The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-25

The list of members OF the First Re-
ximent who were present III the Battle
OF Bethel ard who also surrendered at
Appomattox must, in the nature or
things. be short. for death and disabling
wounds and ether of the adverse chances
Of war would leave but few SURVIVORS
of those who found their way into the
Army OF Northern Virginia.
For example, to 90 no further than the
grade of colonel, il will be found that
OF the fourteen officers OF that rank
contributed by the First Regiment to
other commands, five Lee. Avery.
Marshall. Owens and MCDOWELL We're
killed or mortally wounded in battle.
wiki two others Parker and w. j.
HokeA were disabled by wodnds and re-
tired, and another lewis, who had
reached the grade of generaD, was, US
described above, wounded and captured
two days before the surrender. Again,
there are no doubt omissions in the LIST
which has been obtained, though every
effort has been made to secure the
names OF ALL .Subjoined is a list Of
those who have been reported by the
company historians The names linclud-
ing General Lane's) are arranged al
phabetieally. and the company or conf
n,an1 in which each served at Bethel and
at the surrender are set opposite.
John Bc5vans. Private Company L
Sergeant Company ID, Forty-third. \
d. Mel. Graham, Private Company
H-Assistant Surgeon Thirty
+. J. Hale. IT., Private Company H
Major ~ A. c., UIane's Staff.
". Il. Kyle, Private Company II
First Lieutenant Company b, Fifty
second.
James II. Lane. Major and Lieutenant
Colonel-BrigaGier General
John A. Mcpherson, Private Company
H--Captain Company +. Sixth.
Johp Ii. Robinson, Sergeant Company
H-Adjutant Fifty second
Charles NJ Stedman. Private Com
pany major Forty-third.
W. B. Taylor, Corporal Company c.
Captain Company a. Eleventh.
j. S. Whitaker Private Company l.
First Lieutenant Company y. Forty
third.
Spier Whitaker, Jr., Private Company
D-Adjutant Thirty-third.
J. Marshall Williams. Private Compa-
ny H-Capta.n Company G, Fifty
fourth.
CONCLUSION.
The facts collated in this history Of the
First North Carolina Regiment exhibit
its remarkable character. They show
that it was the natural outgrowth Of the
conditions IRON which il sprung; that
it expressed the pecuiiarities of the PEG.
pie whom il represented, their geutleness
in manner thir resol1teness in deed !:
that the celebrity and completeness with
which il was organized and equipped.
have 10 parallel in our history: that ii
spilled tho first blood in battle IN de
Tense OF the cause which it was almost
the last 10 embrace; that while it had
never before heard a hostile bullet, it
exhibited the discipline and behave11 W.T.
the Steadiness of veterans, at Bethel
Church; that its victory there was won
against odds which represented the
numerical superiority Of the North owes
the South; that in this, and in other
respects. it's triumph in that initial hat,tn
produced consequences of the most far.
raching kind. possibly holding Virginia
in the Confedracy. and certainly re-
shifting the theatre of war; that it rais-
cd the hopes OF the South to the highest
pitch and correspondingly depressed
those Of the North; that its contributions
Of trained soldiers to the rest of the
Army constitute Il unique fentrlre of
military history; and that in this, and
in al other respects. II deserved tie
place assigned it by the authorities Of
the Srate as Fugleman of the Regi-
ments.