NINETEENTH REGIMENT. 101

100 Norta Caroina TROOPS, 1861-65.

by General Gordon. Its losses, too, were heavy, and among the
killed was the gallant Adjutant of the regiment, Lieutenant
Worth, of Randolph County, who lost his life at the head of
the regiment while charging a battery well posted and heavily
protected. The battery was not captured for reasons that
need not be explained here, but all the same the regiment cov-

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its great los es at anover efore mentioned both in rison

killed. nes
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‘el i Hanover. Some of its
d from the blow it received ee 4 tn ae

h, 1865; hence its losses

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officers and men were exchanged 0

 

 

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were smaller than those of the other regiments of the brigade

f the
s reported at the time; but I am sure that the pee as
Nineteenth was as great, if not greater, than that ot any

idered.
i if numbers are to be consi =
ob a return. In the night attack made by a part of

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brigade under the command of Colonel W. ts ve er
Ninth North Carolina (First Cavalry) in : - : ee
teenth was part of the attacking column, an = pene
remember that it was here that Dr. ante * brome: oe
Clarke County, Virginia, and Surgeon of the

i ier the
Regiment, mistook Colonel Dalghren, a Union Jie aa
as dd had quite a conference with him before

his mistake. oh
ye was commissioned Major of the regiment 1n March, 1864,

i i f General Grant.
in May began the Wilderness campaign 0 “<a
ao iat Aeseesand “On to Richmond” soon followed wit

12,000 horse and horse artillery in py = a
everything looked badly for Richmond, as I t pee EL
our incomparable leader, General J pige te ae
lowed him, and though he lost his great life in "3 : P me 2 BPs
it was his genius and quickness of movement that sa
n this occasion.

gros the pursuing columns was that of —. 3 fe
Gordon, commanding the North Carolina Brigade, a

to state here that the South furnished no grander v barn
glorious soldier to the cause of Southern ogee Bae
was a great favorite of Stuart’s; and when at on ae re
sorely pressed and his squadrons broken, pe rales
death, his last words were: “Would to God, ee en
here.” And Gordon, too, received his death woun

fter his beloved chief fell. oa
: In the pursuit of Sheridan, the Nineteenth bore a conspicu

i field
ous part, and was more than once complimented on the

i ie app naneseeemneyssmin

ered itself with imperishable glory, as General Gordon after-
wards stated to me.

The regiment was engaged at Todd’s Tavern, White Hall,
Hanover Court House and at Hawes’ Shop, and at the last
place it did splendid service, Upon the latter occasion it was
in front and made several charges ;,I was there disabled by a
wound in the head, but did not leave the field. The loss of the
regiment was inconsiderable, but it was here that Lieutenant
Joseph Baker, of Company D, was either killed or captured,
and his fate was never afterwards ascertained.

In the engagement near Hanover Court House in May,
there occurred one of those unfortunate stampedes which are
always inexplicable; but at the time the brigade was a mere
handful, most of it having gone with General Fitz. Lee to at-
tack a negro stronghold on the James river. By accident I
was in command of the regiment when the stampede oceurred
and in the midst of it, when the best officers and men seemed
to be demoralized, the Color Sergeant of the regiment, Pri-
vate Ramsey, of Company B, brought his flag to me, as I
had ordered him to do when he could not rally his men around
it, and, offering it to me, said: “Major, will you stand by
the flag ?” Everything was then in a perfect rout, myself
with the rest, and I replied: “Ramsey, d—n the flag; I don’t
want it;” but he insisted upon giving me the flag, and said he
was only obeying orders from me, often repeated.

His brave words inspired a few, and the rally was sounded
and what a moment before seemed ignominious flight and the
capture of our entire force, turned out to be victory for us in
the end. Around the flag a few of us turned and met our
pursuers, and most of them were captured before they reached
the Pamunkey river. God bless the brave boy! TI have not
heard from him since the close of the war, but he was a gallant