The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-28

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! of 1850, ETC.
On what may be called the Revolu-
/ tionary period arc the contents of an
other case; pewter plates, pins hand
made; copy of The State Gazette.
Newbern, 1IsS; an arithmetic, wholly
written by hand; the protest OF the
people called Quakers" against bear
ing arms in the Revolution, signed in
their behalf by Samuel skinner, of Per-
quimans: Hodges North Carolina Al
tnanac, Halifax, 1885, money issued be-
fore North Carolina joined the Union.
by authority of Congress at Halifax"
177G; official documents, with seals.
signed by Richard Caswell, the first
Governor under the constitution. ans
by other Governors; a deed from Col.
Edward Buncombe, "of the Fifth Regi-
ment Of Regulars of North Carolina; .
an original journal of the convention of
1888, at Fayetteville: lamp, hand made,
of iron. and very rude; butter moulds.
other household implements, etc.
In case of the civil war period. for
which there is rich collection. are the
following articles. The various commits
sions issued Thomas Il. Toon. from
June 1861. as lieutenant of the ''Colum.
bus Guards" as colonel of the Twentieth
Regiment; as brigadier general item
porary rank; letter from General Lee.
complimenting the gallantry of the
Twentieth North Carolina Regiment:
two minnie bullets taken from General
ICONS body, his pocket book, with the
lost money paid him by the Confederacy
wartime railroad ticket the song OF
the Twentieth Regiment" paper made III
1edS- "a at the paper mills near Raleigh
million dollar Confederate warrant to
North Carolina; Confederate war tcle-
grams. one from President Davis to Gov
ernor Vance asking that all the organized
militia be called out to repel the inyas-
ion of eastern North Carolina; a portrait
of Col. Thomas Crossan, who commanded
the Stuta's blockade-runner Advance =
q Confederate tract: the signatures OF
Motel North Carolina officers in the Con
! federate States army the great seal or
. the Confederacy; a camp candlestick
which was in the tent of jefferson Davis
when he was captured near Washington.
Ga, and which was brought mere by his
faithful servant. James II. Jones: let
ter written bv Col. Ch&rIng < Fisher
Of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment,
one month before he was killed, also Il
beit-plote of that regiment: Confederate
prayer book and Bibles one used by a
soldier lodge OF Masons: acts or Con-
ereSs. powder made az Raleigh hy the
state; Confederate almanac; part OF. the
hattle-lar Of the Seventh North Caro-
lima REGIMENT. etc.
In another case is the battle-adg of
the Fifticth North Carolina Regiment;
uniforms of officers 0f he lower ranks;
a volume of the Southern illustrated
News, 1863 81. opened at picture OF
General l.. OBJ. Branch;. cotton cards
which were brought through thc block
adc: cotton yarn made in 1864 ct Rock
FISH factory in Cumberland county: all
sorts of Confederate cloth: lamp made
IN 1set OF clay: shoes with wooden
bottoms. Tor use b. slaves: English
made shoes for trooHs, brought through
the blockade; Engish-iaadc candies
which were in the "Beauregard sunk
in 1863 near what is now Southport, and
washed UP by great storm in 1885, the
saddle cloth OF he colonel Of the Nine
tecnth Regiment. ctc.
4 case which attracts marked attcn-
tion IS that containing the uniform and
all other personal effects of General
James Johnston Pcttigrew. Including
his dress uniform perfectly preserved
exduistcly made and lined with yellow
satin: his sword and belt and silk ~>~e
another sash very wide aud of Oriental:
design, which Re wore when shot and
which, together with silk handker-
chief is dyed by his blood: his overcoat.
field glass. saddle blanket. saddle bags.
|ith the contents Of tho latter. Including
! coffee. razors, etc; his visiting cards,
with thc inscription ~ Johnston Petit
grew. Carolina" corkscrcw sent MIN
while in prison at Fort Delaware. his rife
and pistol telescope, etc.
Ano1her case which attracts much at
tcntion contains the uniforms of Cen
eral Bryan Grimes and MANI other ar
ticleG he personally used, and this case
admirably illustrates war time dress
and equipments. I'M it are his dress uni
form, fatigue uniforms some of Eng-
lish cloth with English made nat ~.
e." buttons: ovoTcoat ana cape. which
with another coat have the uniforms
covered with black cloth as they We're
worn after tho war: in 1866 GO when an
order from the United states War De
partmeut required that Ill such mill
tary buttons should be covered ii 70.
/ manning on uniforms: peas made from
. captured sword: campaign hat, of
brown felt; revolver and holsters cap
tured by General Grimes; his prayer
book: sadeilc-bags. piece Of wartime
plug tobacco: sword. belt and sash: tho
shoulder strans he wore as ma ior. iieu-
tenant colonel and colonel OF the Fourth
North Carolina Regiment; his books on
tactics and military science; his bead
quarters flag. he last oac which few
a. Appomattox and which Sherwood
Badger Of Raleigh took down and
brought here wrapped around his body.
Coming down to the latest period, tha
Of The war with Spain; there are some
valuable relics. those of Ensign Worth
Baglcy. witch I'll case. These consist
of tho dress uniform. working suit in blue
and y bite; sword and belt cominisaion
/ signed by President Mckinley: photo
/ graphs taken at graduation and only 3
month before ne Vas killed photographs
Ct the trrnedo boat WinGlow, GA which
+ h vas killed, and Of the "Bagley" nam
"a ii his honor; a shcll from tho Wing
/ low: medals won ia athletic contest
phot sraDh5 Of The funeral il Tho caultoI
gcuarc. Mav tsaS; models from which
we're made tho bronze memorial tabletg