The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-28

biggest in our State.
Mr. Afford made the welcome address
in the Academy and in doing SO invited
all eligibles to join the Holly Springs
Chapter, Daughters of the Confeder-
acy, which organization seems to be
strong already. He also announced the
ously said this was not so important.
as the Daughters could take care of
the Sons anyway. The Daughters are
the ones through whom honor comes, as
they give the badges, which are the
prizes most sought for.
He then opened the meeting of the
Oscar r. Rand Camp. Dr. Utley, the
adiutant. read the roll, having stated
that there were 125 names on it, and
other business was transacted of rou-
tine nature.
A committee was then appointed to
escort the speakers from the depot.
Raleigh Camp was represented by
Messrs. j. c.. Birdsong and j. M. Allen,
and O. r. Rand Camp by w. II. Utley,
r. B. Rollins and Mr.. Hardy Burt
When a crowded train came in from
Apex the committee did not find Gen
Carr. and although the people were
greatly disappointed, Mr.. Henry A.
London. one of Chatham's old vets
came and gave them a rare treat in
ornate oratory, for he is probably the
most terse. and certainly the most
chaste. speaker in the State, and the
disappointment melted before he mad
finished a speech that the audience
thoroughly appreciated.
AT noon the procession was formed
at the Academy, led by two ola Nels
beating the old drum, and another car
rying the banner, with the well known
device" to the Baptist church, Wnere
Mr. London entertained them 1or an
hour. | need not attempt TO quote ms
speech. but only desire to say lhal IL
was credit to the speaker MAKE
the following extract from his speech
.sWith white population in 1860 OF
600 942 and $4,000 voters, North Carollha
sent 125. GOO soldiers to the Confederate
armies composing IS regiments anu -
battalions. Three OF these regiments
were artillery. seven cavalry and seven
tv-eiebt infantry Most of the battallons
were artillery and cavalry About 4O,Voo
wore killed or died in service There
were six Major Generals from this state
! of whom ono-half were killed, namely;
4 pepder Ramseur and Whiting There
were twepty-fve Brigadier Generals
from this State, four of whom we're killed
i and all the others were wounded
"The first victory was won by North
/ Carolina troops at Bethel on the 10th OF
! Inne 1861. and they fired the last voiley
OF Annomattox Court House. In the
seven days fights around Richmond, in
! 1862 there were ninety-two Confederate
I regiments. of which forty-six were from
| North Carolina, and more than half OF
the killed and wounded were from this
State. AT Charlottesville. in May, 1863,
there were ten North Carolina brigades.
and of the killed and wounded over half
were from this State.
"At Gettysburg 1852 Confederates
were killed and 12,707 wounded, ana
! 2 155 Federals were killed and 14,529 were
wounded. Of the killed no were North
! Carolinians, 435 Georgians, 399 Virginians,
! 25S Mississippians, 217 South Caroilniahs
! and 204 Alabamians. The three brigades
which lost more killed than any others IN
| that battle were Pettigrew's North Caro-
| lima (Which lost 100 killed. Davis, COM
! posed of three Mississippi and one North
! Carolina regiment, which lost lS0, ana
| Daniel's North Carolina brigade, Whlch
lost 165 killed. Picketts entire division
lost PA killed. No brigade in Picketts $
division lost as many killed and wounded
as the 26th North Carolina regiment,
whose loss was eighty-six killed and 502
wounded. which was the heaviest loss or
! any regiment in either army in any pat
tie of the war. There were sixteen
brieades of Confederates in the hrst
DAVIS battle, of which seven were from
North Carolina. In what is called Pick
ett's' charge there were nineteen Vir-
einia regiments and fifteen North Caro-
inaians. AT Ream's Station, in August,
! 1864. after the first efforts of other Con-
federates had failed. the three North
Carolina brigades of Cooke, Lane and
McRae, consisting of only 1,75O men,
routed the enemy and captured 2,1O0.
/ "Among the regiments which suffered
the heaviest losses were the following:
The Fifth North Carolina at Williams
burg. the Fourth at Seven Pines, the
Third at Sharpsburg, the Twenty sixth
at Gettysburg and the Twenty
!, at Bristoe Station. At Williamsburg the
Fifth lost in killed, wounded and missing
1871 out OF Z4U. Al seven IlHeS the rOuil III
went into battle with twenty-five officers
and $40 mono commissioned officers and
privates and lost in killed and wounded
every officer except one and 462 men. AT
Sharpsburg the Third lost in an hour and
half $50 out of 500. At Bristoe the
Twenty lost in less than half an
hour POI out of 426. At Sharpsburg Com
pany c of the Fourteenth North Carolina
regiment lost in killed and wounded every
man of the forty-five present, and at
i Charlottesville the same company car
ried in forty three men and all were
killed or wounded except one and a
minnie ball had lodged in his haversack.
Company of the Twenty sixth lost at
Gettysburg every man out of eighty
seven, except one and he was down by
/ the eoncussion of a she'll
"No troops were better armed and
| equipped than those from North Carolina,
and our State was the only one that
clothed her troops during the entire war.
Also furnished clothing for other troops,
and at the surrender had $4,000 suits of
uniforms on hand and great stores OF
blankets and leather; was the only State
that was engaged in direct trade with
England and running the blockade. AT