The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-08

". "a. H. Cawles Qieut. ID, NJ. c.,
rre~. u Johnston private), NJ. G..
rraz. W. McCIammy (maj.), NJ. c.,
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Alfred Rowland Qieut.), NJ. c., 1S&7-91.
Bsri Il. Bum (capt.), NJ. c., 1SS9-95.
Vim \ s. Branch (courier), NJ. c.,
Pant F.. Grady Cprivate). NJ. c., 1926.
,r.hfhaId II. y. Williams (capt.), NJ. C.
ry..-a5.
Taos. J.. Jarvis (captD, L. S. S, by
gahernatorial appointment, April, 1894;
January. 1895.
Romulus Z. Linney Gprivate), Nj. c.,
HISTORY OF ASHEVILLE AND HER
HEROES,
General James NJ. Ray. AsheviIle, writes
o.. the "EN-C0nfederate Soldier and of
his section:
North C~arCIinians have made much
history. hut have written very little of
it,. This old Rip Van Wrinkle State. slow
10 agt in the early sixties, awoke from
her lethargy at the right time. and
went into the war, as she does everything
when aroused. with her whole soul and
strength. With a voting population of
r1-010. she furnished the Confederate
States Army over 125, 900 troops-more
than any other Of the seeding States.
The first soldier killed in a regular en-
-aEement was of this number, the gal
liant Henry Wyatt, who, at Bethel, with
TWO other comrades. volunteered the
hazardous undertaking of burning a cabin
in advance of our lines to prevent the
Federal s~harpshooters from using it.
"Of The nInety-tWO regiments engaged
in the seven-days' fight in front of Rich
w0u3. fOrty-siX-just One-half of them
were North Carolinians; and of the killed
and wounded at charlottesville fully
01e-haIf of them were from this State. At
Gettysburg. the Twenty-siXth North Car
clra Infantry. which won honors never
surpassed in herCism and sacrifice. en-
tered the fight with $50. rank and file, and
lest in KILLED and wounded 704. nearly 30
per cent. Company f. OF his regiment.
from Caldwell county. y. c., commended
by Captain r. VI. futile. went into the
engagement II strong. and every man was
Killed or wounded. The flag of this regi-
ment was cut down fourteen times, the
last time from the hands of the daring
eommarder. Colonel Burgwyn. who was
.llet. about the same time Lieutenant
Colonel j. r. Lane was shot in the head.
supposed TO be fatally: but he recovered
and succeeded to the command Of the
regiment. Colonel Lane still survives.
In erroneous idea prevails with many
that IebulCn p. Vance commanded the
I"erty-siXth at Gettysburg; but he had
raan elected Governor of North Carolina
in 1852 ~resigning the cOlonelcy of his
regiment in August of that year. and
Lieutenant Colonel Harry King BurgWyn,
nor then twenty-one years old, succeeded
.1 The survivors of this regiment anc
..o.r friends have quite recently had
painted portraits of the three Colonels-
vance, Burgwyn, and Lane-and placed
'asm in the State library at Raleigh.
The last charge at Appomattox was
"-al@ aT a North Carolina brigade, led by
me intrepid General Grimes; and later,
|aen that grand man, Robert E. Lee,
7a.l for the last time. Stack arms it
was found that one-half of them were in
.. hands Of North Carolinians.
htter returning from the Nashville re-
..''. attended the annual reunions or
.IFlvors Of several companies, near
.' The first was that of Company ],
."'-+F-htth North Carolina Infantry,
tam Buck Thrash. This Twenty-fifta
|aaht was first commanded by the
.saI-hed North CaroIinian, Thomas
.-~-nan, and later by Colonel Henry
'.'.odge. At the reunion just men
twenty men answered to roll call
original muster roll contained nine
names. Of these only one escaped
r ..r7l'udes of war without a mark.
',tf were killed, and forty-one more
g.. seriously wounded. They were in
crater blow-up' at Petersburg. Ser