The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-25
THE PROTEST. AGAINST CHANG
ING THE EGIMENT,o MAMIE.
MILITARY MEETING
(From the Fayetteville Observer, October
Z, 1861

At a meeting Of the officers of the
First Regiment North Carolina Nolun-
tcers, not stationed at Camp Fayetteville,
near orktown. Va, OH motion Captain
G. M. Avery was called to the chair, and
Lieutenant X. Mallett appointed Seerc-
tary.
The chairman explained the object of
the meeting 10 he. to take the sense Of the
officers OF this Regiment relative to the
change OF our title. On motion Of Lieu
tenant Thigpen, Captains Il. j. Ashe, w.
w. Mcdowell, and Lieut.. r. X. Huske
were appointed a committee to draft resp-
lutions fog the action OF the meeting
The committee Withdrew, and in short
tine returned and reported the following
preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted. and ordered To be
forwarded to the Richmond Dispatch and
Examiner, the North Carolina State pa
pers, and the Charleston Mercury, fog
publication.
Whereas, on the 18th day Of September
A. d., 1861, to our surprise and morti-
ication, an order from Coz. J. G.. Martin
Adjutant General of the State of North
Carolina, was read. directing that this
regiment should i'm future be known as
the 18th Regiment Of North Carolina
Volunteers: Therefore, be it
Resolved. That having been The FIRST
Regiment from North Carolina to enter
the State of Virginia; the first regiment
from any State To- meet and repulse the
invader; the first regiment to receive the
appreciation Of our cOuntrymen by reso-
iutions of their National and State
Councils; that having been entrusted by
tho y.oan1ln Of (ra.n1ivo
upon whose folds is inscribed The First
Regiment OF North Carolina" by the
hands OF our countrywomen; and that
having been exposed TO the dangers of
battle and endured the hardships OF
camp, i'm this our only campaign as the
First Regiment. we do hereby enter, in
behalf of those whose graves may be
seen, humble though they be, in Sight Of
their trials and labors;' in tn Name of
those whose enfeebled health attests their
patience and fortitude; and in the name
of those who yet live, proud of their APP
peliation and OF the associations of which
It reminds them. our most earnest pro-
test against this change
Resolved That we have shown by all
Of OUT actions since the call for yolun-
teCTs, our earnest desire to promote the
good Of the cause, and that while we are
still willing TO make further sacrifices
for the same purpose, we are not willing
To surrender our name TO minister TO the
caprice Of any one, or to subserve the
Of Il few office clerks. and
that We will never submit to such an
imposition until we have exhausted every
means Of redress, consistent with our ef-
ficiency and character
G.. NJ. AVERY, Chairman.
II. MALI4EIF, Secretary.
NOTjE.-I is probable that if the ac
Zion recorded in the above proceedings
lad been known, the Bethel Regiment
would have been placed first an Moore's
Roster, in accordance with the fact that
Il was the first regiment organized 10y
he State. 1t 6s placed in the Roster
ifter the Eleventh Regiment. which sue
.eedod it.
THE BETHEL. FLAG.
The Atlanta Journal i'll 1881 contained
III article concerning the Flag OF Bethel
rom which the Following extracts will
o. interesting
The color company of the First North
carolina Regiment was Company II.
the Buncombe Riflemen. Of
tsheville. The flag they carried into Big
Bethel fight was the first one baptized in
,leod in a field engagement during the |
var. This flag was made by Misses |
NINA and Sailie WOodfin, daughters Of
oouel Nicholas Wocdfin; Misses Fannie |
md Mary Patton, Miss Mary Gaines, |
Miss Kate Smith, and perhaps other
Dung ladies of Ashevilie, \. c., and |
PRESENTED to the Buncombe Riflemen |
The flag was made OF red, white and blue