332 NortH Carotina Troops, 1861~’65.

it wi
etka emcee Re to every survivor of the latter to have an
0 brilliant a career here preserv
ed f
of ss State that we all love so well. si
oo anes oe Regiment 17 April to 138 November
4 leutenant 2 Decembe j
ee : r, 1861, and Adjut
eared 1 August, 1862, to 24 ‘October 1863
Advocate Court- i ilmi
ro ee martial at Wilmington January to
Desi
oe se a by General Lee to convey to General Grant as-
rade Het ag —: his dead and wounded lost at Cold
aa ae , Grant reluctantly thus acknowledging
Assi Assi j
ea agin as Assistant Adjutant-General to Taliaferro’s
— , Army Northern Virginia, but reassigned to Lane’s
; gade on petition of its officers, in consequence of G
= being absent, wounded. me
73 ob: &
— Se conspicuous gallantry and merit” recommended b
a s eek Wilcox and A. P. Hill for Colonel of he
= vee ith Regiment on request of all its officers then
ara 26 September, 1864; but the act of Congress sas
- a sides only for the regular line officers.
— pr pael , 1865, he was commissioned Major and Assist-
= e ‘he ant-General; wounded at Second Gum Swam d
6 a ilderness, and was in the surrender at Pi,
—— in the battle of Fuzzell’s Mills, 16 August 1864,
ae . ling the Darbytown road in front of Richinond},
tah . — was put in under the eye of General Lee to
i ar lost line. Colonel Barber commanding, was
_ an the charge arrested, but the Adjutant Genaeal
mage ed command and pushed forward to a speedy vict
sas nen of the troops he was thanked by “the chief
e > re "4 "
. st bill Nita eidlier, aa the latter’s consideration he
C d that the line of defense be her
isha ense be here so cl
. to give full effect to the modern long-range tn
ORDERS approaches over wide plains dabctore to So ie
psc 1pee of precipices. This was then a new de Be
- phic: but was promptly adopted and sea eas
ce of the work given to Captain Hal a
yee Sapte e, so that whe
morning dawned the enemy found four silos a
e

fences awaiting their assault, and withdrew.
ually adopted by

Firry-SixtH REGIMENT. 333

It was effect-

the Turks at Plevna, while much later the

British lost Majuba Hill by adhering to the antiquated sys-

tem.
In the North Carolina victory at Reams Station, 25 Au-

gust, 1864, he had a similar experience. General Conner
was disabled and Colonel Speer killed just as Lane’s Brig-
ade started forward. He assumed command, and they were

among the first over the line.

Losing only by a legal technic
nel in the line, as above mentione

ality the promotion to Colo-
d, the extraordinary com-
-General of Brigade
He was

mission of Major and Assistant Adjutant
was given him as some measure of compensation.

sneceeded as Adjutant by John W. Faison.

FIRST EXPEDITION AGAINST NEW BERN.

4, an expedition was organized for the re-

In January, 186
under Major-General George E.

capture of New Bern,

Pickett.

98 January. Reached Goldsboro, and on the night of the

30th proceeded to Kinston, where the Fifty-sixth reported to
General Corse, commanding a Virginia Brigade. At night
General Barton, commanding his own brigade and the other
four Regiments under General Ransom, marched out on the

Neuse River road for New Bern.
31 January. Column consisting of Hoke’s North Caro-

lina, Clingman’s North Carolina, and Corse’s Virginia Brig-
ade (temporarily including the Fifty-sixth North Caro-
lina), took the Dover road, passed through Gum Swamp,
whence we marched down the railroad track some six miles,
turning into the country road again at Sandy Ridge, the
scene of a fight between the Forty-ninth North Carolina and
the enemy last year, and went into bivouac about eight miles
beyond, making twenty-three miles that day. Skirmishers
out that night from Corse’s Brigade under Major Graham,

of the Fifty-sixth North Carolina.
d captured the outpost

1 February. Set out at 2 a. m. an
at Bachelor’s Creek. Here Colonel Shaw, Eighth North

Carolina State Troops, was killed at the opening of the en-