TWENTY-SECOND BATTALION.

(HILL'S SENIOR RESERVES, )

By THE EDITOR.

The Senior Reserves were organized into five regiments
and three battalions. The regiments were the Seventy-third,
Seventy-fourth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh and Seventy-
eighth North Carolina (Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and
Eighth Reserves), whose career has been already narrated as
far as is now obtainable, in this volume. . The battalions
were First Battalion of Seniors, commanded by Major L. P.
Erwin, just given, the Second Battalion of Seniors com-
manded by Major A. A. Hill, and the Third Battalion of
Seniors commanded by Major J. T. Littlejohn. The Second
Battalion of Senior Reserves consisted of the Senior Reserves
from Catawba and adjacent counties, and organized by elect-
ing A. A. Hill, Major. He was a disabled officer from Lee’s
army who had been on light duty as enrolling officer for Alex-
ander County.

The services of this battalion were doubtless useful in
guarding bridges, arresting deserters and possibly it may
have rendered some service in guarding prisoners at Salis-
bury. It is only incidentally mentioned in General Holmes’
Order and Letter Books.

TWENTY-THIRD BATTALION.

(LITTLEJOHN’S BATTALION, SENIORS. )

By THE EDITOR.

This was the Third Battalion of Seniors. There was an-
other battalion called the Third Battalion of Reserves which
was commanded by Major Boaz F. Hooks. That battalion,
160 strong, was reported 1 June, 1864 (108 Off. Rec. Union
and Confed, Armies, 988), as being then on duty guarding
the Neuse river bridge just south of Goldsboro, which had
once been burnt by the enemy. That battalion, however,
was consolidated with other companies into the Seventy-eighth
Regiment (Highth Reserves) and after serving with it in
both assaults on Fort Fisher, formed part of Jackson’s Bri-
gade at Bentonville 19-21 March, 1865.

The present Third Battalion was’ composed of Senior Re-
serves from Granville and adjoining counties. It was or-
ganized in Raleigh about August, 1864, by electing James T.
Littlejohn, of Oxford, Major. Lieutenant William Daniel,
of Company C, was made Adjutant. It was composed of
fonr companies commanded respectively by Captain J. W.
Perry, Company A; Captain E. J. Blackley, Captain J. M.
Gardner, and Captain T. J. Crews. Lieutenant A. Bobbitt
is also incidentally mentioned. It was ordered to Raleigh
(apparently having been furloughed) on 21 October, and was
sent to Wilmington with Hahr’s Battalion and saw several
months service there, probably under command of Colonel]
George Jackson. On 17 March Captain J. W. Perry, of
Company A, then in command of the battalion, was investi-
gated and reprimanded for giving some of his men furloughs

without higher authority.