328 Norta Caro.tina Troops, 1861-’65.

clothes themselves, and when placed in front of Sherman’s
victorious army in Georgia, they fought and moved back stub-
bornly at Jenks’ bridge, Savannah, through South Carolina to
middle North Carolina, doing their whole duty, and when the
whole army could see the cause was lost, ready to do their
duty as well-drilled soldiers, regardless of results, they went
into the last battle, 19-21 March, 1865, at Bentonville, with
the same dash and rebel yell as Stonewall Jackson’s and Jeb
Stuart’s men, flushed with victory, did in 1862. Company A
was paroled at Bush Hill, N. C., 2 May, 1865, each man and
each officer being paid $1.25 in silver for faithful service for
three years.
F. C. Frazimr.

Trinrry, N. C.
26 April, 1901.

ADDITIONAL SKETCH TENTH BATTALION.

(SECOND BATTALION HEAVY ARTILLERY. )

By C. S. POWELL, Apsuranr.

The Tenth North Carolina Battalion was known as Heavy
Artillery, and were drilled and skilled in the use of both
artillery and small arms. ‘The officers, non-commissioned
officers, and many privates, could name the nomenclature of
a Columbiad or Whitworth from knob to tompion, could cut
fuses for blank or point blank range, understood the uses of
the quadrant and sextant, and drilled with muskets until the
index finger of the right hand crooked like a hawk claw while
the barbette carriages on the parapets, and the mounted field
pieces were as play things for them to handle. While they
did not see so much carnage and bloodshed as many others in
the main armies, their services were nevertheless dangerous,
arduous, necessary and important and helped to make the
record of the grandest army that ever mustered on this earth.

This battalion was organized some time in 1862 at Wil-
mington, N. C., and consisted of four companies, A, B, C and
D, and was commanded by Major Wilton L. Young, of Wake
County, with T. W. Bickett, of Union County, Adjutant;
Simpson Russ, of New Orleans, La., Surgeon; W. G. Toomer,
Mobile, Ala., Quartermaster; B. S. Traywick, of Union
County, Sergeant-Major; T. G. Cureton, of Union County,
Ordnance Sergeant.

Company A was commanded by Captain H. J. Harriss, of
Randolph County; 8. A. Young of Wake County, F. C. Fra-
zier (the best gunner in the army), and N. L. MeCoin, of
Randolph County, being the Lieutenants.

Company B by Captain H. M. Barnes, of Harnett County ;
W. L. Hockaday of Harnett, Y. J. Lawhorn and C. S. Pow-
ell of Johnston, Lieutenants.

Nors.--This battalion was officially known always as the Tenth Battal-
ion. It is erroneously given in Moore’s Roster, Vol. 4, pp. 359-372 as
the Eighth Battalion.—Ep.