686 Nort CaRoLina Troops, 1861-65.

Company B—Was mostly from the counties of Nash and
Franklin, and at the time of the organization of the regiment
W. S. Mitchell was its Captain; W. A. Moore, First Lieuten-
ant; D. N. Sills and J. B. Bunting, Jr., Second Lieutenants.

Company C—Captain, David S. Davis; First Lieutenant,
R. E. Davis; Second Lieutenants, James Williams, J r., and
Jesse Holland. This company was from the counties of
Wayne and Lenoir.

Company D,—W. T. Robinson, Captain; T. H. Kerney,
First Lieutenant; W. A. W. Askew and Lewis Bynum, See-
ond Lieutenants. This company was from the counties of
Jones and Lenoir.

Company E—Steven S. Quinnerly, Captain; I. K. With-
erington, First Lieutenant; W. M. Dennis and John Hall,
Second Lieutenants. This company was from the counties
of Lenoir and Carteret.

Company F—Willis J. Raspberry, Captain; Chris. D.
Foy, First Lieutenant; Frank Foy and 8. Sidney Carter,
Second Lieutenants. This company was from Jones and
Lenoir.

Company G—E. B. Blackmer, Captain; W. J. Williams,
First Lieutenant; W. C. Brandon and J. W. Walker, Sec-
ond Lieutenants. This company was from Lenoir county,
largely.

Company H.—James G. Davis, Captain ; Willis W. Cher-
ry, First Lieutenant; Robert J. Swinson and Edward Wil-
liamson, Second Lieutenants. This company was from Du-
plin and Onslow counties.

Company I—Jesse P. Williams, Captain; Josiah W.
Smith, First Lieutenant; Silas W. Venters and Luby Har-
per, Second Lieutenants. This company was largely from
Wayne, Onslow and Jones counties.

Company K—John P. Sykes, Captain; Alvin Bagley,
First Lieutenant; D. J. Knowles, Second Lieutenant. This
company was largely from Wayne and New Hanover coun-

- ties.

The appointment of Colonel Moore caused, at the time,
some friction among the officers, as he was unknown to all

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of them, but he had not been long in the regiment before they
recognized him as a good soldier, a fine disciplinarian and
as brave an officer as ever fought for the cause of his coun-
try, and after they had witnessed his conspicuous courage,
before his death in Virginia shortly afterwards, he became
the idol of his regiment.

IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

Shortly after its organization, the Regiment was ordered
to Wilmington, where it remained some time around the city,
doing light picket duty and perfecting the officers and men
in drill, and in fitting them for the arduous and dangerous
duties which they were very soon to assume.

In the latter part of March, 1864, the Regiment was or-
dered to Weldon and from there to Plymouth; remaining at
the latter place about two or three weeks. It was then or-
dered to Tarboro, by way of Washington, and thence to Vir-
ginia, reaching Petersburg about 12 May, 1864, and was im-
mediately assigned to picket duty beyond that City, and on 13
and 15 May it was first exposed, as a Regiment, to fire, at
Port Walthal Junction, where the Regiment, or part thereof,
was sent forward to dislodge one or two pieces of artillery
which was doing effective service for the enemy upon our
lines. The Regiment acted gallantly in its first “baptism
of fire” as an organized regiment. That portion of it which
had belonged to Nethercutt’s Rangers had long since heard
the sound of ‘“‘shot and shell” and knew the dangers of a sol-
dier’s life, but this was the first occasion on which the reg-
iment, as such, had taken part in battle, and its gallantry was
conspicuous and favorably commented upon by command-
ing officers.

PETERSBURG.

Upon its arrival at Petersburg, it was assigned to Kirk-
land’s Brigade, Hoke’s Division, and ever afterwards formed
a part of the division so long commanded by that heroic sol-
dier and remained a part of his division until the final roll
was called.

After this fight, the regiment was ordered back to Peters-