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bound together as a band of brothers, vieing with eath other
on the battlefield, affectionately helping each other on the
march and in camp, or tenderly caring for each other in the
hospital.

The memory, indistinct though it be, of the daily, hourly
sacrifices of these gallant ones brings even now the tears to
his eyes as he recalls how, on the weary march, the last crust
or the blood warm contents of the canteen were divided with
those less fortunate—how, in the winter, on the bleak hill-
sides of Virginia, those begrimed, unkempt knights sat in
the blinding smoke about the camp fires, all through the long
nights, lest if they lay on the threadbare blankets they should
be frozen at reveille—and above all, how those thin, grey lines
marched gallantly to their death in unbroken, unwavering
ranks, closing up the gaps made by shot and shell, as they
rushed onward to their graves.

Grand and glorious record is that of the hosts of the South
which emblazons the page of history with a brilliancy sur-
passed only by that bloodless, but no less heroic battle of life,
when returned to their blasted homes, they began the struggle
for bread and raiment for loved ones, absolutely empty
handed.

What success has crowned their efforts is best illustrated
in the well-filled barns, the numberless tall factory chimneys,
and the busy marts of numerous populous cities all over the
once Southern Confederacy.

ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT.

The Forty-sixth North Carolina Infantry had its birth
in March, 1862, at Camp Mangum, a camp of rendezvous
and instruction four miles from Raleigh, and was composed
of ten companies, as follows:

Comrany A—From Robeson County—Captain, R. M.
Norment.

Company B—From Rowan and Burke—Captain, W. L.
Saunders.

Company C—From Warren—Captain W. A. Jenkins.

Company D—From Richmond—Captain, Calvin Stewart.

Company E—F rom Granville—Captain, R. J. Mitchell.

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Company F—F rom Randolph—Captain, A. C. McAlister.
Comeany G—From Randolph—Captain, R. P. Troy.
Company H—From Moore—Captain, N. McK. McNeill.
Company I—From Sampson—Captain, Owen Holmes.
Company K—F'rom Catawba—Captain, A. T. Bost.

The organization of the field and staff was as follows:

E. D. Haut, Colonel, Wilmington.

W. A. Jenxins, Lieutenant-Colonel, Warrenton.

R. J. Mircenett, Major, Oxford.

S. T. Grenn, Surgeon, Warren county.

V. O. THompson, Assistant Surgeon, Warren county.
J. A. Marsu, Quartermaster, Randolph county.

G. Hotmes, Commissary, Sampson county.

Ricwarp Matrerr, Adjutant, Cumberland county.
T. S. Troy, Sergeant-Major, Randolph county.

J. M. Wappitt, Quartermaster Sergeant, Warrenton.
O. P. Sueti, Commissary Sergeant, Warrenton.

T. C. Hussey, Hospital Steward, Missouri.

The changes occurring in the composition of the field and
staff from the organization until the final end at Appomattox
were as follows:

Restenations—Colonel E. D. Hall, November, 1863;
Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Jenkins, August, 1863; Major
R. J. Mitchell, June, 1862; S. T. Green, Surgeon, ———;
J. A. Marsh, Quartermaster, March, 1864; Major R. M.
Norment, 11 September, 1862.

Dratus—Lieutenant Richard Mallett, killed August,
1863.

Promotrons—Captain W. L. Saunders, Company B, to be
Major, 1 October, 1862; to be Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Janu-
ary, 1863; to be Colonel, 1 January, 1864; Captain R. M.
Norment, Company A, to be Major, 4 August, 1862; Cap-
tain A, C. McAlister, Company F, to be Major, 1 January,
1864; to be Lieutenant-Colonel about June, 1863; Captain
N. McK. MeNeill, Company H, to be Major, 18 March,
1864; Surgeon Jenkins, of Charleston, S. C. appointed sur-
geon upon the resignation of Surgeon 8. T. Green; Sergeant-

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