The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-05
EACHING NORTH CAROLANA .
PART IN THE WAX.

uybss week the children in the puDic
schools in Raleigh are being taught the
.heroism Of the North Carolina soldiers
during the Confederate war. 1t IS AN eA-
collent idea. and one that ought to be ear
r;ed ont in every school, public and pri-
yate. Though the first at Bethel ana
the last at Apponlattox, the soldiers OF
this State have not obtained until
recant wears the honor that is due them
because they left it to the historians OF
other States to write the story OF he
struggle.
IT was not until the official figures were
nnbished by the War Department that
the part borne by the North Caroiina
soldiers in that great struggle was esIaD-
,ished and given worldwide circulation.
Now there is no well informed man who
does not know that in heroism and IN de-
yotion, North Carolina was to the Con
federacy what Pennsylvania was to the
Federal government.
The facts upon which North Carolina
fame rests cannot be too often publish
ed. In Raleigh schools, superintendent
Howell prepared for the guidance OF
teachers compendium of North Car
olin's share in the civil war, and the
teachers were instructed to amp3lTy the
outline made by the superintendent. AS
tl,of will interest old
and young alike at this season when prep
arations are making to observe Memorial
day, we append Mr.. Howells brief:
"North Carolina did not leave the I'm
ion until after the Confederate govern
ment had been organized. In February,
1861, the State voted against secession
by majority of 10000. But in March,
Mr., Lincoln became President, and call
ed for volunteers to subdue the Southern
States that had seeded. He asked North
Carolina for 1,500 men. And then our
State, on May %, 1861, decided by big
vote, to cast its lot with the Confederate
State.
North Carolina was next to the last
State to secede, but it was the first to
suffer. The first man killed in the war
was Henry Lawson Wyatt, OF Edge
combe county. who fell in skirmish at
Big Bethel, Va.
"Twenty-six engagements were fought
in North Carolina, the most notable
events being: The recapture of Plymouth
by Gen. r. Il. Hoke and Gen. NJ. w. Ran
som, in 1864; the defeat of the Federal
fleet in Roanoke river by the ram Abe
marie. under Commander Cook; the he
S.c1,a I.ur m h
and Whiting; and Johnston's last stand
at Bentonville, in Johnston county. Sol
diers of North Carolina went farthest up
the slopes of Gettysburg under Pettigrew,
and made the last charge OF Appomattox
under Gen. w. r. Cox. North Carolina
furnished one-fifth of the entire Confeder-
ate Army. from first to last. At Apo
mattox one-half the muskets surrendered
were from North Carolina troops.
Military population of North
Carolina in 1860. ....... 1855
Number troops furnished the
C. S. A. by n. c., about 125,OOO
German loss in Franco
Prussian war. $50. ) 1-lO per cent.
Loss of the Allied armies
in the Crimean war 2-lO per cent.
Loss of Union army in
the Civil war ........ Clio per cent.
North Cardinals loss in
the Civil war ..... 80 per cent.
1.-The greatest loss suffered by any reg
iment on either side in any one battle,
was that of the Goth North Carolina at
Gettysburg, commanded by Col. Harry
Burgwyn, of Pettigrew's brigade, Heth's
division. 1t lost 5SS men. In one com
pany Of "a men, every man
,nJ oAroar UaS hit The light
brigade. in the celebrated charge OF
the 600 at Balaklava. lost 81 per cent
of its men, but the Goth North Carolina
regiment. charging up the heights OF
Gettysburg, lost SO per cent OF It's mum
bers. and nobody Numbered, either
1.-The following list embraces the tel
heaviest losses in single battles, botl
sides:
26th N. c., at Gettysburg, 5SS.
4th N. c., at Fair Oaks, 1863.
9th ILL.,, at Shiloh, 366.
44th Ga, at Mechanicsville, $50.
18th Ala, at Seven days, 324.
Sth Tenn, at Stones River, 3O6
121st N. Y, at Salem Heights, ZIG.
49th Penn, at Spotsylvania, 274.
10Th N j., at Spotsylvania, 272.
10th n. O., at Gaines's Mill, 272.
IL the system is fortified by Hood
Sarasaparilla, which makes rich. re'
blood, there is little danger Of sickness
The world il full of blind Simpsons
who spend their lives grinding in mil
Rams Horn. -.
chew "OLD BOB" 1ObAt1e.