66 Norta Carotina Troops, 1861-’65.

Major T. S. Troy, to be Second Lieutenant of Company Fs
succeeded by T. W. Wright, of Wilmington ; Quartermaster-
Sergeant, J. M. Waddill, to be Second Lieutenant Company
B. September, 1864.

For a few weeks after its organization the regiment re-
mained at Camp Mangum, receiving instruction in the art
of war at the hands of sundry drill masters, removing thence
to Goldsboro, N. ©., when after a stay of a few weeks it
was hurried to Richmond, Va., arriving there on the day
of the battle of Seven Pines.

Near Richmond the Forty-sixth was brigaded with the
following commands, under Brigadier-General J. G. Walker,
as follows: Twenty-seventh North Carolina Regiment,
Forty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, Third Arkansas Reg-
iment, Thirtieth Virginia Regiment, Second Georgia Bat-
talion, Cooper’s Battery of Artillery.

Previous to the Seven Days battles the regiment was sta-
tioned at Drewry’s Bluff in support of the batteries at that
place, when it was recalled to Richmond and sent to
strengthen the army already engaged in the struggle with
McClellan, which resulted in that officer’s now historic
“Change of Base.”

During these trying days the regiment was but little under
fire, being usually in reserve, though it sustained a few cas-
ualties at Malvern Hill from the shells of the gunboats in
the river.

Pending the removal of the Federal army to its new field
of operations in Maryland, the Forty-sixth occupied various
positions around Richmond, mainly at Hanover Junction.

The larger portion of the Confederate army had proceeded
northward before marching orders were received to follow,
and thus was lost the opportunity of a participation in the
brilliant victory at Second Manassas.

Following the main body, the regiment marched toward
Rapidan Station, where it bivouacked for some days—thence
on toward Culpepper, encamping on the battlefield of Cedar
Run; thence on to Warrenton, passing over the field of Sec-
ond Manassas, over which lay scattered hundreds of dead
bodies, rotting in the sun—thence to Leesburg and beyond,

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crossing the Potomac at “The Upper Ford” to the music of
“My Maryland” from hundreds of soldiers’ throats.

At Buckeyetown, Md., a halt was made, at which place
the tired and footsore men rested for three days, moving
thence to Frederick City, Md. Thence the regiment moved
at night, in a southeasterly direction, for the destruction of
something in the nature of an acqueduct or canal lock (the
Monoeacy Bridge), but exactly what it was, few in the regi-
ment knew, as the night was pitch dark and the country
totally unknown.

Nothing was accomplished, however, and at dawn a hur-
ried movement southward, was begun, continuing all day
and far into the succeeding night, when the Potomac was
again crossed at a ford near Point-of-Rocks just before day-
light. This ford will ever be remembered as one of the many -
impossibilities ( ?) triumphed over by Lee’s foot cavalry.

The chill of the water, the multitude of boulders which lit-
erally covered the bottom of the river, coupled with the depth
of the stream (which came to the shouldersof the shorter men)
all served to impress this bit of experience indelibly upon the
memories of those who took that early morning dip.

Here, in the early gray of the dawn, by some mistake, the
Forty-sixth received a volley from one of General Ransom’s
regiments, resulting in a few minor casualties.

Having rested for a day on the Virginia shore, line of
march was taken up for Harper’s Ferry, where the regiment
took part in the operations, resulting in the surrender of that
stronghold with 11,000 prisoners, with slight loss to the Con-
federates.

From Harper’s Ferry the command moved to Shepherds-
town, Va., arriving on 16 September, crossed immediately
over into Maryland and was once more united with the Army
of Northern Virginia.

In the great battle of the 17th, near Sharpsburg, Md., the
Forty-sixth bore a conspicuous part, calling forth from the
division commander especial mention of its gallant colonel
and staff for distinguished bravery and coolness under fire,
as well as for the line, which received the shock of battle like
veterans of an hundred fields.