Norta Carotina Troops, 1861~’65.

RECAPITULATION.

1—104 Under Fire.
7 Not Under Fire.

Field Officers
Captains

First Lieutenants
Second Lieutenants
Enlisted men

 

 

TWO YEARS AT FORT DELAWAKE.

By SERGEANT CHAS. W. RIVENBARK, Company C, First
; Reament N. C. T.

I was a member of Company ©, First Regiment State
Troops, a native and resident.of New Hanover County, and
was captured with many other North Carolinians at Gettys-
burg.

Soon after, being turned over to the tender mercies of Kil-
patrick’s command, we had a slight foretaste of what was in
store for us. A band played Yankee Doodie; some thought-
less prisoners whistled and called for Dixie; the guard rushed

down upon us, and when no one would betray the offenders,
three innocent men were seized, at random, tied up by the
thumbs for three hours, taunted, reviled and abused, and
only at last released in time to save their lives.

Passing through Frederick City we saw a Confederate

flag at a window, exhibited for a moment only, as we learned
by whispers, by a noble woman to cheer the poor, dispirited
“rebs” whom she knew would pass her house that day as
prisoners. Prudence suggested silence, and though no noisy
demonstration was made, many a gallant heart swelled, many
a sun-browned cheek was wet by a tear as we were marched by
that house; and to this day wherever any of that old band of
prisoners lives, he remembers the emotions of that moment.
God bless that woman!
Just beyond the town, we saw a man hanging dead ona
persimmon tree—he was naked, and our guard informed us
he had been hung some time before as a spy, and that all his

clothing had all been sent away in small pieces as trophies.

To Baltimore by Railroad—and there, in that noble old
city, where a Southern soldier ever found friends, numbers
of ladies and gentlemen thronged the streets, anxious to see
and talk to us, but they were not allowed to approach us.
Occasionally some daring one would rush to us with tobacco,