The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06
NORTH CAROLINA'S TROOPS
And THEIR GLORIOUS RECORD
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
(From the Confederate Veteran.)

Two companies of colonists sent out by
Sir Walter Raleigh-one in 1885, the
other in 15S7-settled on Roanoke Island,
in the eastern waters of North Carolina.
The island was then within the boundaries
of Virginia.; and, indeed, the word "Vir-
ginia" had it's origin as the name of that
region. but by the provisions of the chart
er of 1865, of Charles H. to the lords pro-
prietors of Carolina. it fell within the
limits of North Carolina. On this island
the colonists constructed Fort Raleigh
in 1855. There on August IS, 1887 90. 81,
was born Virginia Dare, the first child
of English parentage born in America.
There. three days later, she was baptized,
as Manteo, the friendly Indian chief. had
been on August 13, 1887 one week before.
These baptisms were the first celebra-
tiOns of a Christian sacrament within
the limits of the original United States,
more than twenty years before Pocahon-
taS.
North Carolina did not leave the Union
until after the Confederate Government
had been organized. In February 1861,
the State voted against secession by
majority of thirty thousand. North Caro-
lima was next to the last State to secede
from the Union.
The military population of North Caro-
lima in 1860 was 115, 1863; yet the State fur
nished to the Confederate army 1850
soldiers, of whom 40 900 died either in
battle, from wounds, in prison or in hos
pitals.
or the ten regiments of either side
which sustained the heaviest loss in any
one engagement during the war, Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee Illinois, New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey furnished
one each, and North Carolina furnished
three. North Carolina furnished, from
first to last, one fifth of the entire Con-
federate army. and at the surrender at
Appomattox one-half the muskets stack
ed for 'capitulation were from North
Carolina troops.
Intrepid North Carolinians, led by
-Neeth eth~Carolina's valiant son. Gen. VIII
liam r. Cox, delivered the last charge
made by the Confederate army under Lee,
and battery from Wilmington, n. c.
(Flanner's), fired the last gun. North
Carolina troops, under Pettigrew. ad-
vanced farthest up the slopes at Gettys-
burg.
The last general engagement of the
war was fought at Bentonville, y. c..
where Major General Robert F. Hoke,
with 14OO0 of her heroes held co., 600
Union veterans-with 26,000. flushed with
victory within easy supporting distance
at bay for three dreadful days. The sur
render of General Johnston to General
Sherman occurred in the Bennett House,
Durham, NJ c. North Carolina had the
md hnC
soldiery in the Confederate army. Her
great war Governor Zeb Vance. kept the
port of Wilmington opened to the extent
that by means of blockade-running he
brought into the Confederacy large guam
titles of stores, provisions, medicines,
arms, accouterments, shoes, blankets, etc.
Twenty engagements were fought
on North Carolina soil--the most notable
events being the recapture of Plymouth.
by General r. r. Hoke. in 1864; the de-
feat of the Federal fleet in Roanoke river
by the Confederate ram "Albemarle.
under Commodore Cook; the defense OF
Fort Fisher by Col. Lamb and General
Whiting; and Johnstons last stand. at
Bentonville, in Johnston county, ~. c.
NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS IN CON
FEDERACY.
The following is a recapitulation of the
roster of North Carolina troops in the
Confederate war as prepared and COM
piled by John w. Moore, late major
commanding Third Battalion Light artil-
lery:
Executive Officers. s................. LOG
Generals. ~ ... . 80
Firse Regiment. 80. 1,142
Second Regiment. ........ ..!.... 1,435