258 Nortu Carotina TROopPS, 1861-65. After the regiment was assigned to Daniel’s Brigade, it d in the battles of Gettysburg, three days, and at “Mine Run and fought more or less from 5 May, 1864, to 30 May at the Wilderness under fire every day. It was in the fa- mous Horse Shoe at Spottsylvania Court House, during the terrible days of 9, 10, 11 and 12 May, losing its Major, James Johnston Iredell, killed, Col. Owens wounded, several of its Captains and Lieutenants and scores of its men killed and It was brought out of the Horse Shoe to straighten er the assault of the 12th under command of a Captain, its only remaining field officer, its Lieutenant-Colo- nel being in command of the brigade, the Brigadier-General (Daniel) and every other officer in the brigade senior in -com- mission, having been killed or wounded. On 30 May it was engaged in the battle at Bethesda church, and on the next day was withdrawn from the front preparatory to its march to the Valley of Virginia. On 5 or 6 May, 1864, the sharpshooters of this regiment e Federal sharpshooters who had climbed up a tall tree ‘participate wounded. the lines aft were much annoyed by one of th had a long range rifle and who from which he could pick off our men, though sheltered by himself out of range of our guns. Pre B (Mecklenburg), concluded that and taking advantage stump and stones, vate Leon, of Company “this thing had to be stopped,” of every knoll, hollow and stump, he crawled near enough for his rifle to reach, took a “pop” at this disturber of the peace and he came tumbling down. Upon running up to his victim, Leon discovered him to be a Canadian In- dian, and clutching his scalp-lock, dragged him to our line of sharpshooters. The regiment was at Lynchburg whe ter began, marched with General Early was one of the regiments left to support the the walls of Washington, while the rest of t ‘ts retreat to the valley—the Nineteenth a ving been poured into the city n the pursuit of Hun- to Washington, D. C., the Federal army ha fense. While supporting the pickets, involved in one of the hottest conflicts in its experience, succeeded in holding its position, repu picket line under he corps made good nd Sixth Corps of for its de- this regiment became but Ising and driving the Firry-Toirp ReGiment. 259 enemy be tea ras ‘i the serie rare which defended the city. At Si Bete ei —o orders to retire in perfect lense and “takes ia 4 all when we reached the position on the hill err ame : wi we had left the corps, it was sandman and we akc heii uke ao pitind nots ie and a greater se i ped — be caught up with the sas i a iP iene ad succeeded In deceiving the enemy. oe cs = se participated in all of the battles in the Val- dias. Valley om in numerous combats and skirmishes, In oe ce the regiment lost its gallant Colonel “ noes si He at Snicker’s Ford, near Snicker’s Gap é — . e had been absent since 10 May, disabled i sin saessnk po tsylvania Court House; had returned just sae See i as eating dinner, and almost while we were brane g im on his safe return, we received notice that sitive 2 . crossed the river at Snicker’s Ford. The or- cn tee, see given, we marched to the river, and drove nate so: ad ter a short, but severe conflict. The firing cig pe xeepting now and then a dropping shot, when aie os was killed by one of these stray shots. He meds pag Pirin humane, social, popular with both een ai e was succeeded by the writer as Colonel. at = on 19 September, 1864, Adjutant Osborne eng ei wo years ago Color Sergeant Taylor, of Com- tS si : county, who has resided in Utah since 1866, Neg : e tanh a ball in his hip from which wound ant orpike a7 nie in talking about his own wound, he told ss alae se harging the third Federal line at Winches- “a eet . the first two, and when near the tempor- eae peti the enemy, he received the shot which dis- etm : e, and that as he fell, young Osborne picked oo “aa et mph ran forward, cheering on the men and acess ithin 20 feet of the Color Sergeant. He was an Hee rs and aes soldier, I suppose not older than ahs Pat seiscoapet W. R. Murray, of Company A, than ne shee > e ae a better officer or braver soldier in the tas _ of Napoleon, acted as Adjutant after the death orne till the surrender at Appomattox.