Wilmington journal., 1873-07-11
THE TwENTY.SEvENT REGI.
mENT NOR r H CA ROL INA
TROOPS.-.AN HONORABLE kE-
CORD.


SO much of our space this morning in
the publication of the honorable
record of the gallant old "Twenty-
Seventh" We are indebted for our
information to Captain James A. Gra-
ham, late a Senator from Alamance
county, one of the few officers fortu-
nate enough to have saved the descrip-
tive books of his command. Captain
Graham having submitted these pre-
eious documents to our inspection
last Winter, for "Auld Lang Syne -
sake we take the liberty of publishing
the following extracts
On the retreat from Petersburg, On
Tuesday morning, 4th April 1860, the
Twenty-Seventh N. G. Regiment with
the other troops cut off by the break
ing of the lines at Petersburg, having
rejoined the main army of Northern
Virginia, w..ich had, on the night be
fore, crossed the Appomattox River
on pontoon bridge, halted in grove
in front of the residence of DIR. South
all (?) in Amelia county, Va. AS the
regiment had been very mnch reduced
bythe fights before the breaking of the
Confederate lines, and numbered then
only about seventy men for acuve
duty, it was determined, in full
meeting of the officers and nOn-com-
missioned officers, to reorganze, the
officers giving up, temporarily, their
rank and becoming non-commissloned
officers, and the non-commlssloned
officers going into the ranks. Accor-
dinghy the regiment was consolidated
into two companies known as the 1st
and I'd companies. Lieut.. Col. Jos.
C. Webb was to command the battalion,
Major Calvin Herring took command
of the 1st company, and John A. Sloan,
Captain company B., the senior Cap
tain, commanded the I'd company.
The following is list of the officers
and non-commissioned of the two
Companies
1st Company-Captain Calvin Her
ring (Major); Lieut.. Shade Wooten.
Capt. Co. c.; 1st Sergt. Fl. f. Price
Capt. Co. H, } Cd Sergt. Jones Qst
Lieut.. Co. d.; Sd Sergt, n. L. Whit
ley, Gieut. Co. A.; 4th Sergt. Jno
G. Parker, Oieut. Co. Al
Cd Company-Capt. Jno. A. Sloan
Capt. Co. b.; Lieut. Robert w
Joyner, Capt. Co. E., wounded on th'
| 6th); 1st Sergt. James A. Graham
Capt. Co. g.; Cd Sergt MEG. Ernul
| 0st Lieut.. Co. ED; Sd Sergt. r. B
| Gibson, ed Lieut.. Co. b.; 4th Sergt
g. A. Whitley, cd Lieut.. Co. H.
A requisition was Immediately mad
on the Ordinance Sergeant of th
Regiment for guns for the officers wh'
had thus gone into the ranks. Thi
| organization was maintained Hntil tn
| surrender.
| List of officers and men of the 27tl
Regiment North Caroline infantry sur
rendered by General r. f. Lee at Ap
pomattox Court House, Va, 9th April
| 1865:
Lieut.. Col. Joseph C. Webb, Majo
Calvin Herring; Adjutant, ThaddeusE E
Pittman; Surgeon, e. Lloyd Howard
Sergeant Major, William E. Ward
Ordnance Sergeant, Andrew u. Lind
say; Hospital Steward, Chas. N, Parks
Company A.-1st Lieut., John G
Parker; I'd Lieut.. \. Lafayette Whit
ley 1st Sergt., Richard B. Parker
Corporal, Simon B. Fitzpatrick; Pri
Yates, Larry Aycock, Joseph Peacock
George W. Steagall, Richard Ward
John T. Roberts, (courier}.
Company B.-Captain, John a
Sloan 1st Sergt., Thomas J. Rhodes
Sergt., Joel J. Thorn Privates, Pete
Nj. Brown, Lewis n. Isley, James FL
Hardin, Walter Green teo1lrier), E
Tonkie Sharp, ". A. Mcbride, Georg
Lemons, Silas c. Dodson ; Musician
Samuel NJ, Lipscomb.
Company c. Musician, John Fl
| Suggs Privates, L. III. Fields, Jess
Grant, Henry Grant, Thomas Perdue
Richard Sutton.
Company Dist Lieut.. George "
| Jones, I'd Lieut.. Cornelius Harper
1st Sergt. Henry S. Num-, serg:. ). r
Howard Corp1. J. r. Gray, Colo
Corp1.) S. n. Kornegay ; Privates, a
B. Blizzard, James Davis, Jesse Hardy
James Quinn, Samuel Strowd, Jane
H. Thomas, Curtis Worley.
Company Capt. Robert w. Joy
ner; 1st Lieut. MEG. Ernul Is
Sergt. John r. Nixon; John z. Tyer
Albert S. Carr Corporals, Robert J
Lang, Frank NJ. Fitzpatrick, Colo
Corp'D John Walston P"ivstes, Sam
uel r. Cason, William Corbett, Wm
Bryant Edwards, Eufus r. Grimmer
VIM. Gearner, Richard Harris, E
Isley, Mathew Jones Orderly; Pete
| II. Summers.
Company Private Robert Ian
ming. This Company was on detached
| service in North Carolina and surren
dered with General Joseph e. Johnson
Army.
Company G-Capt. James A. Ora
ham Sd Sergt. r Richards Sc
Corp'l NJ. Adams Musieia. w II. H
E ,rroughs, s. A. Dickson, ". II
Hayes Privates J. Boggs, ". Brown
J. n. Faucet, W. A. Faucet, 4. W
Hedgepeth, l.. Nelson, w. Fl. Mum
D. C. Parks (Coin. Sergt.), c. NJ. Park
(Hosp. Steward, E. Sharp. J. A. Smith
s. G. Strayhorn, J. F. Thompson, YIN
Thompson, G.. W. Waddell. T. f
Ward, S. X. Woods, W D. Woods.
Company H.-Capt. HenryF. Price
Sergts. John R. Rollins, J. H. Little
Corpls. VIM. G. Burney. Rob't Elem
ing Privates A. Forbes, Hm. H
Humber, Mathew James, r. James
Peter Lawrence, T. Ed. Randolph
Erastus Rourtree, A. Bevil, VIM. II
Sfancil GuSfavrS TT Evans (co11rier,