davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

direction of the engagement. The rain
was pouring and the streets of the town
covered with mud. Women and children
were wild with excitement, waving band
kerchiefs and banners, and urging us on
to the conflict Occasionally we passed
wounded men being borne upon litters.
The excitement and enthusiasm of the
men became intense. The air rang with
shouts as we passed forward. We march
ed directly to the field of battle, and
were formed in line. but the sun had
gone down and the mists of night had
gathered over the field. We passed the
night on the field, wet and faint with
hunger and fatigue The night was cold,
but no fires were allowed and the men
suffered greatly. Some would have died
if they had not kept in motion by stamp
ing marking time, crowdng together
in groups. This was May 5. 1862.
On the 18th of May we came to the
Chickahominy river. where we remained
until the battle Of Seven Pines, or Fair
Oaks On May 80 we were called out and
kept under arms, marching and counter
marching most of the day. About sun
down we went into bivouack and pre-
pared rations for the next day
May 81 1862, twenty-five officers and
five hundred and sixty men reported for
duty and as they moved toward the bat
tie field of Seven Pines they presented
splendid picture of manhood, energy and
courage. The brigade was still under
command of Colonel Anderson; the regi-
ment under Major Grimes, General Young
having been sent home on special duty.
Here follows an interesting account or
the battles Of Seven Pines, Mechanics
Vile Cold Harbor, Boonsboro. Sharpsburg,
Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Chancel-
lorsvile Gettysburg. Spottsylvania
Court House. Sprecker's Gap, winchester,
Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek. Colonel
Osborne concludes:
On the 7th of April CoXs brigade, with
two others. under General Grimes, form
ed line of battle, and hurried to the re-
lief of General Mahon, whose line was
giving way before the enemy. charge
was made, and the enemy driven back
and a large number Of prisoners captured.
General Lee compimented the men in
person for their gallantry on this occa-
sion. On the Sth the men marched all
day-hungry. tired and sore. but cheerful
and brave. About 8 o'clock that night
heavy firing was heard in front, when the
men were ordered forward, and we
marched most OF the night, passing
through the town of Appomattox Court
House before day Sunday morning, the
eth, and engaged in the fight which oc-
Cured near that place. The men were
withdrawn after driving the enemy from
their position and the division started to
rejon the main body of Gordon's corps.
| General Grimes rode forward and asked
General Gordon where he should form his
men. The General answered: Any
where you please" Struck by this an
swer, Grimes asked for an explanation.
when he was told that the army had
! been surrendered by General Lee.
| Captain j. B. Forcum, of Company II.
! commanded the regiment from the bat
/ tie of Fishers Hill until the surrender,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

army had been surrendered. When in
formed that there was no longer any
doubt about it he invited his friend TO ac-
company him back to the regiment, where
he had the orderly sergeant to form his
company numbering ffty-six, all boys),
and made them the following speech
Remember, they were nothing but chill
dren, the oldest not over eighteen years
old. Il wish to say to you that | have
been reliably informed that General
Joseph E. Johnson has surrendered to
General w. T. Sherman; and now, my
boys. my advice to you is to surrender;
but, if you will not we will cross the
Mississippi River, join General Kirby
Smith. and fight it out to the bitter end
This shows the spirit of the Junior Re-
serves of North Carolina. They were
fearless and deserve as much credit as
any soldiers in the service. They never
knew when to stop fighting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

going figures hardly seem credible, anJ
vet they come from trustworthy source
Alabama is given at one per cent,
little drummer boy of the Eighth
North Carolina regiment, after hard
days march in the rain in Eastern North
Carolina gave an old negro woman TWEEN
ty-ive cents. all the money he had, TO
allow MIN to sleep on her bed while sne
was engaged in cooking for lot of sol
diers. He had no sooner struck the bed
than he was fast asleep. About daylight
he felt a suffocating sensation, and, upon
opening his eyes. found little black ne
gro baby with its arms tightly clasped
about his neck and its cheek fondly ly-
ing on his It did not take long for that
boy to get out of bed.
THE BETHEL REGIMENT.
This was the first of all the regiments
from North Carolina 10 take the field. Its
period of service was to be but six
months and so it was disbanded in the
fall of 1861 1t was known as the First
Regiment of Volunteers until the enroll
ment of the ten regiments of State troops
when that of Col. NJ F. Stokes was called
the First, and thus the command led by
Col. Hill to Yorktown was known as the
Bethel regiment through its heroic service
in the battle at Big Bethel June TO-
1861. The officers of the Bethel regiment
were:
Daniel H Hill, colonel-commissio
April "a. 1861, from Mecklenburg county;
promoted to brigadier, major and lieuten-
ant general.
Charles c. Lee, lieutenant colonel
commissioned May 49, from Mecklenburg
county; promoted September l. 1861, to
colonel and killed June 81, 1862.
James H. Lane. commissioned
April "a. 1861; promoted to lieutenant
colonel colonel. and brigadier- general
Joseph B. Starr lieutenant colonel
commissioned October 6, 1861; promoted
from captain OF Company f.
Robert f. Hoke. major-commissioned
September /, 1861: promoted to lieuten-
ant-colonel of the Thirty-third regiment
January Il, 1862; colonel of Twenty first
regiment in 1862; brigadier- general jan
uary, 1868, and major general in 1864: /:
wounded at Fredericksburg December
13, 1862
Peter E. Hines. surgeon-commissio
August 13. 1861; promoted to medical di-
rector of North Carolina
Joseph H. Baker and John G. Hardy
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

Killed June 10, 1861. at Big Bethel
Company B. previous to being placed in
this regiment, was the Hornets Nest
Rihemen, OF Charlotte. which company
now exists, and will take part in the
exercises on the 20th of May Company
II was the old Fayetteville Independent
Light Infantry Company (of Fayetteville).
which company still retains it's organiza-
ton, and has been invited to act as
the escort of the Confederate Veterans
at the reunion at Charlotte on the 20th
of May
The Henry Wyatt referred to is buried
in a beautiful spot on a high knoll in
Section X, near the Confederate monu-
ment in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond,
Va
r. F. Armstrong writes from Halifax.
Nova Scotia: You ask for correction in
your list OF battles in North Carolina.
am able to point out one error in the
list given on page l59, April number:
Fort Fisher November 25 1864, should
be December "a. %. 1864 Battle open
ed (ffty-seven ships in line) at p. m
December "a, and continued on our side
until daylight December 26. Enemy
ceased firing and steamed out of range
about p m. December "a; renewed the
fight with diminished number of vessels
about a. m. December % and continu-
ously bombarded until 6 p. M. when they
finally withdrew. Troops were landed on
night of the 25th, but were repulsed,
and on this night also the powder ship
was exploded.
THE FOURTH NORTH CAROLINA
REGIMENT.
Sketch by Colonel +. A. Osborne, OF
Charlotte:
The Fourth Regiment of North Carolina
State troops was organized in May, 1861
at Garysburg, and mustered into the Con-
federate service June 2S, 1861. The field
officers were as follows: Colonel, G.. B..
Anderson; lieutenant colonel j. A. Young
major. Bryan Grimes; surgeons, Drs. j..
K. King and B. S. Thomas; chaplain Rev.
W. A. Wood; adjutant, Captain John d.
Hyman; quartermaster. Captain Thomas
II. Blunt; commissary. Captain R. f..
Simonton; sergeant major, +. ID. Carlton.
During the war these additional field
officers were appointed in the regiment
John A. Young colonel, in place of Col
onel Anderson, promoted; Bryan Grimes,
colonel in the place of Colonel Young
resigned: James H. Wood, major. lieuten-
ant colonel, anu colonel A. X. Simonton,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

major; David NJ Carter, lieutenant col
onel: John W. Dunham major: j. F.
Stansil. major; Edwin A. Osborne, lieu
tenant colonel and colonel Thomas l..
Perry, adjutant; William S. Barnes. ad
jutant; Marcus Hofflin commissary; Rev.
- Anderson. chaplain; John G.
Young, sergeant major; E. f. Morrison,
quartermaster sergeant; John Mcbride
commissary sergeant.
COMPANY OFFICERS.
Company A. from Iredel county: Cap
tain, A. X. Simonton lieutenants. w l.,
Davidson. w G. Falls and William F.
McRore
Company B, Rowan county Captain.sJ
H. Wood; lieutenants, a. c. Watson, j.
f. Stansl. j. r. Harris.
Company C, Iredell county Captain
John B. Andrews: leutenants, James
Rufus Reid, Edwin Augustus Osborne,
Joseph c. White.
Company d, Wayne county; Captain, T..
r. Whitaker: lieutenants Alexander ID.
Tumbro, j. j. Bradley, r B. Potts.
Company E. Beaufort county: Captain,
David NJ. Carter; lieutenants, Thomas l..
Perry. F. J. Redding Daniel p. Latham.
Company f. Wilson county: Captain,
Jesse s. Barnes: leutenants, j. W. Dun
ham F. \. Simms, Thomas E. Thompson.
Company G., Davie county: Captain,
William G. Kelley; lieutenants, Samuel A..
Kelley, Thomas J. Brown, Samuel A..
Davis:
Company H. Iredell county: Captain,
E. A. Osborne; leutenants, John q. Dali
IJo1 Lob IN n Enrpum
Company l. Beaufort county: Captain,
w. r. Marsh; lieutenants. Leo r. Creek
man. Noah b. Suten, Bryan s. Bonner.
Company X, Rowan county: Captain,
f. NJ McNeely: lieutenants. w. c..
Coughenour, Marcus Hoffman, William
Brown
After the regiment was organized at
Garysburg. n c. we were ordered to
Manassas Junction, Va, where We re-
maned until March 1862. When we left
Manassas Junction, on the Sth of March,
1862, the men had the bearing and spirit
of veterans. The brigade was under the
command of Colonel Anderson. and the
regiment at this time was under the
command of Lieutenant Colonel Young.
After march of several days we stopped
at Clark's Mountain. near Orange Court
House and about three miles from the
Rapidan river, where we remained until
April 8, when we were ordered to York
town. Here we had cur first .experiencE
under fire from the enemy, while per-
forming picket duty
On the night of the 3rd of May 1852
Yorktown was evacuated. Major Crimes
was now in charge of the picket line,
Lieutenant Colonel Young in command of
the regiment, and General Anderson still
in command of the brigade. Major Grimes
held the picket line until the troops had
gotten under way. The next day the enc
my came up with our lines at Williams
burg. when an engagement ensued Our
trigade had passed through the town. but
upon hearing the firing in the rear we
quickly faced about and marched in the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06
KILLED.

The above abstracts are made from
General James b. Fry's tabulation OF
Confederate losses from the muster 2olls
on file in the Bureau of Confederate Ar
chives. North Carolina makes the best
showing
1t will be seen by the foregoing table
that the losses by all causes for the diff
ferent States were, in percentage, as
follows: North Carolina, 80; South
Carolina, 13; Mississippi, II; Virginia, il;
Georgia, 8; Louisiana, ); Arkansas 3;
Tennessee. 5; Texas. 3; border States, 3;
Florida. q regular army, .. The fore
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06
Leads all NorthC Carolina DailiesimN News and Circulate 3

assistant surgeons-commiss August
13 1861
r. B. Saunders, captain and assistant
quartermaster.
Officers
and Men.
Co. a. Edgecombe county. John
l.. Bridges, Captain .......... 1O1
Co. B, Mecklenburg county, l.. l..
Williams, Captain ............ 80
Co. c, Mecklenburg county, Egg
bert A. Ross, Captain ........ 112
Co. ID, Orange county, r. j. Ashe,
Captain. - :. 50
Co. E, BuncOmbe county, W. w.
Mcdowell, Captain .......... 81
Co. f. Cumberland county, Joseph
B. Starr, Captain ............ 9S
Co. G. Burke county, C. NJ. Avery,
captain '..,.................. 10
Co. Fl, Cumberland county Wright
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

Huske, Captain ..... 105
Co |, Halifax county, ID. b. Bell.
captain -
Co K Lincoln county William
j. Hoke, Captain ........... 120
Co. |. BERTHE county. Jesse c. ia
cock Captain Observation-Disclosures. 81
Co VI. Chowan county, J. X. Mar
shall, ................. 81
Total .................... LAS
Henry Wyatt, first Confederate slain
in battle was of this company. and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

When 1t became known that General
Johnston had surrendered. Capt. -
who commanded a regiment of the North
Carolina Junior Reserves, called over 10
see an old chum in Hokes Division TO as
certain if it were really true that the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-16
Miss Terry Unharmed.

NEW YORK, June l5.-In response to
the cablegram sent few days ago by
DR.. A. B. Leonard, secretary OF the mis-
slonary society of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. asking after the safety OF
missionaries, the following was received
to-day from Tien Tsln;
"Tsunhuas safely arrived here. Shan
Tung is ordered to Chin Kiang Pekin
is in a very dangerous state. Chinese
army is quite uncertain"
The first sentence Of the above dis
patch dIsposes OF the rumor circulated
day of two ago that Miss Tarry had
been murdered. She was at Tsunhuas
and all the missionaries there have, !,
appears, arrived safely in Tlen Tsin
Chin Kiang is on the Yang Tse river
about 200 miles above Shanghai The
Shan Tung missionaries will go there II
they can.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-16
Will ARBIIRATE.

Street Car Strikers Willing to Come
to acknowledgement by Gompsrs.
Company Takes Proposition Under
Consideration.
ST. LOUIS, NO., June 15.-By prac-
tIcally unanimous vote. the striking
street railway union men decided to-
day to accept a new proposition pre-
sented by their executive committee and
empower the executive committee to
settle on the basis of the clause re-
gardlng reinstatement without refer
ence to the union.
This action was brought about
through the influence of Samuel Comp
ers, president of the American Fedora
tlon of Labor, who arrived in st.
Louis last night, and was present at
the mass meeting which was held at the
West End coliseum to-day.
The new plan of settlement, is, there
fore. now in the hands of the executive
committee. 1t varies but little from
previous propositions, except in the
paragraph which provides for the re-
instatement Of the men, as follows:
New Plan Of Settlement.
"7.) The question of reinstatement
of former employees shall be submitted
to arbitration.
''And in regard to section T. covering
the reinstatement of our members. the
executive board is hereby authorized
and empowered to reach settlement,
either through a conference and agree
ment with the company, or by submit
ting st to arbitration, as provided for
In the above section"
Heretofore, all plans have contem-
plated the reinstatement of all the em-
ployes.
After the meeting had adjourned.
President Gompcrs lntimated that ar
rangements for opening negotiations
with the Transit company were already
under way.
This evening. the new proposition
was presented to Judge Henry S.
Priest, attorney of the Transit COM
pany, who took the matter under ad-
visemcnt, and said the company would
return Its answeS tomorrow,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-16
WHERE THEY SIT.

Diagram Indicating the Positions of
the Various States at the Conven-
ton Made Public-West Virginia
We'll Situated.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June IA
diagram showing where the state dele
cations will be seated in the conven-
tIon hall was made public tonight. The
task Of assigning the delegations was
performed by Sergeant-at-arms Wis
well. The delegates win be seated in
four solid squares and in two oblonEs
which flank the quartette of blocks.
The choicest seats will be occupied by
the delegations from Alabama, Idaho,
Indiana, New Jersey, New Hampshire
and Texas, they having been assigned
to the front rows and nearest the
speakers platform.
The delegations will be seated In al
phabetIcul order, beginning at the OBJ
long on the left. Alabama will occupy
the first four rows Arkansas will take
up the next two rows, and will be fol-
lowed by California, Colorado. Connec-
tlcut, Delaware, Florida and Georgia
with Illinois In the last seven rows OF
the oblong.
In the First Three Rows.
Idaho and Indiana will share the
first thEee rows in the front square
next to the left oblong. Then viii come
the Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky, LouisI-
ana, Maine and Maryland delegations.
massaehusetts thirty delegates Will oc-
cupy the first two rows of the square
directly back of the above mentioned
section and to the rear OF them Will be
seated the Minnesota Mississippi. Mis-
souri, and Montana delegations, with
Nevada and Nebraska bringing up the
rear.
New Hampshire will take up eight OF
the fourteen seats in the front row OF
the third square. New Jersey will oc-
cupy the other six seats and all of the
second rows. Then will come New
York's big delegation OF scventy-two
iOllOWeu ny NOIIn JJlkOth anu NoINh
Carollna. Oho's forty-sIx will take up
the last two rows OF this block and tho
FIRST and part Of the second square to
the rear. oregon win hll out the re-
mainder Of the second row, Pennsyl-
yanlas slxty-four representatives ther
VIII follow, and Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee
VIII MI out the square in the order
named.
West Virginia In the Right oblong,
Texas win have the front seats in tho
oblong on the right, and the remainder
Of this section viii be taken up ns fol-
lows
Utnh. Vermont, Virginia. washing
ton, West virginia, Wisconsin, Wyo-
ming. Alanln Arlzonn, DlstTict Of Col
unbia, indian Territory, New Mexico
and oklahoma.
or the large delegations, Illinois Will
be the furthost from the speakers plat
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-16
WATER AN ITEM.

No Running Streams Near Where
the International Troops Are Do-
Gated.
WASHINGTON. June 15-Three off,
cal dispatches were received In dlplo-
matte quarters to-day giving the latest
direct information from the Internatlon-
al expedition now seeking to reach Pc
kin In the main the dispatches were
connrmatory Of The press advIces. one
Of the official dispatches said that great
difficulty was being experienced Ia Sc
curing sufficient water for the pressing
needs OF the international party. II ap-
pears that the travel from Tieu Tsin T.
P.kIn has been heretofore mainly by
way OF river. so that water was easily
obtained. and even when the seventy
mile trip was made by rail, there was
not enough delay to cause approximation
Oh the water supply.
Absence of Water a Factor
Now, however, with the 2,iOO foreign
troops practically stalled twD-thirds OF
the way to PekIn, the absence Of water
beeome8 quite n factor In the situation
There are no running streams near the
present locality OF thr troops and 1t Is
supposed that the nutive wcl!3 cannot
bo relied upon In the existing drought
and In the present intensity NJ aaiI-tor-
c.Fn sentiment. on the whole the OIL
r.al ndvlces received by f1rel5n govorn.
maats and forwarded 70 their rapresan-
H'iyrs here arr far from reassulns as
TO- the progrcsg Of the expeiiti1un y
force.
The cabinet meeting to-day lasted
until after o'clock Much Of tn tim
v1n devoted to the discussion Of tht
Chinese situation which 10 rcrardad a'
critical Tha 7evqrancc OF communlcl,
toa with Pekla and tha faIlur to hpu
from Minister coHgor Tor sixty hou1
naturally createB considerable anxiety
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-16
THREE LONG
SESSIONS ON
THE CONTESTS.
Republican National Committee Per.
forms a Hard Days LabOr-All
Completed Except Delaware.
HANNA ANXIOUS FOR HARMONY.
Have Not Been Influenced by the
Leaders-southern omce-HOldsrH
Receive scant Consideration.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE Re-
publican national committee to-day put
In three long sessions on the contests
which have been brought before 1t and
adjourned late tonight with all of the
controversies practically disposed of ex-
cept that from Delaware. This has
been referred back to the sub-commit-
tee with instructions to again cndeavor
to bring the factions to a basis OF agree
ment and will receive final action to-
morrow. An important action to-day
was the seating OF the Brownlow dele
gates in the Tennessee contest and re-
fusing admission to the friends of Pen
sion Commissioner Evans. The contest
was very bitter and at one time there
was the possibility of serious cncoun-
ter between Brownlow and Evans.
Hanna Spoke in Delaware Case.
Quite the most interesting feature Of
the day was the speech of Senator Han
ma in the Delaware case. Senator Han
ma is earnestly anxious to hurmonize
the factions in Delaware and his speech
before the committee to-day urging an
other attempt at agreement, showed his
feelings in the matter.
The action Of the committee In the
various contests has caused 1t to be
generally remarked thut 1t has not been
influenced in the least by the leaders.
Senator Hanna's friends from the south,
especially the office holders. have re-
celved scant consideration.
Both Sides Denied Seats.
Where there were rival factions Of
officeholders, in Alabama, both sides
have been denied seats. The defeat Of
wlmberly, in Louisiana, and the eleva-
tIon Of Yarmouth, is said to have been
distinctly antngonistIe to the wishes OF
the close friends Of the administration
as wimberly was sustained by the ad-
minlstratIon In the fight that was made
against his confirmation when he was
appointed collector of the port of New
Orleans. 1t was in opposing this con-
flrmation that Yarmouth took occasion
to make some bitter remarks about
Senator Hanna, who was supporting
wimberly. In the New York case, 1t is
asserted that the decision was against
Senator Platt and other cases are In
stauced by members Of the committee
as examples of independent action.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-16
senator ounn Arriren.

PHILADELPHIA, June 15.-senator
Quay was among the arrivals to-day.
He Immediately proceeded to his head
quarters at State Senator Grady'a home.
where he conferred with u number OF
his followers.
Col. Quay was accompanied to the
city by Henry W. Oliver, Of Pittsburgh.
They boarded the train at Mount Joy.
having been driven there early this
morning from ex-senator cameron's
farm at Donegal, The visitors were
met at the P0nnsylvania railroad sta
tIon here by State Senator Grady, whose
guest Col. Quay will be during his stay
here. Mr.. Oliver did not go TO the Grady
home, but promised to Join Quay and
his friends later.