SEVENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.

(FIFTH RESERVES. )

By THE EDITOR.

The history of this regiment is substantially told in what
has been said of the Seventy-third. It was organized 3 De-
cember, 1864, by the election of—

Davin J. Corrrnine, Colonel.
Grorcr C. Srown, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Josupit K. Burxe, Major.

All these were doubtless officers who had seen previous ser-
vice and had been retired or lad resigned on account of
wounds. The only company oflicer whose name is accessi-
ble (till we get copies of the captured rolls filed at Washing-

ton) is Captain Nicholson, of Company A. The companies
composing the regiment either separately or organized as
battalions, had been in service several months. Except de-
tachments guarding prisoners and on local service against de-
serters, the regiment was at Salisbury guarding prisoners till
March, 1865, when being no longer needed for that service,
they were sent to the Sixth Congressional District to arrest
deserters and patrol and protect the country districts with
regimental headquarters at Greensboro.

Upon Johnston’s surrender some of them were paroled, but
the bulk of them probably returned quietly to their homes.