330 NortH CaRoLtina Troops, 1861-~’65.

and Ransom’s Bri
ginia.” om’s Brigades as part of the Army of Northern Vir-

BATTLE AT CRUMP’S FARM.

a Sages die ae a duty of observation and reconnoissance to
= ovata sapbasatea of the enemy from the seacoast. Thus
Et thea y was given to participate in one of the most
— _— of the war—sharp, quick and decisive.
Vaan e rel . oe our capital could learn approximately
rls ane force, protecting it. Accordingly
coe 2 fe a eneral Keyes, advancing cautiously by
ex gee ge apparently had a walk-over.

approach ioe ae a “i fe kee
not enough troops to adequately we Be : rp se ohio:
them with Ransom’s North Caroli Co ot pang,
lina, and Jenkins’ South Carolina B, i ote aire i
ginia Battery of Artillery and three a Bene ; ee

eae lo -
i a squadron of cavalry. He met iene
si far nhac: rie Bottom bridge, between sunset and
ha - pes aa late y opened such a vigorous assault that
ae ea : me ed to assume the defensive, and night
soir oF ull retreat, doubtless believing that those
cha Le S mph have been immensely reinforced since
the only Liss sg tee epee pom si:
Ss “deve our side, man killed and two wounded.
i prisoners taken admitted a loss of thirty on

11 July. To Pet ‘
y- ersbur; ,
Laven: g again, and camped on Dunn’s

RAID AGAINST WELDON BRIDGE CHECKED

28 J i
uly. A part of the Forty-ninth and three companies

Disposition was made for a
return. The Forty-ninth

Firry-SrxtH REGIMENT. 331

ttack that night; but they did not
lost one man killed, and in the

Twenty-fourth three were wounded. The enemy buried 11

of their dead on the field.
1 August. Back to Ga

Moody’s.

12 August.
for Hamilton.
riving in the afternoon.

14 August. Company
tached to Poplar Point, and threw up

the river landing.
16 August. Returned through

Garysburg.
1 September.
of Major Schenk, is pro

rysburg, and camped near Mr.

To Halifax Court House, and 13th took boat
Down the Roanoke seventy-three miles, ar-

D, under Lieutenant Graham, de-
breastworks covering

Palmyra and Halifax to

Captain John W. Graham, on retirement
moted to Major, Lieutenant Robert

D. Graham to Captain, and Sergeant Joseph B. Coggin to
First Lieutenant. For the succeeding four months, eight
companies of this regiment and the Twenty-first North Car-

olina Regiment were
cursions from East Te
found there by deserters and
several States, and to see that t
forced. The effort was to gain friends, and ma

enemies for the State i

the people united in d

of this movement was
Confederate or Federal standpoint, and it is be
that it was so regarded by General Grant when the war was

over, and the proscription naturally following it was at fever

heat.
Two companies, H and E, under Captain W. G. Graves,

uilding of the Confederate ram Albe-
at Edwards’ Ferry.

posted in the West to meet any in-
nnessee, and to break up the refuge
lawless characters from the

he conscript act was fairly en-
ke no new

n her desperate struggle, and thus keep

omestic tranquility. The moral effect

salutary, whether now viewed from a
yond doubt

were protecting the b

 

 

marle on the Roanoke near Halifax,
24 October. Adjutant E. J. Hale, Jr., is promoted to

Assistant Adjutant-General and assigned to Lane’s Brigade.
As his modesty naturally forbade the incorporation of his

military record in his history of the Bethel Regiment, and as
he contributed so largely to the efficiency of the Fifty-sixth,

plingil cb tee North Carolina Regiment and a bat-
ote ak met Spear’s Regiment of New
sees on i : —— Mounted Riflemen and several
pd on! at Boone’s Mill, ten miles south of Weldon

miles from Jackson, N. C. The Fifty-sixth Regi
ment arrived that evening, but the enemy had atic