498 Norra Carorina Troops, 1861-65.

town, N. C., was paid his prorata of the silver remaining in
the Confederate States treasury, $1.15, and paroled. Spend-
ing the 15 cents for luxuries of one sort or another, he re-
tained the $1.00, and still holds, as a precious souvenir, that
and his parole. :

The records of this regiment, from the time of the moving
from Dalton early in 1864, are necessarily imperfect, by rea-
son of the rapid movements and the multiplicity of incidents
and events. To bring in more than has been done would so
lengthen the narrative as to deter many from reading it and
to require quite a volume to hold it.

The writer has labored assiduously to give the history of
the regiment as correctly as possible in brief form and sub-
mits it to the charitable criticisms of the survivors of the regi-
ment. That there are some errors need not surprise any
one. It could not be otherwise in writing without any sub-
stantial data, after the lapse of thirty-six years. The worst
fault, he feels, is that of omission. He wishes it was practi-
cable to note the heroic deeds of hundreds of the rank and file,
some of which would bear no unfavorable comparison with
that since famous act of Lieutenant Hobson; but to do this
would take illimitable time and space. To mention some
and not all would be an invidious distinction.

James M. Ray.

AsHEVILLE, N. C.,
26 April, 1901.

 

ADDITIONAL SKETCH SIXTIETH REGIMENT.

By THOMAS W. PATTON, Caprarn Company C.

The above regiment was organized early in the summer of
1862, in the county of Madison, N. C. Of its ten companies,
seven were composed of men from Buncombe, one from Mad-
ison, one from Polk, and one from Cocke county, Tennessee.

The Field Officers at organization were J oseph A. McDow-
ell, Colonel; W. H. Deaver, Lieutenant-Colonel ; and W. W.
MeDowell, Major.

As soon as its organization was completed, the regiment
was marched to Greenville, Tenn., and thence by rail trans-
ported to Murfreesboro, at which place it took part in the
famous and hard-fought battles of 31 December to 3 J anuary.
With the Army of Tennessee, it retreated to Tullahoma, and
there passed the balance of the winter of 186263. At this
place it suffered much from sickness, losing many good men.

About 1 May, 1863, it was in Stovall’s Brigade, Breckin-
ridge’s Division, carried to Mississippi, and encamped near
Jackson, on the banks of the Pearl river. Remaining there till
1 July, it marched in direction of Vicksburg, the intention of
the General commanding being to attempt the relief of the
garrison which had long been closely beleaguered there by
General Grant, but on approaching the Federal lines, on 5
July, it was learned that the Confederates had capitulated
the day previous, and the relieving forces were hastily
marched back to Jackson.

In the fortifications around Jackson a rather severe engage-
ment occurred on Sunday, 12 July. The Federals who had
followed from Vicksburg concentrated on Stovall’s Brigade
and were repulsed with heavy loss, four flags were captured
by our brigade. Subsequently, about 15 J uly, the Confeder-
ate forces were withdrawn, Jackson evacuated, and the Six-
tieth Regiment for nearly six weeks was encamped at a point
midway between Jackson and Meridian, Miss.