112 Norra Carotina Troops, 1861-’65.

Caprartyn Witt1aM H. Toon, Columbus Guards No. 2.
Caprain B. Samrru, Columbus Guards No. ae ue
Caprarn Netson Stove, (a veteran of the Mexican wa
arrus Guards.
a B. Arwett, Cabarrus Black Boys.
Captaty C. B. Denson, Duplin Greys.
Carrarn Uz. Cox, Sampson No. 1.
Captain C. L. Cuzsnut, Sampson No. 2.
Captraty Atex. Farson, Sampson No. 3.

18 June, 1861, the organization of the regiment took Late
by the election of: Colonel; Alfred Iverson, of —_— rat
Commandant; Lieutenant Colonel, Frank pane s oF
son County, N. C.; Major, W. H. Toon, of ie ae =
ty, N.C. ; Adjutant, R. P. James, of Duplin ee . a
Cantina Quartermaster, R. S. Harris, of Calareds eae
promoted from Company B; Captain Scape a -
McDonald, of Company B; a oe oS ‘

son County; Assistant Surgeons, W. b. 4 eae
ea and J. D. Pureell, of Sampson els :
Chaplains, Rev. J. A. Sprunt, of Sampson Vou; an s .
L. A. Bickle, of Cabarrus County; Sergeant Major, D. J.

rst, of Duplin County.

<a os the promotions and meat ” ba
Field and Staff officers of the regiment: Colonel A - Vv é
son, wounded at Cold Harbor, promoted to ee :
in 1863; Colonel Thomas F. Toon, wounded at = : ey :
Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania and Petersburg, —
Colonel from Captain of Company K, in 1863, and to Briga
dier-General in 1864 ; Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin J. ene
killed at Cold Harbor 27 May, 1862 2 DERN PIS ity
H. Toon, resigned December, 1862 ; ripe een re
son Slough, resigned 26 February, 1863; ae I - .
Slough, promoted from Captain of Conipany A Soe rat
S. Brooks, promoted from Captain of C ompany G, 26 . :
ary, 1863, killed at Spottsylvania 12 May, 1864; saree :
DeVane, promoted from C ‘aptain of Company I; 7. ee)
J. F. Ireland promoted to Captain Company D5 4 Ae
Ed. S. Moore transferred from Forty-first North Carolina

TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 113

(Third Cavalry) ; Sergeant Major, Thos. W. Broadhurst,
Company E; Quartermaster Sergeant, Jas. H. Benton, Com-
pany H; Orderly to Colonel, Jerry M. Kistler, Company C,
and Benjamin M. Duncan, Company K.

The Regimental Band was composed as follows: Charles
Heebner (leader), D. R. Coleman, Henry Giddens, Jesse W.
Lane, Lewis D. Giddens, John B. Lane, Amos A. Campbell,
Thomas Stevenson, Marcus Bradley and James C. Benson—
from the counties of Cabarrus, Sampson and Wayne. These
faithful men cheered our hearts and beguiled many a weary
hour, and were kind to many a wounded comrade. It was upon
the application of D. R. Coleman for a furlough that General
D. H. Hill endorsed “shooters before tooters.” During the
fall of 1862 the band played “Dixie” one evening at dress
parade. The Yankee band on the other side of the river re-
peated it. The band of the Twentieth played “Yankee Doo-

dle;” then both bands joined in “Home, Swee
Was many a moist eye when the music ceased.
The Roster of North Carolina Troops give
gree of accuracy the changes in commissioned and non-com-
missioned officers of each company, and considerable infor-
mation relative to the killed and wounded, which TI do not
deem necessary to insert here. It is a credit to North Caro-
lina, showing the laudable desire to perpetuate the names and
deeds of her brave sons, but it is, however, very inaccurate,
The regiment remained on duty at Smithville (
port), Fort Caswell and Wilmington, detail
or as a whole, until June, 1862. The duties were neither
dangerous or burdensome, in fact the men of the r
became restless under their inaction and urged to be sent
where they could take part in the glorious triumphs which
made famous the Army of Virginia, for they, too,
snatch from the shock of battle, the el

the sulphurous canopy and din of courageous conflict,

glimpses of the bright laurels the future historian would

Weave around the ensanguined brow of those who for their
country

t Hoime.’’ There

S with some de-

‘now South-
od by companies

egiment

longed to
ash of resounding arms,

“dare to do or die.” Whether or not an expression of
this: feeling had any effect in hurrying the
the peaceful shores of North Carolina T

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ir departure from
do not know. At any