492 NortH Carorina Troops, 1861-65. in Eetor’s Brigade in French’s Division of Polk’s corps. June, 1864, the Thirty-ninth North Carolina was added and henceforward those two regiments with four Texas Regi- ments constituted that brigade. The brigade took part in all the battles of that army down to Atlanta. At Latimer House the Twenty-ninth lost 54 and at Smyrna 37, though the losses were not generally reported’ owing to the steady fighting. General Ector was wounded and lost his leg 27 July, 1864, but the brigade continued to bear his name to the end. General W. H. Young took command. The Twenty-ninth dis- tinguished itself at Allatoona 5 October, 1864. It carried into battle 138 and lost 54, 12 being killed, but it took the enemy’s breastworks. A graphic report by Major E. H. Hampton is to be found in Vol. 77, Official Records Union and Con- federate Armies, page 821. The brigade was in Hood’s army on the march to Nashville but was on detached service at the battle of Franklin, 30 November, 1864. On 10 December, 1864, Colonel David Coleman of the Thirty-ninth North Carolina was in command of. the brigade and held it till the surrender. In the spring of 1865 it was in the army com- manded by General Dabney H. Maury in the defence of Mo- bile. Its conduct is highly spoken of in General Gibson’s report 16 April, 1865, to be found 103, Official Records Union and Confederate Armies at p- 318. After sharing in the defence and fate of Mobile the brigade, containing the two North Carolina and four Texas regiments and still commanded by Colonel David Coleman was withdrawn to Meridian, Miss., where it was when General Dick Taylor surrendered that Department 4 May, 1865. The men were paroled a few days later. The Confederate soldier was famous for his wit. The Twenty-ninth had her share. The Colonel took Private Joe Sams to a point beyond “Long Tom,” on the top of the Cum- berland mountain, and placed him on picket. “Now,” said the Colonel, “if anyone approaches you from the direction of the camp, Joe, halt them; but if from the woods towards Cumberland Ford, shoot and run.” Joe said: “Colonel, you shall hear from Joe if they come the wrong way of the leather.” While we were besieging Cumberland Gap in the Twenty-Ninto REGIMENT. 493 fall of 1863, and had a line of circumvallation around the gap, a noted man from Madison approached the guard line. The sentinel cried “halt, who comes there?’ The old man said “a man with seven sons in the Confederate army, and you can’t keep me out.” Thereupon he boldly walked into the lines. Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Walker was killed by the bush- whackers. Lieutenant-Colonel Gardner died of consumption during the war. Colonel Creasman has departed this life since the war, and two of his sons, stalwart, powerful men, have recently been connected with the police at Asheville. Captain M. Chandler and Lieutenant-Colonel B. S. Prof- fitt both sleep the sleep of the just. Lieutenant-Colonel James Marion Lowry resides on Sandy Mush in Buncombe, and it is his annual custom to gather his men, ‘The Bold Mountain Tigers,” in happy reunion at the “old camp ground” on Turkey Creek. Captain John C. Blaylock dwells in Mitchell, near the foot of the famous Blue Ridge. Cap- tain J. Stanhope Anderson has often represented his county, Clay, in the General Assembly. Captain John A. Jarvis moved to Georgia and Captain John A. Teague to Texas, where he died a faithful soldier and a good man. Captain Hiram Rogers lives on Fine’s creek, Haywood County. Captain Wallace Rollins,* it is well known, resides in Asheville. Captain Wiley F. Parker died in the member- ship of the M. E. Church, being a minister of that Church. Captain John H. Robeson died also in the harness, being a minister of the M. E. Church, South. Captain W. A. Enloe lives in Jackson County, respected and honored by his neighbors. Captain Jos. Stradley, of Beaverdam, was the last Captain of Company H, succeeding Captain J. A. Bre vard, and he succeeded Captain Wiley T. Parker. Time fails the present writer to bring forward, in loving remembrance, the Lieutenants, subalterns and privates of this honored regiment. Many of these faithful men are yet spared to us, and our hearts are stirred when we meet them, * Capt. Rollins ‘‘passed over’’ to the enemy and served as Major in Kirk’s Regiment.—Eb.