288 Norra Carotina Troops, 1861-65. Wittiam H. Young, of Granville county, was appointed Adjutant. W. N. Hotz, of Company G, was appointed Sergeant Major. Gxrorce W. Broun, of Wilson county, Quartermaster. W. P. Wess, of Granville county, Commissary. Dr. James Sairu, of Granville county, Surgeon. Dr. Isaac G. Cannapy, of Granville county, Assistant Surgeon. Rev. Witt1am Royatu, of Wake Forest College, Chaplain. A. H. Durn, of Company I, Quartermaster-Sergeant. W. B. Royatt, of Company I, Commissary Sergeant. J. W. C. Youna, Ordnance Sergeant. Prtrerson Tuorrz, of Company K, Hospital Steward. Cuartzs E. Jacxzy, of Pitt county, Chief Musician. Lieutenant-Colonel Calloway resigned and Major White- head died within a few months after the organization of the regiment, and Captain Maurice T. Smith, of Company K, was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and Captain A. H. Belo, of Salem, who commanded a company in the Eleventh Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers, was made Major. Lieuten- ant-Colonel Smith was killed at Gettysburg and Major Belo became Lieutenant-Colonel, and upon the resignation of Col- onel Connally, on account of severe wounds received in the same battle, Lieutenant-Colonel Belo became Colonel. On account of the fact that the senior Captain of the regiment was in prison from Gettysburg until the close of the war, the regiment had no other field officers. Adjutant Young resigned in November, 1862 and Henry T. Jordan, of Person county, was appointed Adjutant. He was captured at Gettysburg and, after that Lieutenant Chas. R. Jones, of Iredell county, acted as Adjutant for several months and then C. M. Cooke, from Company I, was assigned to that position and held it until the close of the war. Surgeon Jas. Smith resigned in December, 1862, and Dr. B. T. Greene, of Franklin county, was appointed Surgeon. A. H. Dunn died in August, 1862, and Henry S. Furman, of Franklin county, was appointed Assistant Quartermaster Ser- geant. W. N. Holt, Sergeant-Major, was made Lieutenant Firry-Firra Recent. 289 in Company H, and Jesse A. Adams, of Johnston county, was made Sergeant-Major. The regiment, after it had been sufficiently drilled to take the field, was sent to the Department of the Pamlico, then un- der the command of General James G. Martin, and remained there during the summer and early part of the fall of 1862. It was on duty a greater part of the time around Kinston and in Trenton. The first time the regiment was under fire was on 7 August, 1862. A Federal gunboat had come up the Neuse to a point a few miles below Kinston, and the regiment was sent down to prevent the landing of the troops. We were formed in a line on the south side of, and not far from the river; the gunboat came up to a, point nearly opposite the position occupied by the regiment, but after the firing of a few shells went back without attempting to land any troops. The regiment during the time spent in that section was thoroughly drilled and disciplined. WASHINGTON, N. C. On 3 September, while the regiment was in camp near LaGrange, there was a special order read on dress parade that 200 men were needed for daring service and volunteers were called for. That number was at once obtained and they were organized into two companies of 100 each. Captain P. M. Mull, of Company F, was put in command of one com- pany, and Captain Maurice T. Smith, of Company K, in command of the other, and the Lieutenants were selected from the different companies. Captain Williams, of Company I, was so anxious to be among the number that he procured the consent of the Colonel to his going as First Lieutenant of one of the companies. It was ordered that these companies be prepared with three days’ rations to march the next morning at sunrise. Captain Mull was senior officer and in command of the detachment. Just as the sun rose the next morning we moved out of eamp, marching a little north of east, and we were then informed that the movement meant a surprise at- tack upon Washington, N. C., and that we would be joined be- fore we reached the place by other troops. We met on the 19 .