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THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
M. Stevenson, Major. 4. Robert W. Lamb, Captain and As-

Daniel R. Perry, 1st Lieut., Co. B. sistant Quarter Master.
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. H. Blocker, Captain and Assistant 5. H. D. Williamson, 1st Lieut., Co. E.
Commissary.

THUS LISA RESET.

(SECOND ARTILLERY.)

By COLONEL WILLIAM LAMB.

The Northern invader had early visited the sea coast of
North Carolina. Hatteras had fallen 29 August, 1861.
Northern emissaries had kindled the flames of disloyalty in
the East, and 18 November, 1861, a convention of delegates
claiming to represent forty-five counties met at Hatteras, re-
pudiated secession, announced their loyalty to the Federal
Union and named one Marble Nash Taylor, Provisional Gov-
ernor of North Carolina. The conduct of these Tories, or
Buffaloes as they were called, was a source of annoyance to
the patriots, but only served to strengthen their loyalty to
their country.

Continued disasters to the Confederate cause came before
the winter had ended. Roanoke Island was captured 8 Feb-
ruary, 1862, and a few days after the Confederate fleet in
the sounds was dispersed or destroyed. 14 March, 1862,
New Bern was captured, 22 March Morehead City was occu-
pied by the Federals, and on 26 April Fort Macon fell. All
these Federal victories had been won after a gallant resist-
ance by the Confederates and the loss of many brave officers
and men, carrying sorrow and mourning into many a South-
ern home.

10 May, 1862, Norfolk, the inland gateway to the waters
of North Carolina, with its fortifications and navy yard, was
evacuated by the Confederates. Mason and Slidell had been
released by the United States, thus preventing the anxiously
expected recognition by Great Britain.

Tt was in this dark hour, in the midst of doubt and gloom
in the Old North State, that on 14 May, 1862, the Thirty-
sixth (Second Artillery) Regiment North Carolina Troops,
was organized at Fort Caswell under supervision of Briga-

dier-General Samuel G. French, commanding the district of
Cape Fear.