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260 Nort Carortina Troops, 186]-’65.

As stated before, Major Iredell, a true gentleman and brave
soldier, was killed at Spottsylvania Court House. Captain
John W. Rierson succeeded him. At Winchester, finding that
there was a gap of two or three hundred yards between my
left and the troops on the left, and that the enemy had discov-
ered and were preparing to take advantage of it, I directed
Major Rierson to find General Grimes on the right of the
division, (General Rodes had been killed in the beginning of
the action), and apprise him of the situation. After some
time he returned, saluted and reported, the fighting being
very heavy all the time, when I discovered that Major Rier-
son was shot through the neck, which wound was received be-
fore he found General Grimes, but he nevertheless performed
the duty, returned and reported, and did not then go to the
rear until I directed him to do so. This gallant officer was
killed when the enemy broke over our lines at Petersburg, a
few days before Appomattox. He was entitled to his com-
mission as Lieutenant-Colonel from the date of the battle of
Snicker’s Ford, but I do not know that he received it.

This was a volunteer regiment, enlisted in the latter part
of the winter and first part of the spring of 1862, and was
organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, the first week in
May, 1862, and assigned to Daniel’s Brigade, (Rodes’ Divis-
ion). William A. Owens, of Mecklenburg county, was
elected Colonel ; James T. Morehead, Jr., of Guilford county,
Lieutenant-Colonel, and James Johnston Tredell, of Wake
county, Major.

Colonel Owens had already been in the service more than
one year, having served as Captain in the First (Bethel) Reg-
iment, and at the time of his election was Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Eleventh Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel Morehead had also been in the service
the preceding year, having entered the same in April, 1861,
as Lieutenant of the “Guilford Grays,” (afterwards Com-
pany B, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment), and at the time
of his election was a Captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment.

William B. Osborne, of Mecklenburg county, was ap-
pointed Adjutant and John M. Springs, of Mecklenburg, was
appointed Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. He re

 

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signed in the fall of 1862 and was succeded by Captain John
B. Burwell. J. F. Long was appointed Surgeon; Lauriston
H. Hill, of Stokes county, Assistant Surgeon, and promoted
Surgeon in 1863. William Hill, of Mecklenburg, was ap-
pointed Captain, A. ©. S. In 1863 Charles Gresham, of
Virginia, was assigned to duty with this regiment as Assist-
ant Surgeon. James H. Colton, of Randolph county, was
appointed Chaplain; J. H. Owens, Sergeant Major (pro-
moted Second Lieutenant of Company I and killed) ; R. B.
Burwell, Quartermaster Sergeant; J. C. Palmer, Commis-
sary Sergeant; R. S. Barnett, Ordnance Sergeant. Upon
the promotion of J. H. Owens, Aaron Katz, of Company B,
succeeded him as Sergeant-Major, and upon his being cap-
tured, Robert A. Fleming, of Company A, was Sergeant-
Major.

Company A was from Guilford county. A. P. McDaniel
was its first Captain, commissioned 25 F ebruary, 1862, and
upon his retirement in 1863, Lieutenant J. M. Sutton was
promoted Captain and wounded at Bethesda Church and on
21 September, 1864, in the Valley, and captured at Peters-
burg; P. W. Haterick (killed at Gettysburg), First Lieuten-
ant; J. M. Sutton, Second Lieutenant; W. L. Fleming, pro-
moted from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant in August, 1863 ;
William R. Murray, promoted from ranks to Second and
First Lieutenant in 1863; J. W. Scott, promoted Second
Lieutenant from Sergeant (chief of regimental corps of
sharpshooters).

Company B was from Mecklenburg county and its first
Captain was J. Harvey White, commissioned 1 March, 1862,
killed at Spottsyivania Court House in May, 1864. Samuel
E. Belk, First Lieutenant; John M. Springs, Second Lieu-
tenant, promoted Assistant Quartermaster; William M. Mat-
thews, Second Lieutenant, promoted from First Sergeant;
M. E. Alexander, promoted Second Lieutenant from Second
Sergeant. Lieutenants Belk, Matthews and Alexander were
wounded at Gettysburg.

Company C was from Johnston, Chatham and Wake,
mostly from Johnston. Its first Captain was John Leach,
commissioned 28 February, 1862; was succeeded as Captain