96 Nort Carotina Troops, 1861-65.

back to the point where we had formed a line that morning
and while there the writer saw about fifty dismounted en-
emy in a piece of woods about half a mile in our front and a
little to the right of where we had captured the battery. I
informed General Roberts and he ordered us to charge
them, which we did with drawn sabres. We had an open
field to cross, cut up by ditches. We passed the ditches
safely and reached a point not over fifty yards from the en-
emy, who had taken shelter behind a rail fence built on the
bank of a five or six foot canal. Of course we knew nothing
of the canal till we were nearly at it. Wesaw that we could
not reach the boys in blue with cold steel and we returned
sabres, unslung carbines and fired a volley at them, and then
fell back; just as the men fired my horse was killed, so I had
to go out on foot. Two or three of my men were wounded,
but kept their seats.

That was the last charge ever made by our command, and
was as gallant as any it ever made, and was certainly the last
made by any part of General Lee’s army. I think I had
ample opportunity to know that it was the last charge made,
for I went back alone and on foot and I noticed there was no
firing any where along the lines.

When I got back where I had left the brigade, General Rob-
erts and a few others had got news of the surrender and had
made their escape. I might have done so too, but I was with-
out a horse and was too tired to walk. General Roberts’ ab-
sence left the writer in command of the brigade, and we were
soon camped in a field near the Court House where we made
out a roll of men and officers present, drove our guns into the
hard earth to tie our horses to, made a fire, burned our flag to
keep the Yankees from getting it, and waited for further or-
ders and something to eat.

The next day we lay and rested. On Tuesday evening we
got our paroles ready and left for our homes in North Car-
clina. The writer signed all the paroles (95) for Roberts’
Brigade and Barringer’s Brigade (23)—in all 118 men. A

copy of my own parole is hereto appended.
E. J. Horr.

Smirnrietp, N. C.,
9 April, 1901.

SEVENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.

(SIXTH RESERVES. )

By THE EDITOR.

- ge regiment was organized in October or November.
4, at Wilmington, by electing the following Field Officers :
A. A. Moss, Colonel.

James V. Symons, Lieutenant-Colonel.
TERRELL Brooxs, Major.

T he companies compe. sing t he regiment seem to ha ve I een
. eo . : : -
in ¢c mntinuo iS service since J uly and were all or der ed to

VW ilmingto 22 . ey were con manded as fol-
2ton = Oc ODET Ch
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low S:

Caprain Joun M. Brawtey, Rowan.
Captain Levi Carrout, Rowan.
Caprain T. W. Grirrvin, Union.
Caprain J. M. Srewart, Union.
Capraix Josnua Rovusz, Lenoir.
Caprain J. Powrtri, Columbus.
Carraiy J. L. Cops, Robeson.
Captain Grorae E. Knox, Brunswick.
Cartain Joun W. Turner,
Captain Duncan Ketty, Bladen.

Le OY Jones 1s also ment 10ne as aptain in this regiment
1 oe © d © i i i gi
Lis
n seneral Holmes Order book. The above were ( aptains

In the senior} Res erves b it it 1s t &

, it not t in t t they were all
certa hat

in this regiment.

Dr. G. i. Cox was Assistant Surgeon, and J. M. Willia
was transferred to the regiment as Surgéon fr ; ~
enty-third. : : steak

The Seventy-sixth was sent to Salisbury 24 Novemb
probably to relieve the Sixty-eighth North ‘Carolina which
was soon thereafter ordered to the Roanoke section It fas

placed with the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth in John F
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