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356 Chronicles of the Cape Fear River

Stonewall Jackson’s army. The rumbling noise of discord and
discontent rose rapidly. We held a council of war and informed
our officers that we would not submit to quarters in that house.
We were to take the steamer next morning at nine o’clock for
Fort Johnston. This was rather a critical situation for both
officers and men. At this juncture, Judge A. A. McKoy, who
was a private, said he would stand sponsor for the boys to be on
hand next morning on time. This was accepted, and there was
a hot time in the old town that night. Next morning, promptly
on time, every man was present. We boarded a river steamer,
I think the Flora Macdonald, and arrived in good shape at our
destination, where we had a good time until the organization of
the Twentieth North Carolina Regiment, when our trouble be-
gan. Our captain was elected lieutenant colonel, and an order
was issued for the election of a captain. The candidates were
James D. Holmes and William 8S. Devane. There was a strong
feeling on both sides in the company. The Devane men, of
whom I was one, said we would not serve under Holmes. I
can not remember how long this trouble lasted, but the matter
was carried to Governor Ellis, who settled it by ordering each
faction to send out recruiting officers and make two companies,
which was done. I was sent out, and had ten recruits in three
or four days. Both candidates were elected, Captain Holmes’s
company going to the Thirtieth Regiment; and Captain De-
vane’s company was detached for quite a long time doing service
at Fort Caswell and Fort Johnston. In 1862 the Sixty-seventh
Regiment was organized, and Captain Devane was made lieu-
tenant colonel. About this time I was appointed hospital stew-
ard by Hon. James A. Sedden, Secretary of War. I remained
at Fort Johnston during the epidemic of yellow fever in 1862,
and of smallpox in the winter of the same year; after this I
was transferred to General Hospital No. 4, Wilmington, which
comprised the Seamen’s Home building and buildings on the
opposite side of Front Street. Thomas M. Ritenour was sur-
geon and A. E. Wright and Josh Walker, assistant surgeons.
This was one of the largest and best equipped hospitals in the
State.

“After the fall of Fort Fisher we had orders to send our sick
and wounded to Fayetteville and Goldsboro. By the aid of
Captain Styron and his assistant, Mr. I. B. Grainger, who was
the best organizer and disciplinarian I ever knew, we succeeded
in getting all except thirty-two removed to safety. These were

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so badly wounded that it was impossible to move them. I placed
these wounded in ward No. 2 with Mrs. MecCauslin, matron, in
charge. Supplies were very scarce. Dr. Josh Walker was the
last one to leave. He went out on Tuesday night, and Wednes-
day morning the streets were swarming with Federal soldiers.
About 10 a. mM. a surgeon came to our hospital and inquired
wae was in charge. I replied that I was in charge. He said:
I want you to move everything out. I want this hospital for
our use.’ I replied that I had nowhere to go, and no way to
move. ‘You must find a house,’ he replied, ‘and at once, and
report to me at headquarters. I will furnish you with trans-
portation.’ I did not stand on the order of my going. I found
a house on Fourth Street near Red Cross, owned by David Bunt-
ing, whose family had left the city. I made the report, and the
Federal surgeon general ordered three ambulances. The trans-
fer was soon made. I wish to state that we had courteous treat-
ment from the authorities, but of course we were very short of

supplies. The first genuine treat we had was by Mr. F. W.
Foster, who was acting as sanitary agent. He drove up one
morning, came in and inquired about the sick, and asked if I

id, ‘Yes,’
as it had been a long time since we had had any such luxury.
He went out and soon returned with two large pails and a

dipper, and personally served to each all they could stand. This
he continued to do for several weeks. On one of his visits he
asked me if I would like to have some canned goods for the
hospital. I replied, ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘The steamer General
Lyon is unloading a cargo of hospital supplies. If you will go
down there you can get what you want.’ I replied that I had
no way to get them and no money to hire with. He said, ‘I will
send you an ambulance; go down and get what you want.’ I
said, ‘Won’t you give me an order?’ to which he replied, ‘No,
if any one says anything to you tell them Foster sent you.’ The
ambulance came. I didn’t want any help. The vessel was
unloading near where Springer’s coal yard is now. We backed
up and I began to select what I wanted. I was not at all modest,
and thinking that this would be the last haul I would get from
Uncle Sam, I loaded to the limit. Strange to say, no questions
were asked, and it is safe to say our boys fared well while
things lasted. As the men improved they went home, and on
the Sth of June I closed the doors. The last hero had gone to
rebuild his broken fortunes and I felt a free man once more.

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