The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

bv the commanding officer. There is
a letter from the prison, endorsed py
Col. kenan as prisoner OF war ana
sent to his father. Hon. owen II.
Kenan at kenansville by flag OF truce
by way Of Fortress Monroe, Va rms
has a United States stamp and there
are letters TO Col. Kenan from nome
with Confederate stamps on them.
One letter assures him that ne VIII
be appointed brigadier general when
exchanged as a prisoner. Dut ms eA-
change came l. literally the last days
of the war.
OF all the objects in this interest
ing case the most curious is unQues-
tionably a mat made OF sheets OF
rough paper sewed together 10 make
a rude frame for two little daguerreo-
types. A fellow prisoner rlggeo up q
make-shift camera of that date ana
had it in a loft Of one of the prison
cell blocks at Johnson's Island and
there pictures Of Col. Kenan and ms
brother. Capt. John G. Kenan, were
made, Col. Kenan paying ~ In Cnlteu
States money for the pictures, Wnlch
were framed by the artist.
In the case is a military directory
| showing all the field officers and br---
AIDES of the North Carolina regiments.
which will be found very helpful TO
| people of the present day.
Last of all appears a document
| which mark the closing scene. One
is being the parole of Col. kenan, the
Omega of his military life. 1t is IN
these words:
"Ofice provost marshal. First Dl-
vision, 23rd Army Corps, Z. S A..
Charlotte, n. c., May u, 1865. This
is to certify that Thomas s. Kenan.
Of Duplin county and the State OF
North Carolina. Col. 43rd n. c. In
fantry, of the Army of Northern Vir-
| ginia, has this day given his parole
in accordance with the terms agreed
up by 1t. General U. S. Grant com.
handing U. S. Army, and Gen. r. E.
Lee. commanding c. S. Army. Signed,
n. Haight, captain and provost mar
shall"
There is a ticket from Raleigh to
Charlotte, dated April II. 1865, for
one seat in a railway car, issued at
Raleigh by Douglas Bell, transporta-
ton agent, for the auartermasters
department, G. S. A. This is dated
two days before the surrender of Raj
eigh to Gen. Sherman.
Co. Kenan had the rare gOOd judg-
ment to preserve the records Of his
military life and by this North Caro-
lima is the gamer. There are muster
rolls Of his company and regiment
and other Confederate documents and
a scrap book containing enough ma
terial to fill another case.
In a case adjoining are other
records Of prison life and in this the
most notable object is q note dropped
from the window of a prison in Rich
mond by a Confederate soldier who
was held there after the Fedora oc.
cupation in April, 1865. This is as
follows: ITO the Sympathi-ing Ladie:
Of Richmond. l hope o will pity {
sick prisoner far from home and hal
starved. Please send me something
to eat and [ will thanh you kindly
; Direct it to John o.. Hensley and G
q. N. Carpenter. We stay on the frs
. floor. Belonging to Co. G, 18th N. c
Regiment"
] There is a partial roster of Con
federate prisoners of war at Elmira
2 n. Y, and an album containing auto
: graphs of the prisoners in For War
ren, Boston harbor, in 1861, including
John Slidell, Confederate commission
S officers of the 8th N. G. Regiment Q
Volunteers, captured at Roanok
: Island, many other C~onfederates, tn
members of the Maryland Legislator
and the mayor and chief Of polio
Kane Of Baltimore. The album we
owned by Maj. Thomas Sparrow, {
d washington, n: G.. a prisoner the1
d Richard II. Lewis, of Raleigh.
u contains besides the autographs, ler
a ters and very beautiful sea moss al
y tistically arranged, with pen decors
tons and boOkmarkS Gated Nov.
1t 1861.
t. Co. Hills Orders.
a, In this case there are also ordel
a issued by Col. D. H. Hill in Apr
a 1861, for the camp at Raleigh Of tt
~ First Regiment Of Volunteers; orde
~ of prayer in camp, dated 1862 ar
= signed by Adj. Gen. Martin and Ass
-, Adj. Gen. John G. Winder; also
~ quill pen made by Col. Henry
III Shaw, a delegate to the North Ca
line at Raleigh for spec
use in the signing of the Ordinance
"a Secession, May 20, 1861. This Pc
in a glass tube, was presented by M
~ w. &. Shaw, Of Wisconsin,, throus
=: Chief Justice Walter Clark.
ms The Farmer Must Have He