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786 NortH CAROLINA Troops, 1861-’65.

House, Sergeant Jeffreys, of Company I (Raleigh) and Pri-
vate Patrick, of Company H, were killed, and Private L. A.
Jones, of Company K, severely wounded. In an engage-
ment between Richmond and Charles City, near White’s Tay-
ern, 17 August, 1864, I was wounded severely and in Sep-
tember, 1894, had my leg amputated and am still suffering.
Also Privates H. M. Patrick and Kenneth Daniels, of Com-
pany K, were killed by the same shell that wounded me.” Dr.
Stilley writes in the strain of devotion to the memory of glo-
rious days and noble martyrs.

It has been deemed better to recite the history of the Third
Cavalry from official sources, rather than to attempt to revive
the fading scenes of memory after so many years, especially
as the following circumstances will explain the separation
from my beloved comrades, so keenly felt by the writer.

When the regiment was on duty near Yellow Tavern, Va.,
27 June, 1864, I was sent as Orderly Sergeant in charge
of a party to secure forage. The wagons were only partially
loaded when the enemy suddenly firing upon us, in the mid-
dle of a wheat field, brought on a regular engagement of both
cavalry and infantry. I was shot in the right arm and sent
to the hospital at Petersburg. The result was a long pe
riod of suffering and inability for service. T. B. Slade was
then promoted to Orderly Sergeant. In January, 1865,
I was detailed as unfit for active service and ordered to
report to Captain Crenshaw at Magnolia. Subsequently,
being in the retreat of Johnson’s army before the greatly
superior forces of Sherman, my military service was closed
near New Salem, N. C., when the surrender of General John-
ston near Greensboro, put an end to operations in North Car-
olina.

Many men of distinction in our beloved State are to-day
proud of their membership in the old Third Cavalry, and
others have passed away in the fullness of years. Among
those still living is a gallant young private of Company K,
known throughout the country now, Julian S. Carr, com-
mander of the State Veterans’ Association, and who has been
one of the most generous and devoted friends of Confeder-
ate veterans.

Forty-First RErGImMEnt. 787

It has been said, “To have fought in the cavalry under
Hampton is to be more than a Knight of the Garter.” Let
me add—to have been praised by Lee, is to have been hon-

- ored by the greatest hero of the world.

J.B. Hirt.
Rarzies, N. C.,
9 April, 1901.