The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-21

fThe positions held by the troops under
Major General Grimes, who were In
1.-THE front OF the army and by whom
necessarily the last voIfey was fired,
lethe other part of the army under
fLongstreet, which faced Grant. I'm our
rear, was not engaged) is shown on the
Imap accompanying London's article
Iherein- The ground was visited ] Oct.
Ilsc4. by a special committee consisting
Iof Hon. H. A. London. Judge w. A.
Montgomery, Captain W. T. Jenkins
land Mayor A NJ. Powell, veterans OF
that field n they were accompanied
10y w. J. Peeie. Esq. Chairman of the
Estate Historical Commission to whose
patriotism and intelligent aid your
fcommittee and the Confederate veter-
are greatly indebted. The local ,
were identified and measurements taken
from which the excellent nap OF Apo
lmattox accompanying their report was
prepared for which thanks are due to
professor w. C. Riedick Of the A. and
M. College.
| The article OF Hon.. Z. J. Hale who
the IS y. c.. Regiment
10Th Cav.) at Appomattox is conclusive
THAT the cavalry made their last charge
VERY nearly about the time Cox's infan-
TRY fired the last volley and that shortly
before a battery of 4 guns and 80 pris-
G ~ koDNA ~ ~
ICavalry brigade { to which that regi-
lment b~elonged) being the very last
capture made by that immortal army
(which had made So many
NUMBER OFF TROOPS and Losses.
Captain S. A. Ashe s~ustains, from a
1.-The records, that North Carolina fur
lnished by much the largest number OF
troops Of any state of the Confederacy.
Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee
lCCommander in Chief of the United
confederate Veterans), in a very recent
address at Asheville stated that North
tCarolina furnished %, si2 more troops
THAN any other state" If this were not
lso, IT rebounds even more to the fame
lof the state, for North Carolina lost
according TO the official returns-aS
compiled in Colonel FoX's ''Regimental
ILosSes"-over Al 900 killed and wounded
land died OF disease according to ~.
Is. Official Records while the Confed-
Ierate Handbook gives: Virginia, 5,32S
KILLED, 2,519 died of wounds, 6,947 died
lof disease total II, 794. North Carolina,
1852 killed, 5,151 died Of wounds, 20. COZ
ibid of disease, total 40,305 a number
considerably in excess Of hat sustained
lby any other Southern State.
Owing to her innate modesty North
ICarolina, Notwithstanding she furnished
NEARLY one-ffth of the Troops of :he
INOlllSOOI dCy, Z d SHOl - CilS-llIIi
IOf the COS generals appointed during
those four memorable years Instead
Iof 120, our proportion according to troops
furnished, we had 2 Lieutenant Gencr-
lais, Z Major Generals and 26 Brigadiers,
la total of 80 Generals, OF whom 8 were
killed in battle n evela al others were
linvalided by reason of wounds. Ye. We
iwere not lacking in material. Upon The
death of Major General Pender. a SUI
tperb solder. General Lee publicly de-
lplored hat General Pender had never
received his proper rank, and in the
lopinion of the whole army, the hero OF
plymouth, that splendid soldier, Rob-
iert F. Hoke, who was a Major General
at 20, merited the command of an Army
Corps; and there were many others who
deserved the rank of Major General and
lBrigadier General which was given ID
linen, certainly not their superiors,
from states with a smaller proportion
lof troops to general officers.
But it is not to her generals and les
ser officers, capable and faithful az
ltney were, that North Carolina should
turn with her greatest pride. With
tacit recognition of this truth. the
state has appropriately crowned the
monument raised to her gallant dead
with the statute of
A PRIVATE SOLDIER,
with belted cartridge box, and his
faithful musket in hand. On quart,
lscanning the horizon, as in life, with
~ceaseless watching for the fee. Gen
eral A. p. Hill, Of Virginia, when ask
ed what troops he preferred to CONF
mand, replied Enthusiastically North
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hat they are Drawer
where all are brave, but brave as the
lbraTest, they are the most obedient to
command" 1t vas his marked trait
which gave the troops from this state
their pre-eminence. 1T was the same
Iquality which gave the Roman Soldlec
his fame and to Rome the empire Of
the world. History shows no soldier
since who more nearly resembles tie
DICTIONARIES Of Caesar h a the Nor:h
iCarolina Confederate private. He dis
Iplayed, together with the same intre-
ipidity, the same accomplishing endur-
lance of hardship and hunger, h same
unquestioning obedience to orders, and
wherever the bravest officer dared to
lead. there the private soldier from the
lplains, the valleys and the mountains
Iof North Caro.na swept or IT. his long
iunbroken lines. They but did as they
Ewere told to do and bluShed to find it
fame. Thus it vas that at Gettysburg
and at Chicamauga, on the utmost
verge Of the storm swept sea Of battle
lit was the bodies of North Cardinals
slain that marked where highest UP
the bloody wave had reached n Crap
lpled with the hostile shore. Thus it
was that at Bethel, "ya:t Gel III thu
moment Of our first victory, and at APP
Ipomattox the North Carolina line. sui
ilenly retiring, fired the last yolley over
the grave of the C~onfederacy.
But it is not only for his services
during those -four memorable and
I%eventful years. hat the Confederate
lsoldier should be remembered. His
~Iservices to his state did not end with
the surrender. Other soldiery, demon
lalized by a long war. have too often
returned to their homes to become a
standing menace to lawfuI authority.
The disbanded Confederate soldiers az
Ionce resumed their places Is citizens.
IUnseduced by the offers and blandish-
lments of those who would a plum
ldered the public. with nerves mistaken
by defeat, they took their stand FOR
law and order.and for good govern