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312 Chronicles of the Cape Fear River

Gabriel J. Boney, of Wilmington, enlisted in Company H of
the Fortieth Regiment in March, 1864, at the age of eighteen,
and was on duty until the war was practically ended, com-
pleting his service in a Northern prison. He was in the fight
with the Federal gunboats at Fort Anderson, and at Town
Creek, having been promoted to be corporal, was in command of

twenty men on the line. He was also at Bentonville, where the
North Carolina soldiers made their last demonstration of heroic

valor. Being captured by the enemy, he was transported to
Point Lookout, Md., and confined until June 4, 1865.

Lieut. Alexander Davidson Brown, a native of Scotland,
earnestly supported the cause of the State during the great war,
and for four years wore the Confederate gray. Although he
came to Wilmington as late as 1860, in April, 1861, he enlisted
as a private in the artillery company of Capt. James D. Cum-
ming, known as Battery C, of the Thirteenth Battalion. In this
gallant command he was successively promoted to corporal and
lieutenant. During his military career he participated in the
fighting at New Bern and on the Petersburg lines in numerous
engagements, and took part in the desperate encounters on the
retreat from Petersburg, and at Appomattox Courthouse pre-
vious to the surrender.

Thomas O. Bunting enlisted in the Twentieth North Caro-
lina Infantry in May, 1861, though only about sixteen years of
age, but in July following withdrew and entered the University
of North Carolina, where he studied one year. Returning to
the Confederate service, he became a private in Company C, of
the Sixty-third Regiment, or Fifth Cavalry, and shared the sub-
sequent gallant career of this command, taking part in the en-
gagements at White Hall and Goldsboro, in 1862, and then, in
Virginia, under the leadership of Baker, Gordon, Barringer,
Hampton, and Stuart, meeting the enemy on many a field. On
April 3, 1865, at Namozine Church, he was captured by the
Federals, and was confined at Point Lookout until June 28.
Throughout his gallant career he was once seriously wounded,
receiving a shot through the ankle on the Ground Squirrel Road
near Petersburg, which disabled him for three months.

Samuel R. Bunting was captain of Company I, Tenth Regi-
ment of State Troops, Light Artillery, which was organized at
Wilmington in May, 1861. This company served at first as
coast guard at Wrightsville and Masonboro Sounds and in
March, 1862, moved to Kinston and saw active service in that

The War Between the States 313

vicinity ; then returned to Fort Fisher. After the fall of Fort
Fisher and the evacuation of Wilmington, the regiment joined
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and fought and surrendered with him.

Bunting’s Battery was engaged for three days at Spring
Bank, and lost nineteen men killed and wounded.

James G. Burr was colonel of the Seventh Regiment, Home
Guards, but did not see actual service in the field.

Thomas Jefferson Capps was a private in Company E, Third
North Carolina Infantry, and was in charge of the field ambu-
lances at the Battle of Chancellorsville when a captain ordered
him to go to the front, which he refused to do because he was
under Dr. McRee’s orders and could not leave his post. Finally,
the officer reluctantly told him that Stonewall Jackson was
wounded and required immediate attention, but he must act
with great secrecy. Mr. Capps then drove down the road under
heavy fire, lifted the general into his ambulance, and brought
him from the field. He was kept under guard all night in order
to prevent the possibility of conveying the distressing news and
thereby demoralizing the troops.

Robert E. Calder was elected lieutenant of Company B (of
Wilson County), which was’ part of the Second Regiment, and
served with distinction in this command throughout the war.
He was severely wounded, losing the sight of an eye. Further
mention of Lieutenant Calder is made in Colonel Cantwell’s
narrative of the capture of Fort Caswell.

Lieut. William Calder was born in Wilmington, May 5, 1844.
In 1859 he entered the military academy at Hillsboro, and left
there in May, 1861, having been appointed drillmaster by Gov-
ernor Ellis, and assigned to the camp of instruction at Raleigh.
Upon the organization of the first ten regiments of State Troops,
he was commissioned a second lieutenant of the Third Regiment.
He served as drillmaster at Garysburg about four months, and
was then transferred to the Second Infantry as second leutenant
of Company K. With this command he participated in the
Seven Days’ Battle about Richmond; and at Malvern Hill
he was wounded in the left thigh, causing a disability that con-
tinued until after the Battle of Sharpsburg. He was in battle
at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and in most of the
engagements of Jackson’s and Ewell’s corps; and during the
three days’ fighting at Gettysburg he was in command of the
sharpshooters of Ramseur’s brigade. On the return to Orange
Courthouse he was appointed adjutant of the First North Caro-

 

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