484 Nortru Caroiina Troops, 1861-65.

Junior Second Lieutenant. Captain Fletcher, of Company
D, and his Lieutenants leaving the company, Lieutenant
John Gregg Chambers, of Company ©, was temporarily put
in command. Later H. Clay Lorance was appointed First
Lieutenant, James M. Ford Second, and Robert C. Evans
Junior Second Lieutenants. Lieutenant Lorance taking
command, relieved Lieutenant Chambers, who returned to
his company on 17 November, 1863, Jesse R. Gilliland was
appointed Captain and commanded the company until
wounded in front of Atlanta, from which he never recovered,
Lieutenant Lorance again taking command. Captain West
of Company K, resigning, Adjutant E. M. Clayton was made
Captain and William T. White elected Junior Second Lieu-
tenant.

The vacancy of Adjutant by the promotion of E. M. Clay-
ton, was filled by the appointment of Orville Ewing, Jr., of
Nashville, Tenn. The position of Sergeant-Major made va-
eant by the killing of Stanhope Erwin, was filled by the ap
pointment of Frank M. Miller. Captain G. M. Roberts, 0
company I resigning, First Lieutenant W. R. Alexander lee
promoted to the Captaincy, the Second and J unior Secon
Lieutenants advanced respectively, and the Junior Second
Lieutenancy was not filled. ;

Dr. J. ML Stevens resigning as Surgeon, Dr. Griffin, of
Louisville, Ky., was assigned to duty in his stead, assisted by
Lieutenant Robert Cooper. Dr. Griffin was superseded by
Dr. Mackay about the time the regiment left for Mississippl.
The latter was a surgeon of considerable note, having served
quite a time in the English army with the Scottish Highland-
ers before coming to America. Phifer Erwin was made ~~
termaster in place of W. Augustus Patton, deceased, B. J.
Alexander being retained as Quartermaster-Sergeant.

In the early spring of 1863 the regiment, as also the ae
ion, broke camp at Tullahoma and moved to Wartrace. t
was then in Preston’s Brigade, Breckinridge’s Division, pe
dee’s Corps. In early summer it went to Fairfield, an
later was ordered to Jackson, Miss. On reaching there
it went into camp upon the banks of Pearl river, spe
remaining until about 1 July, Joseph E. Johnston in the

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meantime hurriedly getting together transportation for a
movement on Vicksburg to relieve Pemberton, who was being
besieged by General Grant. Four days’ marching via Can-
ton, under the broiling sun of that, then, almost tropical clime
in dust shoemouth deep, drinking water from any place it
could be found, and this, much of the time, being stagnant,
muddy, stockponds and even from hog-wallows along the
line of march, the command reached the waters of the Big
Black on the night of 4 July, the commander of the Sixtieth,
Lieutenant-Colonel Ray, being the general field officer of the
day. About midnight the word passed from brigade to bri-
gade and from regiment to regiment that Vicksburg had ca-
pitulated. A retrograde movement was at once ordered and
the retreat commenced and continued until Jackson was
reached. The troops fared better on the retreat than on the
advance, so far as water was concerned, for the wells and cis-
terns along the route that had been stripped of buckets and
drawing arrangements by the owners had been replaced after
the passage of the troops and, of course, not anticipating so
speedy a return, they were found in place and there was com-
paratively little suffering for water. The citizens of Can-
ton, it must be said, however, did everything possible for the
comfort of the soldiers, both advancing and retreating, lining
the sidewalks with buckets and pitchers of water.

Johnston made a stand at Jackson and set himself in bat-
tle array. Very soon he was confronted by the Federals in
force and the contest commenced, first skirmishing along vari-
ous parts of the line. Finally, on 16 July, a strong demon-
stration was made upon that part where the Sixtieth had posi-
tion and for a time the battle was fierce, but the defense was
stronger than the enemy seemed to have anticipated, the re-
treat was sounded and the attacking forces withdrew.

The Sixtieth’s casualties were but slight, a few men only
being wounded. Among that number was James Parker, of
Company. E, whose wound neeessitated the amputation of one
arm. This was done most skilfully by Dr. McKay, surgeon
of the regiment.

General Johnston did not see fit to offer resistance for any
considerable time to the occupancy of the city and withdrew