316 NortH CaroLina Troops, 1861~’65.

Lieutenant, 12 April, 1862; Julius A. Corpening, Second
Lieutenant, 1 October, 1864, from private; Wm. F. Kinsey,
Second Lieutenant, 1 October, 1864.

Company H—Alexander, Caswell, Orange, and other
Counties—T. C. Hallyburton, Captain, April, 1862, appoint-
ed Assistant Commissary of Subsistence 1 August, 1862;
Wm. G. Graves, Captain, 1 August, 1862, from Second Lieu-
tenant 22 April, 1862, (had served in the Thirteenth Regi-
ment); J. D. Patterson, First Lieutenant, 22 April, 1862,
resigned 13 February, 1863; Samuel R. Holton, First Lieu-
tenant, 13 February, 1863, from Second Lieutenant 22 April
1862, (often detailed on brigade staff) ; Robert T. Faucett,
Second Lieutenant, 28 February, 1863, from Sergeant, and
transferred with fifteen men from Company D, promoted to
First Lieutenant and transferred back to Company D 18
September, 1864; Robert W. Belo, Second Lieutenant, 1
March, 1863, from First Sergeant (lost a foot at Ware Bot-
tom Church 20, May, 1864); Solon G. Birkhead, Second
Lieutenant, 18 September, 1864, from First Sergeant in
Company D, enlisted from Randolph county.

Company I—Rutherford County—This company was
composed of recruits mainly from Rutherford county and en-
listed March, 1862, by First Lieutenant J. W. Kilpatrick
and Private L. Harrill, both then of Company D, Sixteenth
North Carolina Troops, sent home for recruits. They se-
cured 76 men and organized 7 April, 1862, at Fredericks-
burg, Va., by electing J. W. Kilpatrick Captain, L. Harrill
First Lieutenant, J. H. Sweezy Second Lieutenant, and H.
A. L. Sweezy Third Lieutenant. Later the following officers
were elected to fill vacancies and promoted as follows: At
the battle of Seven Pines Captain J. W. Kilpatrick was killed
and L. Harrill promoted to Captain 31 March, 1862, J. H.
Sweezy to First Lieutenant, H. A. L. Sweezy to Second Liéu-
tenant, and Joseph M. Walker elected Junior Second Lieu-
tenant. During the Summer of 1862 J. H. Sweezy, First
Lieutenant, resigned on account of ill health and soon after:
wards died. This caused the following promotions: H. A.
L. Sweezy to First Lieutenant 2 August, 1862, J. M. Walker

to Second Lieutenant, and Philip H. Gross was elected Third

Firry-SixtH REGIMENT. 317

Lieutenant from the ranks. At the battle at the Davis House
on the Weldon Railroad 21 August, 1864, First ee
H. A. L. Sweezy was killed, and the following promeniene ol-
lowed: J. M. Walker to First Lieutenant, P. H. Gross to
Second Lieutenant, and Orderly Sergeant L. M. Lynch to
Third Lieutenant. During the month of February, 1865,
in the siege at Petersburg, Lieutenant T: M. Lynch te
killed, and C. P. Tanner was elected Third ee pore
company was attached to the Sixteenth North Caro ean a :
Troops and made the thirteenth company in that sama
On 8 April, commenced the long march to Yorktow es : :
tance of 130 miles, and arrived on the 19th. On 2 teh
1862, Yorktown was evacuated, and at W sapeuaha: se
teenth Regiment was held as a reserve to support the ed :
battle. This was on the famous retreat of General bic bis
Johnston up the Peninsula between the James and re fb
ers. At Seven Pines 31 May, 1862, this attached company, on y
in service about two months, went into that fearful battle nt
fought like veterans. Captain J. W. Kilpatrick, ap iia
J. G. Price, W. M. Brooks, A. K. Lynch and H. ‘ ee i
were killed, and seven wounded. Soon roa beney at e -
company was ordered to Camp Mangum, Raleig % N. es ;
was made Company I, Fifty-sixth North Carolina Ps.
Total commissioned and non-commissioned beaten 8
men of Company I were (first and last), 146; see - ne
tle and died from wounds, 23; wounded and sent to nap : |
24; died from diseases, 29; discharged for oe 5; be
sides a large number of slight wounds not _— ae
Company K—Mecklenburg, Iredell, etc.—F rank oe
exander, Captain, April 1862, mortally chee =
charge of 17 June, 1864, at Petersburg, and diec oe rat
1864 (Mecklenburg) ; John F. MeN eely, € aptain, : A ie
1864, from First Lieutenant 11 December, 1863, en =
ond Lieutenant 1 April, 1862 (Iredell) ; James 6 —
First Lieutenant, 1 April, 1862, resigned it 2 cana
1863 (Mecklenburg) ; James W. Shepherd, First age? e “ He
20 January, 1864, from Second Lieutenant a tay ee a
(Iredell) ; Charles M. Payne, Second aoe ita
cember, 1862, from Sergeant (Davidson county),