356 NortH Caronina Troops, 1861-’65.

mouth, had his twisted blanket pierced a dozen times by a
minie ball which burnt his arm without breaking the bone,
and he will return to duty in a few days. The Captain of
Company D promoted Solon E. Birkhead from private to
First Sergeant for conspicuous bravery in this battle, known
as the battle of Ware Bottom Church, or Clay’s Farm.
Among the wounded in Company H was Lieutenant R. W.
Belo, who lost a foot. Company I lost some of its best men:
Sergeant Amos Harrill (brother of the Captain), Corporal
W. C. Beam, George Griffin and the brothers, Jack and Joe
Tessenear, all killed, and twelve men wounded. Company
A here lost a great favorite in the killing of the brave Isaac
G. Gallopp.

21 May. Busy strengthening the new line, and 22 May
Lieutenant Charles R. Wilson and others rejoined the com-
pany, having been wounded at Plymouth.

23 May. Flag of truce to bury the dead on the contested
ground between the two lines. A ghastly sight. Some are
not recovered, as they fell within the enemy’s lines, three
days ago—a sad uncertainty around some hearthstones until
peace on earth shall return again. Information is obtained
of the gallant “Live Oak” Walker, whom we met on the field
just to our right, 20 May, in command of Evans’ (S. C.)
Brigade, Colonel Elliott now commanding. The enemy re
port him doing well after the amputation of his leg.

Some of the casualties of the last week’s operations were:

Company B—Killed: D. P. Blizzard; wounded, Lieuten-
ant A. R. Carver and John Tart.

Company C—Wounded: Corporal J. Matthews and Wm.
Childers.

Company E—Sergeant J. N. Clark and B. Garner;
wounded, B. F. Sikes.

Company G—Killed: James Tucker; wounded, R. P.
Smith and C. Love.

Company H—Wounded: Sergeant T. J. Montague, Cor-
poral N. A. Horne, David May, J. O. Scoggins, Sergeant S.
A. Thompson, Corporal H. C. Murchison, W. F. Lackey
(supposed killed), H. Bledsoe, J. Bolin, G. W. Bogle, S. L.

Firty-Srxta REGIMENT. 357

Carden, John Lee, F. Patterson, T. J. Peel, M. Stewart, J.

H. Vickers, W. S. Whitaker, G. Roberts, W. T. Patterson.

Missing: N. P. Combs, J. L. Casote and J. S. Massey.
Company K—Wounded: Sergeant J. J. McNeely, G. W.
dwards, Z. Morgan and A. C. Shields.

: ComMPaNny Woundott Sergeant C. P. Tanner, G. W.

Spurlin, D. P. Smart, J. M. Michael, J. W. Campe and J. J.

Morton.
Company F—Wounded: Lieutenant J. R. Grigg, W. C.

Wolf, M. Crowder.

25 May. In the romantic intimacy that has sprung up
between the pickets of the two opposing armies, a soldier in
the Twenty-fifth North Carolina lends his pick to a Yankee
to dig his rifle pit, a new one being made necessary by our
last move upon them; and the blue coat returns it after com-

i job.
ae Major-General Hoke, with his division, consist-
ing now of Clingman’s North Carolina, Martin s North Car-
olina, Hagood’s South Carolina and Colquitt’s Georgia Brig-
ades is ordered to Cold Harbor. ;

2 June. A demonstration in force by us is made along ws
whole of the line between the two rivers, leaving the enemy's
right intact, but pushing back their left some 400 yards,
while in the centre the ground lost by them in the first as-
sault is recovered by a counter-charge. During the whole

ight our pickets kept up a rapid firing.

2 ed this it Caceres! Bushrod R. J ohnson re-
ceives a commission as Major-General, and to him are as-
signed Ransom’s North Carolina, Evans’ South Caroias
(commanded by General Elliott, promoted to succeed Walk-
er), Gracie’s Alabama, and Wise’s Virginia Brigades.
This division now holds Butler in the bottle by guarding
the shortened line from the Howlett house (near mares
Gap), to Fort Clifton. Captains Grigg and Graham, ae
two companies of the Fifty-sixth North Carolina, ew e
picket line just before day, and find that the innocent fire-
flies have caused much of the commotion of the night, the
men firing at the flicker without waiting for the crack of a