730 Norra Carotina Troops, 1861-65.

WittiaM H. Tuomas, Colonel, Jackson county, N. C.
Jamzs R. Love, Lieutenant-Colonel, Jackson county, N.C.

Wittiam W. Srrineriztp, Major, Strawberry Plains,
Tenn.

Luruer C. May, Adjutant, Virginia.

James W. Terre tt, A. Q. M., Jackson county, N. C.
Lucius M. Wetcu, A. C. S., Haywood county, N. C.
Joun W. Lawine, Surgeon, Lincoln county, N. C.

Joun C. Love, Assistant Surgeon, Jackson county, N. C.
Hezexiau West, Chaplain, Haywood county, N. C.
Avex. R. Carmack, Sergeant Major, Pennsylvania.

COMPANY ORGANIZATION.

Comrany A—Indian Company—Matthew Hale Love,
Captain, Waynesville, N. C.; Wm. S. Terrell, First Lieuten-
ant, Sonoma, Haywood county, N. ©.; John Astoo-ga Sto-ga,
Peter Graybeard and David Whitaker, Second Lieutenants,
all of Swain County, N. ©. Total officers and men, 113.

Company B—Indian Company—G. M. Hanks, Captain,
July, 1862, Monroe county, Tenn.; James Taylor, Captain,

November, 1862; H. R. Morris, First Lieutenant; Cam. H.

Taylor, Second Lieutenant, all of Cherokee, N. ©. Total
officers and men, 118.

WHITE MEN.

Company C—Haywood County—Dr. Elisha G. J ohnson,
Captain and Major; Wm. R. Trull, First Lieutenant and
Captain ; John H. Smathers, First Lieutenant; W. D. Hall,
E. W. Morgan and W. H. Moore, Second Lieutenants, all of
Haywood county. Total officers and men, 123.

Company D—Jackson County, N. C., and Jefferson
County, Tenn.—Wm. B. Love, Captain, Jackson county, N.
C.; Ganium C. McBee, First Lieutenant, Grainger county,
Tenn. ; Thomas R. Smart and Henry Needham, Second Lieu-
tenants, Jefferson County, Tenn. ; W. W. Jones, Second Lieu-
tenant, North Carolina. Total officers and men, 125.

Company E—Haywood County—Julius M. Welch, Cap-
tain; Thomas J. Ferguson, First Lieutenant and Captain; J.
H. Moody, First Lieutenant, and Wm. ©. Brown, Second

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Lieutenant, all of Haywood county. Total officers and men,
137.

Company F—J. M. McConnell, Captain; Wm. T. Welch
and Robert T. Conley, First Lieutenants; James West and
Jas. Conley, all of Jackson county. Total officers and men,
127.

Company G—Jackson County—Daniel G. Fisher, Cap-
tain; D. M. Raby, First Lieutenant; D. J. Allen and J. B.
Raby, Second Lieutenants, all of Jackson county. Officers
and men, 71.

Company H—Cherokee County—Thomas J. Cooper, Cap-
tain, and Jas. W. Cooper, Captain; Lafayette George, First
Lieutenant; Eli Ingram and , Second Lieu-
tenants, Cherokee county. Number of officers and men,
114.

Company I—Cherokee County—Willis Parker, Captain,
and Jos. A. Kimsey, Captain; Sol. E. Egan, First Lieuten-
ant, all of Cherokee county; N. G. Phillips, First and Sec-
ond Lieutenant, and P. B. Gailer, Second Lieutenant, both
of Graham county. Number of officers and men, 109.

Company K—T. A. Butler, Captain; Lewis Rector, First
Lieutenant; D. H. Gallahar, Second Lieutenant, all of Union
county, Tenn. Number of officers and men, 91.

Total number of officers and men in the regiment, 1,125.

As above organized this regiment presented quite a for-
midable array—with a muster roll of nearly 1,200 men—
most of them vigorous, patriotic and gallant. The officers
were representative men in their several counties, and while
unassuming to diffidence in private life and in camp, were a
‘Tion-hearted host” in battle and upon the toilsome march.
The officers were chosen from the ranks, but were not of ne-
cessity greatly, if at all, superior to their men. The response
to this call left few men at home, but stern duty called and
its summons was obeyed.

The practical leader of this regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel
James R. Love, was a native of Jackson county, N. C., and
had seen hard service in Virginia under Jackson, Hill and
Lee. He was Captain of old Company L, of the Sixteenth