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302 Chronicles of the Cape Fear River

under his arm, marched solemnly up to the chancel rail and
deliberately sat in the aisle on the wooden block throughout the
sermon. ‘Then, as he entertained a strong objection to the offer-
tory formality in the service as an idolatrous innovation, he

walked quietly out again, to the evident relief of the congrega-
tion, who feared he might brain the parson with the piece of

He bore himself bravely throughout his long and hon-
ored life and met the infirmities of old age with a smiling coun-
tenance.

‘

Besides these, a host of others whose services should not be
forgotten crowd the memory. Brave Maj. Alexander MacRae,
of age far too advanced for service in the field in Virginia,
accepted command of the First Battalion of Heavy Artillery in
General Hebert’s brigade, and did duty at the mouth of the
Cape Fear until the fall of Fort Fisher. The gallant old father

was worthily followed by his brave sons, whose record appears
elsewhere.

John J. Hedrick was major of engineers. He was a brave
and skillful artillery commander, and had been in active ser-
vice since the beginning of the war. In the early days of the
conflict he had charge of the erection of batteries at Confederate
Point and in the vicinity, one small fort on Bald Head being
named Fort Hedrick in his honor. When the Fortieth Regi-
ment (Third Artillery) was organized in December, 1863,
Major Hedrick was appointed its colonel. This regiment took
part in the defense of Fort Fisher, December 24 and 25, 1864,
and January 13, 1865, and on January 17 it was ordered to
Fort Anderson, about ten miles up the river, where the garrison
of about 900 men was under the immediate command of Colonel
Hedrick. On February 17, the enemy attacked the fort in the
rear with about 10,000 infantry, while Porter, with a fleet of
sixteen gunboats and ironclads, lying within a few hundred
yards of the fort, quickly demolished the guns. In this fight,
under Colonel Hedrick’s leadership, great bravery and heroism
were shown; but, finding the command in danger of being cut
off by a heavy column of infantry in the rear, Colonel Hedrick
determined to evacuate the fort. Carrying all the light guns,
including the Whitworth cannon, they fell back towards Wil-
mington. Later, while on the way to meet the enemy advancing
from New Bern, there was a battle at Jackson’s Mills, in which

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about 2,000 Federal prisoners were captured; but the Confed-
erate loss was heavy. Here, while gallantly leading his regi-
ment in a charge upon the enemy, Colonel Hedrick was seri-
ously wounded.

John D. Barry enlisted as a private in Company I, Eighth
Regiment, and on the reorganization was elected captain of the
company. On the fall of the gallant Colonel Purdie, of Bladen
County, in June, 1863, he became colonel of the regiment. He
was a valiant and dashing officer, and nobly upheld the tradi-
tions of his family, one of the best of the Cape Fear section, his
grandfather being Gen. Thomas Owen and his great uncle,
Gov. James Owen. The companies composing the Eighth Regi-
ment of Volunteers (afterwards the Eighteenth North Carolina
State Troops) were:

The Wilmington Light Infantry, Capt. Henry Savage; the
Wilmington Rifle Guards, Capt. Robert Williams; the Scotch
Boys, Capt. Charles Malloy; the German Volunteers, Capt. C.
Cornehlson ; and the companies of Capt. George Tait, of Bladen
County; Capt. Robert Tait, of Bladen County; Captain Nor-
ment, of Robeson County ; Captain Gore, of Whiteville, Colum-
bus County; Capt. J. R. Hawes, of Long Creek, New Hanover
County.

About the first of August, 1864, General Lane being wounded,
Colonel Barry was appointed temporary brigadier general and
commanded the brigade, skirmishing almost daily till the 28th.
Subsequently, while on a reconnoitering tour, Colonel Barry
was wounded by a sharpshooter. Some time in the latter part
of 1864, when General Lane returned to the brigade, Colonel
Barry, on account of his wounds and impaired health, was as-
Signed to departmental duty with his regular grade of colonel.

After the close of the war, he returned to Wilmington and, in
partnership with William H. Bernard, began the publication of
the Dispatch. Only a few years of broken health remained to
him, and nearly fifty years ago he died in the old house he had
left in vigorous youth and with high hopes in 1861.

A few years ago, Col. John D. Taylor passed from our midst,
leaving a great name as a soldier and a Christian gentleman,
with an affectionate memory of his manly figure, his gentle,
Sympathetic smile, and the empty sleeve he wore. He was cap-
tain in the Thirty-sixth Regiment (Second Artillery), was

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