GRIMES’S BRIGADE.

1. Wm. Edw. Stitt, Captain, Co. B, 43d 3. George F. Boyd, 2d Lt., Co. A, 45th

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2. Lewis G. Grady, Private, Co. A, 43d Regt.
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THE DANIEL-GRIMES BRIGADE.

By CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. LONDON, A. A. G.

This Brigade was organized in the Summer of 1862, and
was composed of the Thirty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fifth
and Fifty-third Regiments, North Carolina Troops, and Sec-
ond North Carolina Battalion. Junius Daniel was commis-
sioned Brigadier-General 1 September, 1862, and was as-
signed to its command. His staff was composed of the fol-
lowing:

Captain W. M. Hammonp, A. A. G.
Masor James Epmunnson, A. Q. M.
Masor R. C. Banerr, A. OC. 8S.
Linutrenant W. R. Bonn, Aide.
Wuarton J. Green, Volunteer Aide.

In the Spring of 1863 T. McG. Smith acted as Inspector-
General. In the Summer of 1863, after the Gettysburg fight,
Captain W. L. London, Company I, Thirty-second Regiment,
was detailed as Inspector-General and was commissioned
A. A. G., and assigned to this brigade after Captain W.
M. Hammond resigned. Captain John L. Frensley, A. Q.
M., Thirty-second Regiment, acted as A. Q. M. to the bhri-
gade after Major James Edmundson resigned in 1864,
Lieutenant Robt. E. Ballard, Company K, Thirty-second
Regiment, acted as Aide after Lieutenant W. R. Bond was
captured, in July, 1863, until death of General Junius
Daniel.

, General Junius Daniel was born in Halifax County, N. C.,
27 June, 1828, graduated at West Point in 1846, and re-
mained in the service of United*States until 1857 when he
became a planter in Louisiana. At the outbreak of the war,
in 1861, though offered position in Louisiana, he promptly
offered his services to Governor Ellis. He was elected Colo-
nel of the Fourteenth North Carolina, which was a twelve
months regiment; he was soon afterwards elected Colonel of

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