88 Norra Carortina Troops, 1861-65. ; Seventy-Firra REGIMENT. 89 : . : 7. the warehouse burned. A part of our regiment, especiall North Carolina Brigade in this parC = A pet Dees’ company, did very fine work there cg aid of the North oo . Carolina Junior Reserves who acted very gallantly. When it was known the raiders had gone in the direction of Belfield, Colonel Kennedy was ordered to take every available man and join in the pursuit. When we got to Belfield they were a few hours ahead of us and having been very handsomely re- pulsed at the bridge they turned back for their own lines. We followed until it was considered useless to go further, when we were ordered back to Belfield. The weather was very cold, but we camped in a very finely timbered piece of woodland and soon had good fires made of just such logs as the men chose to use. The writer went to stain on their shields. tes + atta ot 5 sleep that night with a chunk of wood for his pillow, throwing Soon after the fight of Burgess’ Mill a reorganiza a light oil-cloth over and covering him entirely. The next the cavalry was effected and ee rks? een bane pe Te morning when he awoke there was at least four inches of snow Major-General and General Dearing was assigned to aha on his oil-cloth, but our fire was not quite extinguished. His Brigade, and General W. P. Roberts, who had been t a f crutches were also completely covered up with the snow and lant young Colonel of the Second, was placed in comman i it took several minutes to locate and scratch them out. We our (Dearing’s) Brigade. ; remained in this camp near a week before orders to return to SEVENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT FORMED. B the lines. The weather was cold, good wood was plentiful, we had good rations and good fires to warm by and much of our beef was consumed. as much as we desired to handle. — of the enemy and their supplies by our commanding General, W. H. F. Lee, and the return of the troops to their camps, General Dearing remarked if “Aunt Nancy” (Gen. — ger) had not got there just at the time he did, that he wou have had a much harder time, for, said he, they outnumbere us three to one. In all the fighting along the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, the Davis House, Peebles’ Farm, a Mill, Hatcher’s Run, and along the Squirrel Level Road, Five Forks and the Boisseau House, these troops under Gen- erals Roberts and Dearing did their full share, leaving no At the reorganization the Georgia material was placed to- vether in Georgia commands, and the North Carolina sani | ; a North Carolina commands. When General Dearing left ; 1S, MOBEBTSO. BRIGADE. to take charge of the Virginia Brigade he brought omar ; Soon after returning to our line the gallant and brave Colonel Kennedy official notice of promotion to Colonel ae { young General W. P. Roberts, took command of our brigade, assionment to the Seventh North Carolina Cavalry, whic E and a Maryland officer, Major Edelin, was assigned as Lien- au thé Seventy-fifth North Carolina Regiment. Being then 4 tenant-Colonel to the Sixteenth Battalion ( for so we were on erutches he was assigned to duty as commandant of the still styled, though really a regiment). He did not sueceed a. Beane Casale : 1 well and soon was captured and it was thought by those who ae Colonel Kennedy was leaving for his post General ; ought to know that the capture was coveted by himn—at any decide oe to City Point after 2,500 head of cattle, } rate men and officers agree that his capture was no loss to us, sapiens ie being familiar with the country led the way, 5 as he was not a favorite of eithe men or officers. General a esileg hese es pes Him. The eattle were brought out £ Grant continued to push his numberless cohorts against Gen- eae cee" pene sie ver seni there were 2,485 brought t eral Lee’s constantly decreasing army until the bloody fight- — 3 paar Bate? report: This was a hand- ' ing at the Boisseau house and Five Forks demonstrated the ee ee eee: plein table aequieiten to General Lee’s d necessity of giving up Richmond and Petersburg. On 2 cia = ee dnd that winter the beef ration t April the retreating army commenced to move. General : at F tnat ‘9 slits . 7 So tad Abort this time a raid was made on Belfield and ; was fine.