6 NortH Carotina Troops, 1861-65.

battalions. The words “Junior” and “Senior” were not
officially used and the first three were designated simply
“First, Second and Third Regiments of Reserves” (or Sev-
entieth, Seventy-first and Seventy-second North Carolina),
The latter were designated as the “Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Sev-
enth and Eighth Regiments of Reserves” (or Seventy-third,
Seventy-fourth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, and Seventy-
eighth North Carolina, for a cavalry regiment has some how
gotten switched into the enumeration in Moore’s Roster as the
Seventy-fifth). There were also three battalions, besides that
of Major Hooks’, above mentioned, which was incorporated
into the Eighth Reserves (Seventy-eighth North Carolina).
These were a battalion of Seniors organized at Asheville and
commanded by Major L. P. Erwin, who did good service in
that section, another from Catawba and adjacent counties,
commanded by Major A. A. Hill, and the Third Battalion or-
ganized at Raleigh, which served at Fort Fisher and was
commanded by Major J. T. Littlejohn. A large part of the
officers of these five regiments and three battalions of Seniors
had doubtless seen service in the army and probably many of
the privates had also.

The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Reserves were formed into
the Second Brigade and commanded by Colonel John F.
Hoke, with headquarters at Salisbury. Of this Brigade Ma-
jor M. P. Beardon was Quartermaster and Captain R. P.
Waring Adjutant General. The Seventh, together with the
companies late organized into the Eighth Reserves in De-
cember, 1864, were in a brigade at Wilmington command-
ed by Colonel Jno. K. Connally, of the Fifty-fifth North
Carolina. 87 Official Records Union and Confederate Ar
mies, p. 1021. From December, 1864, to March, 1865,
the Seventh Reserves served in Georgia, South Carolina and
this State, brigaded with the Tenth North Carolina Battalion
(Young) and part of the time with the Fiftieth North Car-
olina, the brigade being commanded by Colonel Wash. M.
Hardy, of the Sixtieth North Carolina.

The services of the above regiments and four battalions of
Reserves are narrated, as well as they can now be recalled, in
the following sketches of their respective regiments and bat:

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ORGANIZATION OF RESERVES. 7

talions, but this history of their organization is here given
as the reference thereto in Major Gordon’s admirable article
on the organization of troops in Vol. 1 (p. 16) of this work
was very brief from his lack of information in this particular
matter. Major H. R. Hooper was Quarter Master of all the
Reserves of North Carolina and Dr. Thomas Hill, Surgeon
in Chief. Lieutenant-General T. H. Holmes commanded
the Reserves with Captain John W. Hinsdale Assistant-Ad-
jutant General till his promotion to Colonel of the Seventy-
second North Carolina (Third Juniors) when he was suc-
ceeded by Major Chas. S. Stringfellow as Assistant-Adjutant-
General.

The rolls kept in Raleigh of our regiments were duplicates
and naturally not kept up with the care of those used as pay
rolls, which were sent to Richmond, hence much of the com-
plaint of the defects in Moore’s Roster, which is nowhere
more incomplete than in regard to the Reserves. The State
can not now get a complete and correct roster of her troops
unless an act of Congress is passed to have a complete tran-
script made from the original Confederate pay rolls which
were surrendered at Greensboro, where they had been carried
from Richmond, 100 (Serial Vol.) Off. Rec. Union and Con-
fed. Armies, 842, and which are now on file at Washington,
and this ought to be done with a careful collation of the rolls
which were sent in from time to time, of each company and

regiment.

Raveien, N. C.,
4 July, 1901.