The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-30

story and no man felt that his pen was
equal to- the portrayal. Like Emmett S
epitaph, it must remain unwritten but
it's abiding remembrance is in the hearts
of the soldiery of the South. The dedica-
etion prefixed to the completed work in
this last volume comes from the heart.
They are not perfunctory words, but the
expression of the sentiments of the more
than 200 soldiers, living and dead,
whom North Carolina sent to the front.
The pay of the Confederate soldier in
the deprecated currency was wholly in
adequate to be of any assistance to those
dependent upon him at home. Mention
has already been made of the cotton
cards and other supplies brought in
through the blockade and distributed by
the State to soldiers wives. In most, If
not all the counties, the county authori-
ties procured supplies of corn, meat and
salt which were stored in warehouses and
dispensed weekly by boards of elderly
citizens to the mothers wives and child
rem who needed assistance This was
not charity but just compensation to
those who were absent fighting for the
State without pay. Where the counties
neglected this just measure there were
of course large numbers of assertions.
The soldier felt it but just that the gov
eminent should see that his aged mother,
his dependent wife and children were
provided for by the State since at it's
command they were deprived of his Ia
Dor. The salt was procured from the
works at Saltville, Virginia, or from the
ocean near Wilmington, counties raising
the funds by the issue of what was
known as salt bonds" BY what now
seems a singular decision the Supreme
Court of the State, in the Reconstruction
era, held the bonds thus issued in aid OF
the destitute and suffering women and
children of the State void because issued
in aid of the Rebellion"
most interesting chapter might have
been added of the operation of the TAX
in kind" by which provisions were OBJ
tanned for the support of our armies, but
as that would have required much elab-
Grafton and was q matter concerning the
Army as a whole rather than the North
Carolina Regiments and Battalions, the
subject has not been treated herein. The
valuable series of extracts from the
Executive Letter Books 1876, compiled
by Colonel Fred. A. Olds. would have
added interest to this work, but 1t had
already swelled to five volumes, and this
as we'll as other matter was necessarily
foregone.
The legend on the cover is no idle
boast, but is based upon evidence given
herein that is deemed worthy to be pre-
scented to the great jury of the public
and of posterity. Major Hale's history
of the Bethel regiment proves, Gf il
had ever been called in question: North
Cardinals claim to be the FIRST AT
BETHEL. The histories herein by Briga-
/ der General Cox, Major General Grimes
and by Col. Frank Parker of the Thirtieth
regiment abundantly establish that the
volley of Cox's Brigade, of Grimes Di-
vision was the LAST AT APPOMATTOX
the last shots being fired by the Thirtieth
Regiment belonging to that brigade.
Davidson's history of the Thirty ninth
regiment. as well as Major Harper'S
sistory of the Fifty-eiehth and Colonel
Rays OF the Sixtieth fully demonstrate
that our North Carolina soldiers were
FARTHEST TO THE FRONT AT CHICK
AMAUGA and they are corroborated by
Captain C. 4. Cilley's report, herein re-