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654 NortH Carorina Troops, 1861-65.

W. T. Plummer, Quartermaster; Junius Ballard, Commis-
sary.

Second Regiment of third class at Raleigh, 14 March,
1865. J. Masten, of Forsythe, Colonel; C. Firmin Dowd,
of Wake, Lieutenant-Colonel; Samuel Patterson, of Orange,
Major; Joseph Hildersheimer, A. Q. M.; G. W. Wheeler,
Commissary.

Third Regiment third class at Lexington, 14 April, 1865,
Colonel A. M. Booe.

The First Regiment Home Guards of second class, Colonel
T. George Walton, Morganton.

The names of the Colonels of the other two regiments of
the second class are now lost.

With the progress of events, the Home Guards were grad-
ually disbanded or returned home. They had been efficient
factors at home, but were unable to stem the tide which had
overwhelmed the regular line.