sees ipa cnint satis ee ere ene rene eee ee eee abit - DI ete vince api ck cree aa sins gemneanhurabiaineniacsiati nrc atia 252 Norra Caroitina Troops, 1861-’65. retreated in the direction of the Appomattox river with but i i organization. scp nih seg Federal General told — me of South Carolina who, being the ranking ° oi ee this occasion, commanded our “ _ nae : Berea Seo vl eae eddies of their men than o weit epreenere course of the river by the near- ws ae road, and often through the 0S Namozine and Deep creeks, we joined pence = es ee Bridge and proceeded pare open er ia: : be i i i he 4th and ha toes welpaitonlls to ration his es ontee | S dered supplies to meet him at this point. ie ; oy Jee ever, he was greatly disappointed. The au preter mond, in the panic caused by the a apm mater lines around Richmond and Petersburg, or ag cee roceed, without stopping, to the capital, for ze pie aioveie government’s effects, which eae 4 : pee 5% with them almost the last hope of the he eaten 7 ean subsistence, there to be destroyed, or fall into We wetted here during the 4th and 5th sending out pers i renin for supplies, which resulted woth pee ber: on s had now been forty-eight hours without — = - ax and “ae prospect was disheartening. On the es Aare we left Amelia Court House, marching in peleche of Deatonsville, thence towards Farmvi e. Laer : High Bridge over the Appomattox river, pase sen} seh body of cavalry disputing our passage. pi ee Greak ete charged, driving them off and capturing Gene hs oe which we continued the retreat, and oer awee pris the bridge, bivouacked for the night. On sbonegen 6 pf “th the retreat was continued. Reaching Dag —o tee sition about five miles north from Farmvi et oe tle was formed and fortifications quickly ere sect ae vented until night, when the retreat as panei direction of Lynchburg, and by the oy ee sh had reached the vicinity of Appomattox Co Frrty-Srconp REGIMENT, 253 On the 9th an advance was begun but, finding the enemy in possession of our only line of retreat, the army was halted pending negotiations for the surrender of the Army of North- ern Virginia. On the 12th, in accordance with the terms agreed upon, the Fifty-second Regiment, together with the remainder of what had been the noble Army of Northern Vir- ginia, marched to a point designated by the commissioners appointed for that purpose, and stacked their arms, deposit- ed their furled banners, gave their parole and took up their line of march for those homes they had fought so bravely to defend through four long years of blood, hardships and toil. Nore :—After the regiment had been assigned to a brigade I have not, in many instances, been able to speak of it as a Separate command, but it is to be understood that in all cases where the movements of the brigade are spoken of, the F ifty- second Regiment participated. Having no access to records, I have not been able to note casualties with accuracy as to detail, except, in a few cases, where my information is derived from letters written to my wife at the time. Joun H. Roszrnson. Fayerrevitiz, N. C.: 9 April, 1901.