Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-29

Thlrtieth Regiment, Colonel y. NJ.
Parker.
Thirty-nrst Regiment. Adtutsnt q. X.
Thirty-second Regiment. Henry A Lon
don.
Thomas d. baltimore.
Thirty-hfth Regiment, Colonel w. IL D.
Tfirty-sixth Regiment, Colonel william
Thirty-elghth Regiment Colonel q, w.
Flowers. -
Thirty-ninth Regiment Adjutant T. B.
Davidson. -
Fortieth Regiment Crhird Artillery. T.
Forty-drst Regiment Crhird Cavalry
]. b. Hill. -
Forty-thlrd Regiment. Colonel T. S.
kenan. -,
. Forty-fourth Regiment, Major c. NJ.
Stedman.
Forty-sixth Regiment. Lieutenant j.
NJ Weddill.
Forty-eighth Regiment. Captain w. H.
II. LawhOrn.
Forty-nlnth Regiment. Lieutenant
Flfty-arst Regiment, Major A. A. Nc
Kethan
Fifty-second Regiment. Adjutant John
II. Robinson
Fif,y-third Regiment. Colonel James II.
Morehoad.
,Fifty-fourth Regiment. Captain J. Mar
Fifty-afth Regiment. Captain C. NJ.
Cooke.
Nfty-sixth Regiment, Captain Robert
ID. Graham.
Fifty-eighth Regiment. Cal. ]. II. Bailey
and Major G. w +. Harper.
sxtie,h Regiment Captain T. w. Pat
ton.
sixty-third Regiment Fifth Cavalry
Colonel John NJ. Galloway.
Sixty-fourth Regiment. b. j.. Morris.
Sixty-hfth Regiment Sixth Cavalry,
Captain NJ. Y. Moore.
Sixty-sevsnth Regiment. Colonel r. w.
Wharton.
gion), Major w. w. Strngfield
First Battalion. Colonel r. w. Wharton.
Second Battalion, Colonel Wharton j..
Green.
Eighth Battalion. Captain woodbury.
Nheelar.
Salisbury Prison. Rev. A. W Manglm
Total written, sixty-three sketches.
SKETCHES PROMISED.
The following have been promised. but
are not yet I'm hand:
Second Regiment Captain Matt, Manly.
Thirteenth Regiment, Captain John r.
Thirty-third, Major J. A. Weston.
Forty-second. Major T. J. Brown
Forty-Afth, Sergeant c. j. watson
Forty-seventh. Captain J. II. Thorpe
and Lieutenant J. Rowan, , H,ogers;
Fiftieth, Captain j. G. Ellington.
f7iftv-seventh. Colonel II. G. Jones.
Fifty-ninth Fourth Cavalry captain
s si <; CAPTAIN N. A. Ramsey.
sixty-second. Colonel G. NJ. Clayton.
sixty-fourth. y. r. Morris.
eixty-sixth, Adtutant George NJ Rose.
seventieth OTlrst Junior Reserves, Leu
tenant Colonel G. W. Broadfoot;
seventy-iirst Second junior "eSoi '-'''
Adfutont r. NJ Furman. -,
seventy-second CThird Junior ReseIVes)'
s,iegv,enty-ffth Regiment. Lieutenant W.
First Artillery Battalion. Lieutenant T.
a. Tenth nth Battalion. Lieutenant c. s.
Gvery's Battalion, Major :. c. Avery.
Medical staff, surgeon-General i. u
Hines. .,. ~ y os,,o,
Conscript Bureau. Captain Pulaski Cow
Total twenty-threo sketches promised
but not yet written.
no HISTORIAN FOUND.
No historian has yet been found WHO
viii undertake TO write me RECORD Oh
the following brave regiments:
Twenty-frst Regiment
Thirty-seventh Regiment.
Sixtv-eighth Regiment. ~
Stars battalion. Total YET UNIV l..en'
four And there are some other battal-
ions OF whom l have not found any sur
vivors. II IS 10 be hoped that some sur
vivor OF these gallant cominanos Nhoii
! have not been able 10 reach py cor
regnondence. on seeing this report IN ms
nublic prints VIII come forward 10 dis
charge this patriotic duty BESIDES a5
above stated. no historian could be found
OF Seventy-third and SeVenty-iou' h-,lls
two senior Reserve Regim ent5-tnousl
an old sketch Of the seNenty-thlrd CAL
1t Is 10 be regretted that this work had
not been begun sooner. Our comrades
are falling around us like leaves IN WIN
try weather" OF the eighty-odd his
torians selected already, four have died
since finishing their sketches, viz: cap
tain n. ~. Ray. OF the Sixth Reelmenti
General Barrnger, of the Ninth, Colonel
w. j. Martin, OF the Eleventh; captain
two others; Colonel j. Y. Jordan Of the
Thirty-nrst and Captain NJ. T. Carter.
Of the SiXty-fourth. unfortunately dleo
before completing theirs.
When all these sketches are IN they VIII
constitute 90 or POO pages ~ inval uable
and authentic material. which VIII per-
haps make TWO volumes. The legislature
Of 1880 chapter % directed lhat these
sketches should be- printed by the state
setting. Uress-Work and hndinl. the ma
terial and editing 70 DE furnished WITH
0uf amy expense 20 the state.
The work Of printing would have been
begun before now but has been held up
waiting for the sketches which have been
promised. lut which have not yet been
sent BOO. The printing cannot be put olt
much longer II is earnestly desired that
the DELAYED sketches should be az once
written and sent in. As they need n9I
be over ten or fifteen pages eacn, an oiu
soldier should be willing 10 give the re-
0uired time 90 emhaimns me glorious
memory %. the regiment I'm Wnich ire
served and Of fht gallant men with whom
be- marched and fought. IL Us 20 pe hoped
that u0 regiment viii be omitted from
this volume which Is 90 be pelletuii
record ot lhe glory and valor OF Norm
CaIoiina's peerless sOld.ery.
had care been taken 20 have similar
Sketches of each of our regiments IN the
Revolutionary and other wars written 10y
participants. Il would be exceedingly IN
telcsflng and valuable, but North caro-
lima. who las always known how % make
history. has been careless I'm recording the
deeds ~ her heroic sons. More than wv
years ago Pericles, ia his Grafton over MS
coru-rymen who had fallen I'm great
war. said. with prophetic truth; I'm.
whole earth is their sepulchre, ana IN az
times, whenever there is speech or great
deeds. they shah be held in remem-
bIance." 10 Is our duty, the duty OF our
State. and Of this generation. 10 see that
the same Immortality shall preserve tne
fame OF our brethren VINO Died IN behalI
OF North Carolina and the COniedeIacy.
WALTER CLARK.