Norru Carotina Troops, 1861-65.

APPENDIX.

My brigade was made sep oie EER
i Cavalry), the Sixteen
ee the ean Regiment of poe’ wheres: a
part of the last named regiment being on detac ne see ‘
The Staff Officers assigned to me were as follows A —
Caprary Tueopore S. Garnett, of Virginia, Assis
aces ay Covenenour, of North Carolina, Inspec-
Bra Jas. E. Wess, of Alabama, Ordnance eaten
Lizutenant W. P. Honcomssn, of Virginia, Aide-de
es I assumed command of the brigade : Be:
greatly wanting in organization and discipline, bu be :
material was equal to any brigade in both i
men, and it behaved with exceptional gallintry r 7
the time our lines were broken at Petersburg un .
we finally surrendered at Appomattox; especia y :
Namozine Creek, on 3 April, a part of it stood a
firmly as the immortal 300 at Thermopyle, their a
and splendid courage stemming the tide of a great —
and saving a part of our cavalry from an poll eae pee
In fact, the little brigade did more than its share ro .
White Oak road to Appomattox, and on the morning of the
surrender it was ordered to the front on the right of our =
It faithfully and bravely responded to the last eall, and wit :
the remnant of the Nineteenth North Carolina, took the las
guns captured by the Army of Northern Virginia, and I am
sure they fired the last shots as well.
Immediately after the capture of the guns—four Napole-
ons—the brigade was withdrawn from the field by order -
General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding the cavalry, pie
and directed by him to return to their homes if they could,
and I remember that he said that the army had surrendered.
I remember further that I saw a white flag borne down the

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lines, and I am sure that after that there was no more firing

from either cannon or small arms.

I desire to add that I had an efficient and faithful staff.
Lieutenant Holcomb was disabled on the White Oak road
near Petersburg about the time our lines were broken. The
gallant Lieutenant Webb, ever watchful and faithful,
mained with his ordnance train to the last, and Cap
Coughenour, whose courage was ever conspicuous, was

gerously wounded near me not far from J etersville,
while delivering to me a message.

General, Captain Theodore S. Garn
brave to a fault, faithful and loyal
the last; and although a mere boy,
nerve rendered me valuable servi

re-
tain
dan-
Va., and
My Assistant Adjutant-
ett, was ever by my side,
, and he was with me to
his wise counsel and steady
ce always.

W. P. Roszerts.

Victoria, B. C.,
81 Marca, 1897.