The farmer and mechanic., 1914-02-03

to the last recorded syllable of time"
Hail. mighty spirit born IN happier
days,
Immortal heirs or universal praise.
Whose honors with increase OF ages
grow
As streams roll down. enalrging as
they flow:
Nations, unborn. your mighty name
shall sound
And worlds applaud that must not yet
be found
His company was in the Z.tn Resl-
menr. which was composed OF TWO
companies. each from Wayne. IenoT.
Pitt, and one from Orange. GuiI1ord'
Jones and PerQuimans counties Geo.
B. Singletary was the first colonel
He was from Pitt county and was as
brave as dauntless a man as ever
lived. He was killed at IranteFs
Creek, between Greenvllle and WASH
ington. The regiment was Stationed
at New Bern and participated IN the
battle when the town was captured
by Gen. Burnside in March, lSo-.
After the fall OF New Bern the regl-
rent was sent to Richmond, and was
there during the fights around that
city. It accompanied Gen. Lee III his
invasion Of Maryland. Lieutenant
WoOten was the only officer OF the
regiment who on that march did not
at some time ride. but he walked the
whole distance The regiment was
| engaged III the battle Of Sharpsburg
| the 7th of September. 1867, and ne
| was wounded III that battle and died
| the next day. A few days before the
| battle he had some trouble with his
| colonel, and he relieved him Of his
| command and so he was not COM
| PEELED to go into the battle. His cap
| tain and men persuaded him not to
| go into the fight as he had no COM
| mand, but he said, Il Joined the army
to fight and [ am going with my
| men. He was thoroughly devoted to
| the Southern cause, and he would
| willingly at any time, have given his
| life in it's defense. There was nothing
| Of the tyrant III his nature. He was
| kind to his men and they 1doHZed
him. He spent his salary and the in
come from his farm in furnishing his
men with such things as the govern
ment could not supply. | hear almost
daily his men who were under him
speak Of his kindness and his tender
care and solicitude for them. in an
, ticipating and supplying all their
wants / never knew more loyal
and devoted son to his mother than
he was. He thought that she was in
, fallible. When wounded and he
, | realized that he was going TO die he
) said the only thing he regretted
about dying was that it would kill his
= mother. Oh the pangS and heart
+ aches caused by that war. Whether
/ the South was right or wrong she
t made a gallant struggle and has fur
e nished an example for heroic courage
| for patient endurance Of suffering
: and privations, for lofty patriotism
\ and for an undying devotion to the
! | cause of constitutional liberty ant
v local selfsoyern1nent that has NJ
o parallel In the annals Of history. AL
O though the Northern people invaded
. our homes. destroyed our property
s slew our fathers and brothers an(
+ committed unparalleled outrages, le
t us not in our hearts noursh senti
4 ment Of malice or resentment toward
d them, or feed on hate and revenge.
n There is no passion
e More spectral or Tantastical thai
II hate
t Let us cultivate a broad nationa
+ sentiment and foster feelings o
h friendship and fraternal love betwee
@ all sections OF our common countr
: and be loyal sons and do all we ca
IF to make her the wonder and prid
n | OF the world.
a After the war his remains were re
moved from the battlefield Of Sharps
10 burg and reinterred in the old famil
burying ground three miles fro1
IS LAGRANGE. in Lenoir County, besid
the grave OF his mother where the
y viii remain till the resurrection mor1
| and my youngest brother erecte
fe q stone to his memory May Go
bless his immortal memory.
st May we sing with the poet:
SIS ''Let Spain boast the treasures ths
S grow in her mines
as Let Calls rejoice In her olives an
an vines,
er In bright sparkling Jewels let Ind
.ir prevail,
as With her odors Arabia nerfnme avar
id gale,
ed | Tis Columbia alone that "a, hoo,
er Of the soil
lis Where the first fruits Of virtue an
Lst liberty smile"
" sA-----
IS, JOHN Y. JORDAN
nd