CHICAMAUGA.

16-20 SEPTEMBER, 16635.

By CAPTAIN C. A. CILLEY, A. A. G.. Van DERVEER’s BRIGADE.

Governor Carr, in order that the valor and devotion of
the five regiments from this State which fought at Chica-
mauga, hitherto unnoticed and uncelebrated, should not be
forgotten, took advantage of the Act of Congress, and during
the past summer (1893) appointed Commissioners to proceed
to the field, locate the position of the Sixty-fifth North Caro-
lina (Sixth Cavalry), Twenty-ninth, Thirty-ninth, Fifty-
eighth and Sixtieth North Carolina Infantry, and secure the
permanent designation of the same upon the maps and upon
the ground.

Five, of the seven, gentlemen appointed by him, on the even-
ing of 25 October, 1893, met upon the battle field, and duly
organized the Commission by electing Captain Isaac  H.
Bailey, the senior Confederate officer, chairman, and Clinton
A. Cilley, secretary and historian. The other members pres-
ent were Lieutenants D. F. Baird and Wm. 8. Davis, of Wa-
tauga County, and J. G. Hall, of Hickory.

Before going to the field, the reports of every Confederate
officer who had commanded North Carolina troops there,
from Captain to General, were read, compared and carefully
collated. Maps, furnished by the War Department were
laboriously examined, compared with the reports, and the re-
sults thus obtained again gone over in the light of the reports
of the Federal Commanders. Letters received from survi-
vors were also filed with the reports, and a history, as accu-
rate as the times and material at our command would allow,

*It may appear singular that this account of North Carolina troops
should be written by a Federal officer, but he was in the battle on the
other side and as it happened just opposite North Carolina regiments.
Being well informed as to the location he was appointed by Governor
Carr Chairman of the Commission to visit the field and locate the posi-
tion of the troops from this State. This sketch is an extract from the
report of the Commissioners. After the war he located in this State
and was one of its best citizens —Ep.