Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-06-20
OUR WAR RECORD.


We have more than once called at
tantion to the recently awakened III
terest in the war record of North Car
DINA soldiers. We feel that we cannot
do too much in seeking to further the
efforts being made to collect and pre-
serve material for truthful history OF
North Carolina and we are sure that
oul readers will not weary of being &c
minded of the Importance Of doing ali
in their power to ensure the success OF
both of the schemes looking to that
end, now before the public.
AS we have said before there is no
conflict between the project OF Colonel
Pool and that of the Sentinel.
And il. this connection it may not be
ap1iss to ask whether anyone IS prepar-
ing the record of the Confederate sol
diers of New Hanover County? It is
needless for us to say that no county
in this State has brighter record than
the County of New Hanover It Is
needless to say that no county has more
men fully qualified TO make up that
record so that it shall speak the truth
than the same County OF New Hanover
has. Who will undertake the task
Shall the story Of the natchlesa deeds
of our fallen comrades who gave up
their lives for the most glorious cause
that ever called men 10 battle, remain
untold because 10 survivor is will
ing to undertake the generous task ?
1t cannot be possible. Our county
men are not wont to leave duty upper
formed. New Hanover's living sons
owe it to their dead brethren, II not to
themselves, as a sacred duly to tel
the world what they did Ill the cause
of Southern Independence And it
were well that tie performance Of the
duty should not long be delayed
We take pleasure gin laying be
fore our reoders this morning, an eX-
tract from Pools g Editorial Explana-
ton and Appeal to the people OF
North Carolina, setting forth his pur-
poses at length.
In the advance sheet of orr Lining
and or Dead, Col. Pool says
Virgil, the greatest OF Latin poets,
in that mastery Epic, the H5neid, rep
resents his hero in the commencement
of the End book, as beginning a recital
of the Fall Of Troy" in the presence
of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the
most noble of her court and OF the Tro-
jan leaders. Her illustrious guest, i'll
obed4enc to her command, begins
while the assembled audience, hushed
in silence, hangs intent upon every
word
htaadoun, Regina, .jsttcs reaoraIe
dolOrem. Chou orlerest me, .
Queen, to revive great SORROW" Well
might the agonizing thought find ut
terance in such words, as his mind re-
verified to the glories of Troy; to the
heroic valor of her sons III the memo
rable seige of ten years, to the terrible
destruction that came upon her,
sacked, pillaged and burned by the
victorious and relentless Greeks. Be
fore a nobler auditory than listened to
Eneas, the editor of our Liring and
Our Dead, appears this day, impeiled
by filial duty to his mother, North
Carolina, to commence the recital of
the heroic deeds of her sons in strug
gle second to none in the annals of
history, or in the glowing pages of the
poet. He, too, might axclaim, "a
sense of obligation to thee, g North
Carolina, and to thy brave sons, forces
me to revive great sorrow-to tell of
immense sacrifices, of heroic struggles
and brilliant victories, won in vain,
against overwhelming odds, of thou
sands slain, or maimed in use
less attempts to secure rights
of individuals and of States, of
bravery unparalleled, of sufferings
unequaled-all to end in disaster
and defeat, and in the Loss of every
thing for which they bled and died
As the memory of Hneas recalled the
great achievements of his compatriots, |
national pride thrilled every fibre of
his soul, and though be knew that the
heroic deeds he recounted, eliminated
only in ruin and death, yet exultingly
he proclaimed those deeds while the
listening Queen and noble Carthagin-
ians applauded the actions of those |
whom he extolled. AS, from time to
time, the editor, in plain unvarnished |
prose, shall recall the virtues and the |
heroism of the gallant men who died
for North Carolina on a hundred bat
tle-felds, made glorious by their valor,
State pride and kindred lineage will |
cause the blood to Jingle warmly
through the veins of all true sons and |
daughters of the State, who feel that
these were their countrymen, these
the fathers, brothers and husbands of |
their love.
Citizens of North Carplina, lovers of !