ELEVENTH BATTALION.

(WHITFORD’S BATTALION. )

By THE EDITOR.

The origin of this battalion was a company of Heavy Ar-
tillery raised for the defence of New Bern. After its fall,
this company and three others (Mayo’s, Leecraft’s and Her-
ring’s) in like predicament, were organized into a tempor-
ary battalion under Captain John N. Whitford 17 March,
1862, 9 Off. Rec. Union and Confed. Armies, 448. He soon
raised a permanent battalion and General Pettigrew 17
March, 1863, complimented the men and especially their
commander as “a gallant and efficient officer.” Vol. 26, p.
194. In May, 1863, he was at Coward’s Bridge’ with 400
men, same Vol., p. 1074. The battalion was commanded by
him as Major, and did efficient and daring service in scouting
and in driving back predatory expeditions of the enemy. In
48 (Serial) Vol. Off. Rec. Union and Confed. Armies, Gen-
eral Peck reports that on 25 November, 1863, his men had
surprised two of Whitford’s companies, capturing 52 men
(killing some) and 100 horse and arms, etc., but we do not
know how true this was, but in Vol. 49, at p. 856, it is re-
ported Confederate authority as a loss of “twenty men cap-
tured at Haddock’s Mills, near Greenville.” In 1863 the
battalion was recruited to six companies, of which Major
Whitford became Lieutenant-Colonel, and was at Kinston
December, 1863, with 627 present, 49 (Serial) Vol. of same
work, p. 906. On 18 January, 1864, it was raised to a full
regiment, the Sixty-seventh, of which he was made Colonel
and whose history has already been told in Vol. 3 of this

work.
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TWELFTH BATTALION.

(CAVALRY. )

By THE EDITOR.

This battalion is given in Moore’s Roster, Vol. 4, pp. 241-
247, as the Fourth Battalion, but it was always styled offici-
ally the Twelfth Battalion. It consisted of three companies
of cavalry, two from Northampton and one from Bertie and
Hertford. It was raised for duty in the peninsula between
the Roanoke and the Chowan and its service consisted mostly
of picketing on the Chowan. All three companies had been
raised m 1862 and had been serving as independent compa-
nies.

On 3 May, 1863, they were organized into a battalion by
electing

Samvet J. Wurr.er, Major.

Wittiam A. Pueu was appointed Adjutant.

Company A—WNorthampton—Captain, H. E. Hoggard:
First Lieutenant, James V. Sauls; Second Lieutenants G.
W. Joyner and William Vann. : ae

Company B—Bertie and Hertford—Captains, Joseph O
— Peis D. Ward; First Lieutenant, Ges: D. Ward;
Second Lieutenants, Davi j
a SO Tore

Company C—Northampton—Captain, E. A. Martin;

First Lieutenant, J. B. Boon; Second Lieutenants, Jesse T.
Britton and James D. Odom.

The battalion come in collision with the enemy 2 Jul
1863, on their advance to Boon’s Mills and thev report me
captures from the battalion, 44 (Serial Vol.) Off. Rec. Union
and Confed. Armies, 892. It was sent to Kinston, but was
ordered to Garysburg early in J anuary, 1864, 60 (Serial)
Vol. Off. Rec. Union and Confed. Armies, 1088. It con-
tinued the duty of picketing the Chowan with occasional skir-