Title: Washington Grays article

Identifier: 0001-b1-fe   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/24091)

Description: Newspaper article about the departure of the Washington Grays, a Company in the Confederate Army composed of men from Washington, North Carolina. The article describes their send off from the town. It also lists the names of the officers and privates. Thomas Sparrow is listed as the captain in charge. From the papers of Thomas Sparrow (1819-1884), a lawyer from Washington, N.C. who fought in the Civil War and later represented Beaufort County in the North Carolina General Assembly.