264 Norta Caroiina Troops, 1861-’65.

Second Lieutenant 24 June, 1862; A. T. Marsh, promoted
from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant 19 May, 1864.

Company K was from Wilkes county. William J. Mil- .

ler was commissioned Captain 20 March, 1862, killed at Get-
tysburg 1 July, 1863, and was succeeded by Jesse F. Eller,
promoted from Second Lieutenant; Thomas C. Miller, pro-
moted from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant 1 J uly,
1863; Thomas C. Miller, commissioned Second Lieutenant
in August, 1862.

This regiment lost in killed its first Colonel, who was twice
wounded ; both of its Majors, one of them, Rierson, several
times wounded and its Adjutant. Its surviving Colonel was
wounded three times, at Gettysburg, Fisher’s Hill and in the
assault upon the Federal lines at Hare’s Hill on 25 March,
1865, in which last engagement he was captured within the
enemy’s works.

As it is, I have only the approximately correct report of
the losses of one of the companies of the regiment, and that
only in one battle, but I think the losses of the other com-
panies may be fairly estimated from the losses of this one.

Company B lost at Gettysburg out of about 65 men, 8
killed and 22 wounded, and of the four officers, three were
wounded.

T meet many of these scarred and now grizzly veterans of
the companies from Alamance, Guilford, Stokes and Surry
at my courts in these counties, and hear sometimes from those
from the other counties, and with very few exceptions they
have shown themselves to be as good citizens as they were gal-
lant soldiers. They illustrate that “peace hath her victories
no less renowned than war.”

The regiment reduced to a handful of men shared the for-
tunes of the historic retreat and surrendered at Appomattox,
being then commanded by Captain Thomas E. Ashcraft, the
brigade being commanded by Colonel David G. Cowand.
General Grimes having been made a Major-General, com-
manded the division. :

I cannot close this sketch without acknowledging my in-
debtedness to Captain Sutton and Private J. Montgomery, of
Company A; L. Leon, of Company B, who kindly furnished

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me with copy of a diary kept by him from organization of
the regiment up to 5 May, 1864, when he was captured ; Cap-
tain Albright, of Company F; Captain S. B. Taylor, of Com-
pany H, and Lieutenant W. F. Campbell, of Company G,
for valuable information; and I hope that the publication
of the sketches of the North Carolina regiments will excite in-
terest enough among the old soldiers to give us further dates
and incidents. I wish I could write a history of my regi-
ment which would do the officers and men full credit for their
patriotism and services.

The patriotism and heroism of these soldiers were illus-
trated by the patient and uncomplaining endurance of the
forced march, the short rations, the hardships of winter camps
and campaigns as much as by their fighting qualities. Pos-
terity will hesitate to decide which is most worthy of admira-
tion.

James T. Morzueran,

GREENSBORO, N. C.,
9 Aprit, 1901.

 

 

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