454 Norra Carona Troops, 1861-’65.

nold’s Brigade, which in August was temporarily commanded
by Colonel Wash. M. Hardy, of the Sixtieth North Carolina ;
then with Hood on his march to Nashville and return. Then
at the battles of Cassville, Savannah, and the hard-fought bat-
tle of Averasboro, N. C., on 16 March, 1865. On 19-21
March at Bentonville, the last battle ever fought by our war-
worn soldiers, it was a part of General Jos. B. Palmer’s Bri-
gade and commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Silver, fought
with its accustomed valor. On 9 April, 1865, the Fifty-
eighth and Sixtieth consolidated into one regiment, were
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Thad. Coleman, and
belonged to Brantley’s Brigade, D. H. Hill’s Division, S.
D. Lee’s Corps, in the Army of the West, then stationed near
Smithfield, N. C. This is their last report ( Official Records
Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. 98, p. 1064) and as
General Johnston began his last retreat 10 April, they were
probably thus surrendered. The army passed through Ral-
* eigh 12 April and were near High Point when surrendered
26 April. They were paroled 2 May, 1865, the fragment of
an ever glorious regiment and true to the last. Gallant,
noble, battle-scarred veterans who had breasted the storm in
each of these battles, and the intervening skirmishes. Now
and hereafter the question may be asked, why we did not suc-
ceed?. The answer is: They who justly deserve success,
do not always win it. Braver men never fought or died,
but overpowering numbers and munitions of war were
against us.
Isaac H. Barzey.

BaKeErsvILue, N. C.,
26 Aprin, 1901.