The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01

| where our Gen. Howe succeeded Arnold
in command, after the treason and
flight of the latter.
IN WAR OF lSl2-'l5.
Brigadier General Joseph Graham
in command OF the brigade of North
Carolina and South Carolina troops.
was sent In 1914 To aid Of General
Andrew Jackson III the Creek war.
General Graham had attained the rank
Of Major in the Revolutionary war, and
had been badly wounded at the capture
of Charlotte, 1880
IN MEXICAN WAR, lS46-T
Colonel Robert Treat Paine, of North
Carolina Regiment
Colonel Louis D. Wilson, 18th L. S.
Infantry, died at Vera Cruz, Aug. 18th,
1917.
North Carolina had no General in
| that war She furnished one regiment
of volunteers-Paine's- one com
pany to the II L. S. Infantry.
II THE CIVIL WAR, lo61-'65.
Two Lieutenant Generals l. T. H.
Holmes ; 2. d. II. Hill.
Six Ma jOr Generals /. Robert Ran
som 3. w. d. Pender, died of wounds
received at Gettysburg in July, 1868 ;
3. w. H. G. Whiting, died of wounds
received at Fort Fisher, January Dist
1865 4. S. d. Ramseur, killed at Cedar
Run, 1864; 5. r. F. Hoke; g. Bryan
Grimes.
Twenty-three Brigadier Generals /.
Jas. G.. Martin g Richard G.. Gatlng :;
3. L. OBJ. Branch, kileu at Sharps-
burg, September 18th, 1862; 4. J.
Johnston Pettigrew S'ed of wonnds
received at Falling Waters, July 14th,
1868; 5. Thos L. Cllngman; 6. Geo.
B. Anderson, died of wounds received
at Sharpsburg, Sept. 18th, 1862 7.
Junills Daniel, died of wounds received
at Wilderness, May, 1864 ; s. James H.
Dane 9. Robert B. Vance, since NJ
c.. 10. Matthew w. Ransom, since Z.
S. Senator IL. Alfred NJ. Scales, Gov
ernOr 1SS5-1SS9; II. Lawrence S.
Baker - William w. Kirkland a.
Robert D. Johnston IL. Collett Leven-
thorpe; 16. James B. Gordon, killed at
Yellow Tavern, May 11th, 1864; II.
Rufus Barringer Is. w CASTOR Lewis
10. W. r. Cox, since NJ. c.. 20. A. G..
Goodwin, killed at Winchester, 1864
21. William MacRae %. w. P. Rob
erts, since State Auditor %. T. f.
TOOn.
Generals Cook and Iverson command
ed North Carolina brigades, but they
were not North Carolinians, the first
being Virginian and the latter
Georgian.
Notwithstanding the State furnished
10000 troops to the Contederacy, it
had at the close of the war in service
only one Lieutenant General, D. H.
Hill, and three Major Generals, Robert
Ransom, Robert F. Hoke and BRYAN
Grimes-Pender, Whiting and Ram
seur having been killed in battle OF
her twenty-three Brlgadier Generals,
six Branch, Pettigrew, Anderson, Dan
iel, Gordon and Godwin) were killed,
one was on the retired list, one in the
State service as Adj utant General. and
four prisoners of war-leavlng eleven
IN service or at home wounded, several
Of our depleted brigades being COM
manded by Colonels and Majors, and
one even by captain. At the Apo
mattox surrender april 9th, 1869 the
parole list shows from North Carolina
one Major General, Bryan Grimes,
commanding division. and five Briga-
dier Generals were parOled in command
of their respective brigades, w. R. Cox,
William MacRae. James H. Lane.
Matthew w. Ransom and w p Rob
erts. Another General, Rufus Barrin-
ger. had been captured the week before
during the retreat.
At Joseph f. Johnston's surrender,
April 2Gth. 1865, North Carolina had
one Lieut.. General, D. H. Hill, one
Major General, Robert F. Hoke, and
one Brigadier, Kirkland, though Lev
enthorpe and Baker, with their COM
mands, were also embraced in the terms.
To this war North Carolina sent 76
regiments and Is battaliOns.
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