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and was graduated from the English High School in that city
in 1860, receiving the Franklin medal. He then studied law at

‘the Harvard Law School until the outbreak of hostilities in

1861, when he returned home to fight for his State. Joining
the Eighth North Carolina, he accompanied it to South Caro-
lina, and a few months later was transferred to the heavy artil-
lery and stationed at Fort Fisher. Subsequently he became a
member of McNeill’s Partisan Rangers and, after an adventur-
ous career of thirteen months with that command, joined Com-
pany C of the Seventh North Carolina Infantry, with a commis-
sion as lieutenant. Irom that time he was in command of his
company, with promotion to captain after the Battle of Gettys-
burg. Among the engagements in which he participated were
the encounters at Thompson’s Bridge, on the Neuse River, the
skirmish near Pollocksville, and the Battle of Chancellorsville,
where he was slightly wounded in the right thigh. Afterwards,
he was in command of three companies of skirmishers during
the fighting on the Rappahannock River. At Gettysburg he was
in battle three days, and on the evening of the third day received
a severe wound in the left thigh. While being carried to Rich-
mond he was sick three weeks with fever at Newton, Va., and
on reaching the Confederate Capital he was granted a furlough
for forty days.: In May, 1864, he participated in the death
grapple of the armies in the Wilderness and had the misfortune
to be captured. He was held at Fort Delaware, and in the
following August was one of the 600 officers placed under fire
at Morris Island, thence being returned to Fort Delaware and
held until the close of hostilities.

Gen. William MacRae was a man of commanding gifts, but
very strong prejudices. ‘The severity of his discipline in his
regiment was universally known. He was elected lieutenant
colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment, and afterwards, on June 22,
1864, was appointed brigadier general and assigned to the com-
mand of Kirkland’s brigade. An officer of the regiment speak-
ing of General MacRae, said: ‘General MacRae soon won the
confidence and admiration of the brigade, both officers and men.
His voice was like that of a woman; he was small in person and
quick in action. History has never done him justice. He could
place his command in position quicker and infuse more of his

fighting qualities into his men than any other officer I ever

saw. His presence with his troops seemed to dispel all fear
and to inspire every one with a desire for the fray. The brigade

The War Between the States 339

remained under his command until the surrender. General
MacRae, on being assigned to the brigade, changed the physical
expression of the whole command in less than two weeks, and
gave the men infinite faith in him and in themselves which was
never lost, not even when they grounded arms at Appomattox.”

General MacRae distinguished himself in the Battle of Reams
Station, August 25, when with a small force he captured sev-
eral flags and cannon, killed a large number of the enemy, and
took 2,100 prisoners. He was one of the best of Lee’s brigadiers
and won a most enviable reputation.

Capt. Robert B. MacRae was captain of Company C (New
Hanover County), Seventh Regiment, and was wounded in the
Battle of Hanover Courthouse, May 27, 1862. Colonel Hay-
wood was wounded in the Battle of Second Manassas, and Cap-
tain MacRae took command of the regiment, and right gallantly
did he discharge the duties imposed upon him. In this battle
he was severely wounded. Later, he was promoted to be major

of the regiment.

MacRae’s battalion, commanded by Maj. James C. MacRae,
was better known as the Eighteenth Battalion. It was organized
in the summer and fall of 1863 for the protection of the counties
of western North Carolina against the bushwhackers and parti-
san leaders. No general engagement between the whole force

and the enemy ever occurred, but there were frequent encounters
between the detached companies and parties of bushwhackers
who infested the mountains. There were many stirring adven-
tures and brave and venturesome acts by these men, whose his-
tory ought to have been better preserved.

Capt. Robert M. McIntire, of Rocky Point, raised a cavalry
company in the spring of 1862, afterwards known as Company
C, Fourth Regiment of Cavalry. He furnished sabres, saddles,
and twelve horses, and he was elected first lieutenant, while his
uncle, Dr. Andrew McIntire, became captain. In September,
1863, Lieutenant McIntire was promoted to be captain of his
company.

The service of Company C was first near Suffolk, Va., and
then in eastern North Carolina. It was a part of the force that
in December, 1862, repelled Foster’s army, which threatened to
capture Goldsboro, and pursued it until the Federal column
found shelter in New Bern. Some months later the regiment
was ordered to Virginia and, along with the Fifth North Caro-
lina Cavalry, formed Robertson’s cavalry brigade, which was a