record of the deeds OF our SOL
diers. there has been no effort made by
any citizen of the State to rescue from
oblivion the galIantry of her sons or to
claim the credit to which North Carolina
is entitled.
In reading the elaborate work OF Pol
lard, in which the real and Imagined gal
lantry Of SO many officers and men IS at
tempted to be handed down to posterity.
we look in vain to see the least reference,
in his grandiIoquent record Of the glgan-
tic operations OF 1868, to the SERVICES OF
that distinguished officer and Christian
soldier, General FENDER. Nay, oven his
name does not once appear ID the volume
though during that year he was promoted
to be Major General for galIantry and
success on the field of Charlottesville, and
Cd fu-n LATER at
Gettysburg, at the head Of his DIVISION
He was at the time the youngest officer OF
his rank in the Confederate armies, ana
the first Major General killed in the Con
federate service. Neither his glorious life
nor still more glorious death served to win
for him or his posterity the paltry consld-
Grafton of an honorable mention among
the thousands Of worthless favorites whose
names fill the pages of that book.
We do hope DR.. KINGsDURY will not tai-
ter in the work he has under considera-
ton, and that he will receive such en-
couragement from the press and the people
generally as the magnitude and Importance
of the undertaking deserve. He can make
a rich contribution to history aud do great
and lasting service 10 his STATE 1of WHICH,
at least, future generations will bless him.
In regard to the proposed work Or.
KNGsBURY says:
The book if ever written by me, will be al
octave of. suppose, some six hundred pages
and will be divided into three parts. Part mrs.
viii be devoted to the historical statement
part second will contain graphic sketches OF IN
dividual character. Biographical portraltures OF
Generals Fender, PettIgrev, Branch, hamsenfi
Daniel, Anderson, Gordon and other distinguish
ed dead will be given, and perhaps, sketches O
some of the most eminent among ina living SOL
diers will be included also. Part third Will con
tain . full army Roster, in which will be pub
Ished the name of every soldier, when he enteFel
the service, when discharged, killed, &c
r. is confidently believed that North Caroline
sent more troops to the war than any southerI
State according to population and that she sus
tanned greater loss by the casualties Ut war
This, doubt not, can be made to appear from
facts drawn from reliable sources The bool
win be embellished with the likeness OF our mos
nfiinera