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50 Norta Carorina Troops, 1861-’65.

vanced towards the works. When the parapet and the guns
were manned by regulars and the J unior Reserves. cg
“During the night the rain fell in torrents, wetting the
troops and their arms, but it did not dampen their spirits nor
interfere with their efficiency. ae tack.
qe Tuesday morning the foiled and frightened enemy
left our shores. I cannot speak too highly of the coolness
i )
and gallantry of my command. he
olunel Lamb at another time said: “Be it _ to _
eternal credit of these gallant boys that they, from this a
baptism of fire, emerged with a reputation for eiositne _
lished for all time, and that to no Ppa more than these 1
: : id victory.
due the honor of our splendid vie ory. :
The troops were complimented in general orders Py py
eral Bragg for their heroism and gallantry. The 5 re :
loss suffered by any one command in the fort se Y :
Junior Reserves. Thus ended the first glorious defence o
Fort Fisher. es
When the news was flashed to Raleigh that awe * —_
had appeared off Fort Fisher, pine eae wines
i ices to assist in repelling the
romptly tendered his services mak
sone at and was assigned to duty by General Br age sei
city of Wilmingtgn, where he was put in one of t = ueia
: i int. The writer who acco:
ment of troops at that point. a ee
c sas hi jutant-General, unfortunately
General Holmes as his Adju es
ici 1 of Fort Fisher. He is inde
not participate in the battle o: }
to TES French for most of the foregoing de-
tails.
eee 26 December, the reserves were moved to camp = cr
Head Island, where they remained on guard and Vee u :
for several days when they were ordered to Camp McLean,
oldsboro, N. C. Se
: On 6 December, there had been an attempted pinee
tion of these three battalions near Sugar Loaf, ap pe peas
William R. Johns was elected Colonel ; aoa veh N. ns -
i : A. B. Johns, Major. Captain W. h.
Lieutenant-Colonel ; and A 8,
Johns, a disabled officer, was then in the enrollment —
under Colonel Peter Mallett, the Commandant of ait ;
of North Carolina, and being unable to undergo the hardships

SEVENTy-SEconp R EGIMENT, 51

and exposure of camp life, declined the election. ©
len, the Lieutenant-Colonel, declined for the same reason,
Major Johns was never assigned and never entered upon the
discharge of the duties of Major and so the battalions con-

tinued to serve under Separate organizations. Major Johns

afterwards formally tendered his resignation, which was ac-
: cepted,

aptain Al-

ORGANIZATION.

On 3 January, 1865, while the regiment was at Camp Me-
Lean, near Goldsboro, it was finally organized by the elec-
tion of Captain John W. Hinsdale, Colonel; W. F. French,
Lieutenant-Colonel, and Captain A. B. Ellington, Major.
On 7 January the last two were assigned to duty. Frank M.
Hamlin, one of the gallant young officers who refused to sur-
render with Major Reece, was appointed Adjutant. But

- from time to time Lieutenants W. W. King, Andrew J. Bur-
ton and Frank S. Johnson, son of Senator R. W. Johnson, of
Arkansas, who had shortly theretofore left the University of
North Carolina and volunteered in the Third Regiment, acted

as Adjutant. J. K. Huston was appointed Quartermaster

Sergeant, and George B. Haigh, of F ayetteville, grandson of

the Hon. George E. Badger, Commissary Sergeant. Drs, E.
B. Simpson and J. 8. Robinson were assigned to the regiment
as Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon,

The companies composing the regiment were then lettered
and designated as follows:

Company A—JF
Pitts.

Company B—From Alamance and F.
Captain, A. L. Lancaster.

Company C-—From 8
tain R. F. Dalton.

Company D—From N ew Hanover, Brunswick and Co-
lumbus Counties—Captain, John D. Kerr.

Company E—From Catawba County—Captain, J. R.
Gaither.

Company F—From Iredell and Rowan Counties—Cap-
tain, W. G. Watson,

rom Guilford County—Captain, John W.

orsyth Counties—

tokes and Person Counties—Cap-