The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29

1865
ticles contributed 10 the Museum.
that the deeds Of their fs,hers might
be known. Is his remarks ne paid
high tribute 10 the Confederate sol
der.
Election Of officers.
The LeonidaS j Merritt Camp then
elected officers for the ensuing year
! Ali the present officers We're rc-elect-
ed except one. Mr.. d. b Phillips.
Second Lieutenant Commander and
he had moved out OF the county The
officers elected are. Thomas \ Minis.
Of Merry Oaks. commando, \ ].
Lane. OF Silcr City. First Lieutenant
Commander: j j. Hackney. OF By
num-. Second Lieutenant Commander.
Mai. Henry \. London. Of P~lttSooro.
Adjutant: Rev. 4. III. Perry. OF Stler
City. Chaplain: T u Iaster. OF Lock
vile. Sergeant: Ambrose Eubanks. or
Pynum. Quartermaster; O NJ Dor
sett. of Collision. Commissary.
Following the election the audience
was greatly entertained by Mr.. ii. NJ.
Lewter. OF Morrisviile. r. r. ID. who
sang southern Girls" after which
j. r. Bright. OF Sanford, II. l.. ID.
il who was a member OF Company Fl.
70th Regiment Junior Reserves. called
the rol of that and there
We're responses from "A number
Before the close OF the meeting
Captain ". l.. London read q state
ment handed him. this being. There
We're 425 Confederate generals in the
/ Civil War and only p are now living.
SO says General Wright. Of Washing
ton, d. G., i. a card last week in the
New York World.
Chatham county is to have a mu-
scum of Confederate relics and souv-
enirs. In charge OF the movement
for this is Miss Betsy london. dauCh-
ter of Major and Mrs. Henry A. Lon
don. on exhibition for the first
time today the cabinet containing the
relics was seen to be we'll filled.
, Among the articles are gauntletS, a
vest, a number OF bullets, Il parole.
2 Confederate money, swords. pistols,
rifles, Sabres, swords q parole, orlSi-
nal Confederate music and other ar
: ticles. Miss Betsy London is we'll
known by the Confederate veterans,
for she has been the sponsor at an
> nual reunions for the North Carolina
Division, and at Wilmington this year
was sponsor for the Second Brigade.
{ Chatham has a war record Of
} which it has a right TO be proud. In
1851 it had a voting population Of
$500 and it sent to the war between
1900 and 2,00o soldiers. 1t had
E eleven full companies in service, these
being two in the 26th Regiment; one
IN the '32nd, one in the 35th
e one in the 44th. one in the
4Sth; one in the 4Sth; one IN
e 61st, two in the 63rd, and one in the
10th.
The first company which went from
Chatham to the wal finally became
Company l of the 32nG. 1t was com
handed by DR.. r.. r. 1hrie, a native
n of Pennsylvania, who married in
e Chatham, his father a prominent
Pennsylvania Congressman. So il
was a Northern man who was cap
tain of Chatham's first 1t
went in with the Fifth Volunteers
this was afterwards made the FIT
teenth Regiment and when this regi-
mnt was found on reorganization 10
g have two companies above the num-
Der allowed, the chanA was made &c
q the Thirty-second Regiment.
On Wednesday night the l.. OBJ.
Branch Camp Drum Corps called al
the home of Maj. Henry a. London
and gave a ~serenadc, There was quite
an assemblage on the spacious veran-
a da and Mr.. Wiley T. Johnson, on be-
II half of the Drum Corps, gaze Mai
London a picture Of the three in the
a corps, his to be presented to the WIN
ME Davis Chapter. Daughters Of the
C~onfederacy.
r Out or the nearly Z.oOo soldiers
S who went into the war from Chatham
County there are now not over Isl
III the county some having moved
e away, the greater numOer having an
T swered the last roll call. on the pen
sion list of the county there are abOut
125 old soldiers, and nearly as many
e widows of soldiers. The list is grow
S ing smaller each year.
) In Chatham County the Veterans
l. always refer with great pride-and
they have a right to be proud-tO tht
Twenty-sixth Regiment. which waS
commanded by Col. John r. Lane
( and TO the Thirty-second. in which
n they were represented. that regimen
n having been presented with 4 Con
n federate flag made by the ladies 81
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