482 Norra Carotina Troops, 1861-’65.

Company G, of the regiment, had so many Se —
teers in it as made it essentially a Georgia een A
Captain was William S. Grady, of Georgia, bs oe e
the late lamented orator and Southern journalist, Henry W.

irady, of Atlanta.

Se, tx until after the battle of New ecg Ge a
1862) that Colonel Clingman was poe Caw 1
General, his commission bearing date 17 May, eter pee

The regiments then and subsequently — & ~
mand, and to remain under his command during : 1€ mit
tire war—for General Clingman never received further m r
motion and always was on duty with his brigade i nba
on furlough from the wound received in eta sy a
as follows: Eighth, Thirty-first, Fifty-first and a :
North Carolina Troops, infantry: The brigade fn ” :
constituted as follows: Captain Edward White, a a
Adjutant-General; Captain Frederick Blake, pinged
spector-General; Major Alfred M. Erwin, — al
Maior —. —. Gage, Commissary; Lieutenant L : : svn sh
an “English gentleman, hens Officer, and Lieute

3. Puryear, Aide-de-Camp.
e ee 1864, Captain Wm. A. S. ra Wake eae
Company H, Thirty-fifth North Carolina ee 4 en :
Brigade, was assigned to duty on the briga e a Z ce
different times acted as Assistant Adjutant and oi
Inspector-General. A brief reference to the ae eae : os
their commanders is all that the space allowed for this s

ill permit. :
ie Eighth Regiment was organized in Bisci pases a
1861, at Camp Macon, near Warrenton, N. ©., eae 5
Henry M. Shaw, of Currituck County, was elected Co : :
This was a most excellent selection. Colonel ineres ree
physician by- profession, but had twice represented his a
trict in the United States Congress, was an eloquent spe a
and effective debater on the hustings, oe a ai ue gene
ing influence in his community. e an
dale made prisoners at the capture of Roanoke ue
General Burnside 10 February, 1862, and it was ee
the exchange of officers and men of the regiment and the re

Lieutenant-Colonel.

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assembling of the command at Cam

in September, 1862, that the regiment was assigned to Cling-

man’s Brigade. The Companies of this regiment were vol-
unteers chiefly from the counties of

Cumberland, Currituck, Franklin, Granville, New Hanover,
Pasquotank, Pitt, Rowan and Warren.

The Thirty-first Regiment elected John V.

ven County, as Colonel, commissioned in September, 1861.
Colonel Jordan with many of his regiment, were captured at
the fall of Roanoke Island, and after their exchange, the reg-
iment was assigned to Clingman’s Brigade. The men of this
regiment came from the counties of Anson, Craven, Edge-
combe, Harnett, Hertford, Orange, Robeson and Wake. The

late Governor Daniel G. Fowle was its Lieutenant-Colonel,

and captured at Roanoke Island, but after his
resigned to accept the
State.

The Fifty-first Regiment was organized in April, 1862, by
the election of Captain John L. Cantwell, of Company G,
from New Hanover County, as Colonel. This officer re-
signed, and so did his successor, Colonel Wm. A. Allen, from
Duplin County, and in July, 1863

3, the gallant young Major
Hector McKeithan, from Cumber]

to the Coloneley

p Mangum, near Raleigh,
Alamance, Cabarrus,

Jordan, of Cra-

exchange he
position of Adjutant-General of the

and County, was promoted

and continued in command until the end.
The companies of the regiment were recruited

tirely from the counties of Cumberland
over, Robeson and Sampson.

The Sixty-first Regiment was organized in the summer of
1862

2, and Colonel James D. Radcliffe, formerly Colonel of
the Eighteenth North Carolina Troops, was elected Colonel.

Colonel Radcliffe resigned in October, 1864, and w
ceeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. 8. DeVane, from Samp-

son County. On the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel De-
Vane, Major Edward Mallett, from Craven County, became

Lieutenant-Colonel Mallett was one of
the best and bravest officers in the brigade. He was killed at
the battle of Bentonville, 19 March, 1865, the last battle in

North Carolina before General Johnston surrendered to Gen-
eral Sherman on 26 April, 1865. The men of this regiment

almost en-
» Duplin, New Han-

as suc-