The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-06-29
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4 IGTCH OF REV GEORGE "
sANDERLIN. OF WAYNE.
He Was IL Brave Soldier. But il j. a. "a
Progressive and Successful F:,, mpr
that we support Him.

He Was II Brave Soldier. But il j s,> :,
Progressive and Successful Farmer
that we support Him.
REV. GEORGE ". SANDERlIN. the Demo
cratic candidate for State AUDITOR MAS
born of Well to-do parents in Camden coun-
! ty, North Carolina. on the 22nd day Of
February, 1913, and is therefore about -
years of age. When five years old his pa
| rents moved to Elizabeth City. n g..
which place was his home up 70 the br, AK
ing out Of the war. hen fourteen years
old he was sent TO a preparatory school at
Reynoldson in Gates county, and at fifteen
entered the Freshman class at Wake For
est College where he took high rank as a
scholar The war breaking out he, with a
few others in his class. including his room
mate, Thos I. Laws II, OF R0 kingham
afterwards the brother-in-la law Of Governor
Scales, left and entered the army. he
Joining an Infantry company from Gates
county of which he afterwards became
captain. This company was attached TO
the 33d n {. Regiment of which L. OBJ
Branch was Colonel, G. Moulton Avery
Lieut.. Colonel, and Robert F. Ioke, Ma
jor. pom Branch's promotiol this Regi-
ment was by courtesy attached to his
Brigade which was made up Of the 9TH,
18th, 29th, 33rd and }sth Regiments, and
known as Branch's afterwards Lanes,
Old Brigade. \ P Hills Division, stone
wall Jackson's Corps, Army of Northern
Virginia. With this old brigade Captain
Sanderlin st~vod until the end Of the war
doing his duty faithfully and well. With
it he fought in the battles OF New Berne
(where he was shot twice., Hanover {. ii. .
Gaines Mill, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill
and all of the seven days battles around
Richmond, Cedar Run, 2nd Bull Run and
2nd Manassas, OK Hill cor Chantiilyl, cap
ture of Harper's Ferry, Sharrsburg, lat
and 2Ld Fredericksburg, the Wilderness,
Charlottesville (where he was within
twenty steps OF Stonewalt tckson when
he felN, Gettysburg where he had three
companies in the famous :'rd days charge
with Pickett, and III all the subsequent
battles fought by the Army of Northern
| Virginia around Richmond and Peters
burg up to Appomattox Court House. He
was never taken prisoner, never in hospi-
tai but one day, never had but one fur
Tough (and no fight occurred in his ab-
sence) and the history of the Army of
Northern Virginia was well nigh his his
tory throughout. He was shot a number
of times though never seriously wounded,
and entering the army private was seven
times promoted, twice on the field of bat
| tle-at New Berne and Gettysburg. While
in the army, though quite young, he was
an army correspondent aud wrote the
! Gamma (Star) Sigma letters which gained
for him a reputation well nigh equal to
! those of ''PersOnne,n the famous war cor
respondent of the Charleston Is. CO News
| and Courier. Surrendering while fighting
in the front lines at AppomattoN Court
House on the 9th of April 1863, he re
ceived his parole and returned to his home
at Elizabeth City, n. G. In the following
Fall he went to the Southern Baptist
| Theological Seminary, then located al
Greenville, S. O., now at Louisville, Ky,
where he graduated in ten of the eleven
schools OF tDat famous INSTITUTION. lie
turning to his native State he was ordain
ed to the ministry in the College Chapel al
Wake Forest College in the Springof 1868
Drs Wingate, I. II. Pritchard, Royal
Hufham and others taking part in the eX
ercises. The following Sunday he assum
ed pastoral charge of the Baptist churcl
at Goldsboro n. c., where he remained
until 1871. While here he married Eliza
the daughter of Council Wooten, Esq 0
Lenoir county, IA citizen and public man
we'll known throughout the Eastern sec
tion Of the State, and also in Davidson ant
Davie and other counties in the Yves
where the family refugeed during th
war. BY her he has had SIX children, fou
of whom are now living.
In1S1l Mr. Sanderlin resigned his charg
at Godsboro in order to make the tour o
Egypt and Palestine (and Europe on hi
return with his old preceptor, the dis
tinguished scholar, DR.. John A. BrOaduS
who had proceeded him and whom he ex
pected to join at Rome, Italy. Missing tn
| only steamer at New York by which h
could Join DR.. Broadus in time to max
the tour of Egypt before the hot weathe
set in, he came TO Baltimore and stoppe
for treatment of his eyes for myopia 0