36 Nortu Carortina Troops, 1861-65. men as Dr. Jno. W. May, of Rockingham County, then nearly 50 years of age, Captain of Company A. Chas. E. Shober, of Greensboro, Captain of Company B, himself fit to command a regiment. Jas. T. Morehead, Jr., of Greensboro, Captain of Com- pany C, afterwards the splendid commander of the Fifty- third Regiment. Jno. L. Seales, of Rockingham, Captain of Company D, a man of sterling worth and splendid ability. Samuel H. Boyd, of Rockingham, Captain of Company E, afterwards Colonel of the regiment and a most gallant man. Jno. R. Winston, of Rockingham, Captain of Company F, a man who afterwards won great distinction as commander of the regiment. Jno. H. Dillard, of Rockingham, Captain of Company G, who afterwards filled with distinction a position upon the Supreme Court bench of the State, and whose qualities of head and heart fitted him for any position he might be called upon to fill. Dr. Wm. J. Courts, of Rockingham, Captain of Company H., afterwards Surgeon of the Regiment. Thomas McGehee Smith, of Caswell, Captain of Company I, a most lovable man, afterwards promoted to Major and killed while commanding the regiment. Dr. J. M. Hines, of Forsyth, Captain of Company K, whose manly qualities and uniform kindness to the boy sol- dier, the writer of this sketch, who served under him, will al- ways be held in the fondest remembrance. Junius Daniel, the first Colonel of the Regiment, was an officer in the old army and a graduate of West Point. He was transferred from the command of the Fourteenth Regi- ment to the Forty-fifth Regiment, of which he was elected Colonel upon its organization. He was promoted to Briga- dier-General in September, 1862, and commanded Daniel’s Brigade with conspicuous ability from its organization in the spring of 1862, until killed at Spottsylvania Court House on 12 May, 1864. On his promotion, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Henry Morehead, of Greensboro, was made Colonel of the regiment. He was a fine disciplinarian and did much before Forty-Firta REGIMENT. 37 his untimely death in 1863 in qualifying the regiment for the ordeals through which it had to pass along its subsequent march to imperishable renown. After the death of Colonel Morehead, Samuel H. Boyd became Colonel of the regiment. He was wounded at Gettysburg and left on the field a pris- oner, and remained a prisoner of war until exchanged in May, 1864. He then returned to the army and took com- mand of the regiment on 17 May, at Spottsylvania; was killed two days thereafter while gallantly leading his regi- ment in a charge upon the enemy’s line. A few moments be- fore the charge, in which he lost his life, he received a gun- shot wound in the arm. He had his arm bandaged with his handkerchief to stop the flow of blood, refused to leave the field, and was killed as above stated. He wore a bright, new uniform in this battle, was about six feet four inches tall, which made him a shining mark for the enemy’s riflemen. After his death John R. Winston became Colonel of the regiment. Nature had fashioned him for a soldier. He was a man of deep piety, of stern integrity and the coolest courage in battle. He was often wounded, but rarely left the field because of wounds. Was wounded and captured at Gettysburg in July, 1863, carried to Johnson’s Island as a prisoner of war, escaped from the island on a cold night in January, 1864, walked across the lake on the ice to the Canadian shore, went from Canada to Nassau, from there he reached a Confederate port by running the blockade, and returned to the regiment in time for the campaign of 1864. He led the regiment through all the battles of the Wilder- ness, Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor; was then transferred to General Early’s command in the Valley, advanced with that command upon Washington, carried his regiment in sight of the Capitol, fought his regiment at the battle of Win- chester, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek, and in the last two engagements, held the regiment in line until most of Early’s_ command had left the field. After the Valley campaign was over, he joined the army of General Lee at Petersburg, where he remained during the winter of 1864 and 1865, marched and fought to Appomattox Court House where he surren- dered with the army of his great Chieftain.