674 Nortu Caroxtina Troops, 1861-65.

had of it was that of longer experience and probably better
drill and discipline. Colonels Ransom and Baker were both
United States army officers and graduates of West Point.
‘They started us right and kept us right. Their strict disci-
‘pline aroused some bitter feeling on the part of both officers
and men at first, but we soon found that they were right and
that it was for our good.” :

General W. P. Roberts, 8 August, 1901, wrote me this:

“T wish I could help you on the history of the Fifth
Cavalry, but I cannot. It was a most gallant regiment.
Frequently it fell to my lot to command it on the skirmish
line and it always behaved with conspicuous gallantry. Its
Colonel, McNeill, was a splendid officer and of great individ-
ual courage.”

It gratifies me as it will all the men of our great regiment,
to have it go down to the ages with the endorsement of these
two magnificent cavalrymen.

©. C. Wheeler, private of Company I, had three horses
shot under him prior to 27 October, 1864, when he lost his
right leg near Wilson’s House on Boydton Plank Road. In
the charge at Upperville, his horse was killed and fell on his
leg and held him fast and he was about to be run over by the
charging Federals when ‘two of our men dismounted. and
turned the horse off of him and saved him from capture.

At Upperville, Sergeant Adams, of Company I, in that
fateful charge, cut two Federals from their horses with his
saber. Wheeler saw this. Private Wheeler, who has only
one leg, is still living in Granville county.

“Vol. 80, p. 643,” near bottom of page 609, should be
page 638.

On page 613, in second line of first paragraph, insert be-
tween the words “and with” and “the Nineteenth,” these
words: his brigade and. .

Just before the first “732” on page 617, insert: Pages
642-643. Then strike out, as repetition, all after “735”
down to and including the neat “732.”

On page 618, strike out the words “That night the Sixty-
third camped on the Darbytown road.”

CoRRECTIONS. 675

“Vol. 78,” near bottom of page 621, should be “Vol. 87.”

And here just after “245” add: Vol. 87, pp. 221 and
250. General Hancock’s and General Miles’ reports of
Reams Station.

On page 622 the words, “the 25 ultimo,” should be “the
25th instant,” and “1206” should be 1207.

On page 625 strike out the words, “And I feel sure, from
my would be more satisfactory.”

On page 629, between the word “position” and “507,” in-
sert: Says Federal General Bragg.

“The word “captiously,” near bottom of page 633, should
be cautiously.

The word “grave,” near bottom of page 635, should be
brave.

The word “the” before “right” in seventh line on page
646 should be “their.”

“Deven,” near bottom of page 648, should be “Devin.”

Near top of page 650, the word “our” must read your.
And add “obedience to this order showed that W. H. F. Lee
considered Barringer’s his ‘best brigade.’ ”

On page 653, at end of General Fitzhugh Lee’s words, add
—and says it “suffered severely. This brigade was the rear
of the column and I was obliged to retain it in position to
prevent the enemy from attacking the remainder of the com-
mand. Their rapidly arriving forces soon augmented the
troops it was so gallantly holding in check, and produced a
concentration impossible for it to resist.”

On page 656, after the words “as only a loving wife can,”
add: She was Miss Moselle Partee Foard, daughter of
Major R. W. Foard, of Concord.

On same page the word “are” before “absolutely” should
be “were.” ‘

On the map at page 582, “Middleburg” should be
further north and almost on a straight line between Aldie
and Upperville. On the mountain and directly west of Up-
perville, should appear Ashby’s Gap and just at east base of
mountain should be Paris, right under Ashby’s Gap.

In lower end of Bull Run Mountains, next to the railroad,