The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-20
Sons Of tic Old North State Re
spor1ded We'll TO tic Call
to Battle.
IN THlcKEsT or THE FIGHT.
Her Troops Among Most Gallant Gallant
III Many Important Battles.
Losses at Gettysburg.
Bv Captain S. A. Ashe.

,hf first On ' hpn Fl s. a iss Ill
aisoppcnrcd aud the people o Mcr IIve ul'. and
fnri tlin p and sacred honor for the South,
erns cause The forts we're At once sciI ~
6y'sthe existing military companies, s am
4 Stale convention was called when On
met. ana on the 10Th Of May a6rosai,t ao
ii,c 'orGlnante by which North LII ol !
!5,a ns ito OF the Confederate States;
t.,,,,Se sums Of money were appropriated
far military purposes. and parhcniar!S
For the purpose OF supplies NJ loie'sn
rhe lirst regiment organized was COM
nanGed by Col. y. n. Hill anti became .. IN.
known as "Ihe Be.he Res'mentt oret lps
WITH some Virginia troops. fought the
inst battle OF the war a. Great B n,[ina
on June 10Th, the only Confederate hit isi
ii,iaTdY OF this North Carolina regiment.
{ the first victim OF the war was tins
North Carolina solder.
Ey the close Of the year more IMAM
1000 troops, being forty.one regiments,
we're organized. equipped ana went IN
the field.
Work Of Fertilization.
The state had done heavy, work IN
erecting fortfcat!ons along her coast,
lie interior from invasion AT lIntteras.
Ooracoke, Beaufort, Fisher, Caswcll. an
Enanoke Island. New Burn, along the
aound and on the Cape rear; Lo 10 rl'ai
al tsg for defense. Besides, North Carolinh
organized a small fleet that made excur-
Blpns Mt sea CAPTURED vessels so, ,t,s
northward. md later look part IN 'ac
defense 81 the sound.
The management OF the war was heces-'
FAIRLY committed 10 the Confederate Coy
eminent Gen. Henry \. Wlse, or VIZ:
g,nin was in command at Roanoke IS
iand; Gen. J. X. n. Anderson. of Rict-
mond was in command OF the az
Fear defcnses. #g
Early In February, 1ssa, General Burn
side made the descent. long expected, on
our coast. Reducing the forti'lcations u t
uatteras Inlet he easily captured ltoan-
ol.c Island aud took possession Of sehe
great Carolina sounds. With the waters
oi The Chowan, the Roanoke and Pamlico
e cg E Eaeht n u ply aea'e4 Iast5
ana ali Inc ports OF that region. month.
later. New Bern fell and the waters Of
the N.nse and Trent also were free &c to
the enemy. aud all Eastern NORM Caro-
tina Was open to inroads
North Carolina had In August turned
over forty regiments 10 the Confederate
Government but she NOW organized thir-
tee, additional regiments. while ten thou
sud moro men clnmored 10 DC enrolled.
Inc Confederate Government was not
pressing icr rev regiments al that time.
nv the summer Of 1872 North Carolina
had sent 10 tie front sixty regiments.
Z ona Thousand men each. besides Thing
Inc NhpSftrti VI VIC
with fresh recruits. Particular attention
Was Always paid to maintaining the cf-
fectivc strength OF the various resi-
mchtS.
BY the end OF 1855, out Of a total popu-
iatioa OF G29,at2 whites. with llo,0S5 men
Lctween the ages OF IS and 40. North
Carolina had sent To the front so2i4
And she rad already lost by disease
more than 2pOpO OF her troops, and
great number had been slain ana disabled
IN battle.
IN the spring OF 1868 the conscrpt law
WAS passed Dy Congress. 1t was not
concerned We. ii WAS executed by Gov
eInor Vance SO effectively that 1855
conscr.pts were sent TO the front By
Nurta Carolina these being used 10 fill
up the ranks OF the existing companies,
In November. 1854. the Adjutant-icn-
e;uls Office showed an enrolment OF
North CaIo!inians IN the Confederate
service OF l25,G00 men.
With Lee and Jackson.
The greater part of these forces served
With Lee and jackson in Virginia; a part
Mns with the Western army and a part
was engaged In coast defenses, In the.
s.ns o. q rd ls there wese WIN Lee y
eight regiments, and in North Carolina
there were 3otol men. large part being
North Carolina troops; an invasion OF the
State Being at that time threatened,
which. II successful would have cut
Lees army off from any communications
With the South
II was during this year that blockade
running became SO important. Besides
great quantities of salt made by the
state she imported vast amount OF
supplies. During the Revolutionary war
the state had engaged in blockade ruin
mug, and IT was the supplies brought
into our sounds by our vessels and
s!o,ed a a., south quay up the Biaehs
Washinistons., ragged army at Valley
Forge The state Convention of 1861 had
early made large appropriations TO pur-
chase supplies abroad, and IN 1868 me
North Carolina Government began the
work of importing. The State vessel. the
Advance. made eleven successful trips,
cards for the women to use IN their
houses. large quantities of cotton and
other needed machinery: medicines: sup
piles of various kinds, munitions of war,
brought In $4,000 pairs, OF shoes, 29oVVo
uniforms. $1,000 army blankets ana an
immense Quantity of army cloth LOT the
service OF tha army.
No other State engaged IN that busi-
nsss az least 70 any apppreciaabie extent ,h,.
The Confederate States did, but not the
Ihe result was that the North caro-.
Ina troops We're letter clad and nelter
cared for shan those of any other STATE,
and the ap!c. at home also The east
etn part Of the State; especially, MAS
p.o iuolive of corn, and bacon. 1t was
q storehouse, The State authorities pro
w VI t-.si Ee NuuHll VI sNpP''N9F ttS'S
for the poor neoSle of the interior, as
vel as Tor the army. Indeed, at every
pont the North Casolnt Government
was active, energetic, and IN an lnte.l.-
gent way propldent to s.pp.y existing
needs and TO maintain conditions Ihat
Wou!d sustain tho people In a long ana
arduous struggle for their Independence.
~ these respects / DOUBT whether any
other State can approach the admirable
record made by North Carolina,
she not only sent TO the field a greater
number OF men in proportion to her
white, population tnan any other stats,
iigent comprehension OF what the army
and the people would require In the
course Of the stern conflict; and while
she stripped herself for the fight, she
Looked out for the supplies and necessa-
ries to, sustain her during the long war.
On the battlefield her record was as
glorious as her action at the council
board was wise and comprehensive,
General Hancocls's Tribute.
Near WILLIAMSBURG on the 7th day oil