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(Ay m i.i i ii VOL. I. NEWBEBN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1873. XO. 20 Southern SSlar iloctrn. tnf Tn this column we desire to publish such poetry as is commemorative of events which occurred during the war, or of the sentiments and feelings of those who par ticipated in it, and memorial sketches in verse of gallant ollicers and men who fell in battle, or signally distinguished them selves. Our supply of poetry on hand is less than any other material, and we re spectfully ask those who have such as is suited to the purpose for which we de sign this column, to add to our small stock. North Carolina can boast of seve ral (ladies and gentlemen) who have poet ical talents of high order, and from them we should be pleased to hear at all times. Written on hearing a distant Bugle blow, and affectionately Dedicated to the sur vivors if the (jallant Stonewall brigade. 1SY ANNA ALKX. CAMERON. Fill thy sweet bugle once again, And, thro' the wild wood let it thrill, Altho' it caueed heartfelt pain, I would not bid it notes be still. Sweet mouiuries of by-gone hours Come thronging as it tones I hear When life's bright path was strewed with llowcrs And we had all man holds most dear. The boys then dressed all in '"the Grey" And with high hopes their brave hearts beat, And brightly passed the summer day, l'or oh ! we dreamed not of defeat ! Freedom had gathered thirteen stars, Soft blue from out the sky she rent, Caught from the rainbow crimson bars That with the stars and blue rhe blont, Tht n gave the banner to our trus.t ; And bade us to the conlhet go, Never to trad it in the dust, t r yield one bright star to the foe. Full Liany a time the vandals broke, W fore its charge, hue wreaths of air, Virginia's hills with thunders woke. And echoed back the Southern cheer. (Mi. on e cl.nrg' d o'er moiuitali.s i-ttcp ; N'.-t bet ding that our shoes were worn, Ac.or-s the rivers dark and deep, Our feet were bleeding, swelled, ami torn. And only "re-ted 'n.afh the shade," When sliour. of triumph lloated l ack. From '"Stonewalls" glorious old brigade VVhi'-h foil jwed bar n , en li t ir tinck. That, so'.ui I to soldier' ears so dear lit ral 1 of Victory biavely won When Jac kson fell upon their rear, Ah ! tii en we knew the work was done. Then, from our haversacks we drew Our rations scant, perchance a eru-at An ounce, or nioic of beef o bl n Jlalf raw, and covered iiiick widi (hint. And in low lone, the b.ys would tell Of how some comrad'j, gallant met. A fate so stern, and dying fell h mg ere the burning sun had set. They fell: and many a gallant naina Win then in scribed on ilistory'tj scroll ; Caught from oblivion's depth, by fame Aul registered on ''Honor's hull." i'H time wore on, I may not dwell On the bright pages of the past : Of darker scenes I now must tell, Our days of triumph did not last. Disease and want hell revel rare, Hunger and cold did veil their part. Ye could not last, oh ! comrades dear ! With wasted frames, and breaking heart. We hurled thern back for four long years" Struggling against their countless, host Then came a change, and now in tears We mourn our cause as almost lost. On Appomattox's fatal plain From oat our flag were torn the stars, The blue crept back to heaven again; The rainbow claimed its bloodstained bars. Oh ! who can ere forget that hour, In the long lapse of coming years ? Men the we were, we had no power To stay our bitter nobs and tears. lint tho' our cherished hopes have fled. Ami now in chains the Southland weeps, Our cause is not forever dead Twill rise again, it only sleep. And when that glorious day shall come, When bugles sound so mild, and clear, ' When' with the long roll beats the drum- -Ikneatll the "Starry Cross" so dear ; Then will we gather comrades brave, Avenging swords we 11 theu unsheath And make the South a mighty grave Or crown her with a laurel wreath. Hillsboro, X. V,., June 20th, 180G. IX .11 KM OK I AM. The fairest form amid all the slain, Like a child asleep he nestled. Iu .the solemn shades of the woodsthat swept The field where his comrades found him They bnrried him there and the big tears crept Into strong men's eyes that had seldom wept, (His mother, God pity her ! smiled and slept, Dreaming her arms were around him.) A grave in the woods with the grass o ergrown, A grave in the heart of his mother His clay in the one lies lifeless and lone ; There is not a name, there is not a stone And only the voice of tho winds maketh moan O'er the grave where never a flower is strewn 13ut his memorv lives in the other. J). J. II. lIomlM'rs of the First Iermuiieut CoiifVilerute Congress. SENATE. Alabama. Wm L Yancey, Clement C. Clay. Arkansas. Rob rt W Johnson, Charles B Mitchell. Florida. A E Maxwell, J M Baker. Georgia, Benj. H Hill, ltobert Toombs. Louisiana. Edward Sparrow, T J Semrn.es. Mississippi. Albeit G Brown, James Peelan. " M ittsouri. John B Clark, Jl S Y Peyton. Xorth Carolina. George Davis, Wm T Dortch. Sou tii Carolina. Hubert W Barnwell, James L Orr. Ttnnrssce. Langdon C Haynes, Gustavus A Henry. Tt was, Louis T Wigfall, W S Oldham. Kentucky. II C Burnett, William Sr.mm. Virginia. R M T Hunter. Wm. B Preston. IIOrSE-OF It E 1' I I ESE X T AT IVES. Alabama, 1 Thomas J Foster, 6 W Ch.lton, 7 David (Jloplon, S James E I'ugh, 'J E S Dargan. j;y the autiiob of the conquered uanneb. Young as tha youngest who donned the Gray, True as the Truest that wore it brave as the Bravest, he marched away, (Hot tears on the cheeks of his mother lay,) Triiunphant waved our Flag one day, He fell in the front before it. Firm as the Firmest where duty led, He hurried without a falter Uold as the Boldest, he fought and bled, And the day was won but the field was red, Add the blood of his fresh young heart was shed On his country's hallowed altar. On the trampled breast of the battle-plain, V. here the foremost ranks had wrestled On his pale, pure face, not a mark of pain, (His mother dreams they will meet again,) 2 Wm K Smith, ;$ John V Balls, -1 : L -M Curry, 0 Francis S Lyon, Arkana . 1 Felix J liaison, 3 Aug. II Garland, 2 G 1) Royster, 4 Thos. B Hanly. Florid t, 1 Jas. B Hawkins, 2 Hilton. Georgia. 1 Julian Hai ti idge, G Wm W Clark, 2 C J Mumierlin, 7 B P Trippe, 3 J lines Holt, 8 L J Gartrell, 1 A II Kmkhi, D Haidv Strickland, 0 David W Lewis, 10 A B Wright. Kentucky Not yet elected. Lonixianft. 1 C!ias. J Villers, 4 Lueien J Dupre, 2 Cms M Cour.id, 5 John F L -.vis, 3 D F Keuner, C John Perkins, Jr. Mi-iNxtppi. 1 John J McKae, f II C Chambers, 2 S W Chip,), G O B Su-gh ton, 3 Reuben Davis, 7 E Bartsdale. 4 Israel Welch, Missouri. 1 John Hver, 5 W W Cook. 2 Casper "W Bc-11, t Thos. W Freeman 3 George W Vest, 7 Thos. A Harais. 4 A II Con re w, JS'o rth Carolina. 1 W S H Smith, 0 Thos. S Ashe, 2 B B Bridors, 7 J B McLean, 3 Given B Kenan, 8 William Lander, 4 T D McDowell, '.) B S Galther, 0 A Arlington, 10 A T Davidson. South Carolina. 1 W W Boyce, 4 John McQueen, 2 W Porcher Miles, 5 James I'airar, 3 ML Boa ham, G L M Ager, Tennessee. 1 J T Heiskell, 7 G W Jones, 2 W G Swaun, 8 Thos. Menees, 3 W H Ttbbs, 9 JDCAdkins, 4 E L Gardenshirc, 10 Bullock, 5 II S Foote, 11 David M Currin. G M P Gentry, Texas. 1 John A Wilcox, 4 Wm B Wright, 2 Peter W Cray, 5 Malcolm Graham, 3 C C Herbert. G B F Sexton, Virginia. 1 M B II Garnctt, 0 Wm. Smith, 2 J B Cliambliss, 10 A B Loteler, 3 John Tyler, 11 J B Baldwin, 4 Bo-er A Pry or, 12 W B Staples. fj Thus. S. Bocock, 13 Walter Preston, G John Gooile, jr.. 14 A G Jenkins, 7 Jas. I Holcome, 15 Hubert Johnson, 8 D C Dejarnette, IS C W llussell. Total numoer 107. Roll Call iu Heaven. An ireident is related by a chaplain who wits in the army during one of our hard fought battler. The hospital tents had been titling up fast as the wounded men had been brought to the rear. Among the number was a young man mortiliy wounded, and not able to tpeaK. It was near midnight, and many a loved one from our homes lay sleeping on the battle iield, that sleep that knows no waking un til Jesus should call them. The surgeons had been their rounds of duty, and all was quiet. Suddenly this youug man, before speechless, calls in a clear distinct voice "Here !" The surgeon hastened to his side and asked what he wished. "Nothing," said he; "they are calling the roll in heaven, and I was an swering to my iimiic." He turned his h. a 1 and was gODe, goue to join, the great arm; whoe uniforms is white iu the bloo I of the Lamb. Beader, iu the great roll call of eternity, your1) namewill.be hear. I. Cm you answer 'Here !" Are yon one of the soldiers of Christ, the great Captain of Salvation. Bib. Recorder. From Official Report November 1st, 18G1 KEGISTKK or XOKTII CAKOLIXA TROOPS, 1861 Continued Jrom last week, 6th lUst., c T 6th Stt Troops IufUutry. Wrillian D Pender, Colonel; Charles E Lightfoot, Lieut. Colonel ; Robert F. Webb, Major. Company A Samuel S Kirklaud, Cap tain; J C Turner, 1st Lieutenant; James M Price, 2ud Lieutenant. B William K Parish, Captain; Wm E McManneu, 1st Lieutenant; Alvis K Un stead, Thomas L Cooley, 2nd Lieuten ants. (J William J Freeland, Captain; Hous ton B Lowrie, 1st Lieutenant; Willie G Guess, Evans Turner, 2nd Lieutenants. D Samuel MeD. Tate, Captain; D C Pearson, 1st Lieutenant; Neill W Bay, Jno Carson, 2nd Lieutenants. E IsacoT3 Avery, Captain; AJuhonzo C Avery, 1st Lieutenant; James H Burns, John A McPherson, 2nd Lieuienants, F James W Wilson, Captain; Robert (X Carter, 1st Lieutenant; Benjamin F White, Henry C Dixon, 2nd Lieutenants?. G James A Craig, Captain; Benjamin R Smith, Adj't, 1st Lieutenant; William B Lewis, James T Roseborongh, 2nd Lieu tenants. II -William II Durham, Captain; Levi II Walker, 1st Lieutenant. I Richard W York, Captain; Malcus W Page, 1st Lieutenant; Jeremiah A Lea, M B Barbee, 2nd Lieutenants. K James W Lea, Capt 'in; Joseph S Vinceni, 1st Lieutenant; C N Rouey, S J Crawford, 2nd Lieutenants. 71h K'jrt. X. '. Troops, 7tli Slate Troops, Infantry. Reuben P Campbell, Colonel; Edward G Haywood, Lieut. Colonel; Edward D Hall, Major. Company A Junius L Hill, Captaiu; James G Knox, 1st Lieutenant; Andrew A Hill, Melmoth W HilJ, 2nd Lieuienants. B Robert S Youug, Captaiu, Samel E White, 1st Lieutenant; Solomon Furr, Jno I' Young, 2nd Lieutenants. C Robert B McRae, Captain; David R Murehison, 1st Lieutenant; Thomas II McKoy, Waiter B Widiam, 2nd Lieuten ants. D William L Davidson, Captain; John E Brown, 1st Lieutenant; William J Kerr, Benjamin II Davidson, 2ud Lieut enant, s E Alsey J Taylor, Captain; Duncan C Haywood, 1st Lieutenant ; Tredf 11 M William;-. William A ('loss. 2nd Lieutenants. V ) McLeod Turner, Captaiu; Thos G j Williamson, 1st Lieutenant, Elau G IJinckner, Francis D Stockton, 2nd Lieu ti n;: ut. G Hiram Wethfrspoon, Captain; Can- Lowe, 1st Lieutenant; William M Lowe, S Weatherspoon,2nd Lieutenant. II James (J Harris, Captain; Samuel E W Pharr, 1st Lieutenant; John M Alex ander, J M V Alexander, 2'id Lieuten ants. I Janes It McAuley, Captain; William X D.fkey, 1st Lieutenant; Robert G Mc A i!; y, Jonn Y Teii.pli ton, 2nd Lieuten ants. K Matthew H Peoples, Captain; Na than A Pool, 1st Lioutt u'int; William C Green, Joseph C Miller, 2nd Lieutenants. Addington, 1st Lieutenant; Will H Roan, died, in the primo and vip-or f manhool ,;v d il.l-v, 2nd Lieutenant. iu the full flush possession of all tho endearing heart treas- r -I - : v -ures that make life lovely and attractive t :. I ii. a. gloriously died, for a cause, in one sense, tomM " d.ate. now :ost, imt none t!u less right and holv because so lost, and in the justice of which he believed as fully as he did in the exis tence of that truth which he idolized. Arriving in R ileigh, he was comtnisMou ed, by Gov. Ellis, us Colouel of the 4th North Carolina State Troops, on the Mh Jay of May. This retriment beincr one of lOtli Kcgt. X. C. Troops, 10th State ! ho c?rljest in the State, was compostd of . the choicest material and included in its irooim, rmierj. James A J Bradford, Colonel; The following 2nd Lieutenants belonged to the Regiment, but their companies are not put down in Register. James L Gaines, James L Morrow, Wm E Broadnax, Laban J Grier, Benjamin P Ellis, Kerr Craig, Noah P Foard, Jesse II H Person, John B Neal, John S. Fores ter, Cadwallader J Iredell, and John L Smith. Lieut. Colonel; William B Thomp son, and Stephen D Ramseur.Majors. Company A Basil C Manly, Captain; William J Saunders, 1st Lieutenant; Ber nard B Guiou, Thomas B Bridgers, 2nd Lieutenants. B Henry T Guion, Captain; Alexander C Latham, Thaddeus Coleman, 1st Lieut enants, Jos W Stevenson, Edward D Walsh 2nd Lieutenants. C Thomas H Breni, Captain; William B Lewis, 1st Lieutenant; Joseph Graham, Atthur B Williams, 2nd Lieutenant. D James Beilly, Captain; John A Ramsey, WTilliam V Myers, 1st Lieuten ants; Jessie F Woodard, William L Saun ders, 2nd Lieutenants. E Alexander D Moore, Captain- John A Baker, 1st Lieutenant; John O Miller, John C Mcllhenny, 2nd Lieutenant. F Wm S G Andrews, Captain; Daniel Cogdell, Azariah J Biggs, 1st Lieutenants; Cicero S Primrose, Richard W Evans, 2nd Lieutenants. G Josiah S Pender, Captain; James L Ma"uey, Walter II Peuder, 1st Lieuten ant; John B Robinson, Robert E Walker, 2nd Lieutenants. II Stephen D Pool, Captain; John C Mansou, 1st Lieutenant; Joseph P Robin son, Benjamin F Miller, 2nd Lieutenants. I John N. Whitford, Captain; John L Pennington, 1st Lieutenant; Stephen G Barringtoii, Edward Whitford, 2nd Lieu tenants. K Thomas Sparrow Captain ;Wm Shaw, 1st Lieutenant; J J Whitehurst,A Thomas, 2nd Lieutenants. 1st Lieutenants company not designa ted: B H S Thompsou, Josiah Collins", jr. (To be Continued.) From the Land We Love. Sketch of e:i. ioo. 15. Amlcrsou. BY MAJOR SEATOX GALES. a!av Slli Btegt., X. C. Troops, HtU tate Troops, Inlaaitry. Henry M Shaw, Colonel; William Price. Lieutenant Colonel; George Williamson, Major. Company A James W Hinton, Captain; William II Bagley, 1st Lieutenant; Daniel A Sawyer, Joseph T Spence, 2nd Lieutenant-?. B Tames M Whitson, Captain; Thomas J Jarvis.lst Lieutenant; Benj F Simmons, Enoch F Baxter, 2nd Lieutenants. C Henry McRae, Captain; Charles II Barron, 1st Lieutenant; Thomas W Davis, W L S Townshend, 2nd Lieutenants. D -Andrew J Bogers, Captain; William II Howertcu, 1st Lieutenant; John J Bell, William M Wilhelm, 2nd Lieutenants. E James M Williams, Captain; John M Murehison, 1st Lieutenant; K M Mur ehison, Neil G Monroe, 2nd Lieutenants. F Charles J Jones, Captain; William M Walker, 1st Lieutenant; Alfred Alston, t Leonard Henderson, 2nd Lieutenants. G Edward C Yellowly, Captain; Amos' o xnnes, ist ijieutenaut; unarlcs V Koun tree, Walter N Peebles, 2ud Lieutenants. II Rufus A Barrier, Captain; Jacob File, 1st Lieutenant; Jonas Cook, H C McCallister,2ud Lieutenants. I Gaston D Cobb. Captain; Julius J Wrigut, 1st Lieutenant; Linn B Holt, S M Butler, 2nd Lieutenants. K Pinkney A Kennedy, Captain; Arch ibald II Gregory, 1st Lieutenant; Bobert B Gilliam, James C Cooper, 2nd Lieutenants. Troops 9th ESegt. X. V. T.,9th State C'avalrj. Robert Ransom, Colonel; Lawrence S Baker, Lieutenant Colonel; Jas B Gordon, Major. ' A Thomas N Crumpler, Captain; Wm. II II Cowles, 1st Lieutenant. B John H Whitaker, Captain: Akx B Andrews, 1st Lieutenant; Wm R T Wil liams, Joseph V Peele, 2nd Lieutenants. C James 31 Miller, Captiin; M DL McLeod, 1st Lieutenant, Robert W Max well, 2nd Lieutenant. D George N Folk, Captaiu; Samuel P Caldwell, 1st Lieutecant; James W Coun cil, John C Blair, 2nd Lieutenants. E William H Cheek, Captaiu; R J Shaw, 1st Lieutenant. F Rufus Barriuger, Captain; Joseph A Fisher, 1st Lieutenant. G William R Wood, Captain, James L Henry, 1st Lieutenant. H Thomas Ruffin, Captain; Thomas L Vail, 1st Lieutenant; Wm F Korneay Johnson H. Brjan, 2nd Lieutenant. William J Houston, Captain; Wiley A Barrier, 1st Lieutenant. K Thaddeus P Siler, Captain; Wm M ranks some of the best representatives of j JNortli Carolina. John A. louug, of Char- ! lotte, well known throughout the State as a gentleman of high character, and as a leading public man in his section, was Lt. Col., and Bryan Grimes, of Pitt, who sub sequently von a merited promotion to a Major Generaley, was the Major. Among its line ollicers were men, who had repre sented the people iu many positions of trust and promiuence. Cob AtnU-r.-on pro ceeded at once with energy and enthusi asm tc reduce the law and incongruous elemcuts of his command to system, and although applying to it the rigid regimen of the regular army, he combined with discipline and decision, so much of a lia bility and kindness, to reconcile the impa tient material to his rule, and to win the hearts of his regiment. His men loved him from the start, ami their affection grew almost to idolatry as they, iu the course of time, experienced his tender re gard foa their comfort, his jtihtand impar tial administration, and the judgment, prudence and caution, which he utii'.ed with tho gallantry of the Marshal of the Empire. And he in turn w; s pioud of his regiment, and well he might have been, for a braver band of heroes, never faced a fire, or marched under martial banners. The regiment after being fully or ganized at Garysburg was ordered to Manassas, which it reached a few days after the battle of tho twenty first of July. A short time after its arri val Col. Anderson was appointed comman dant of the post and under his skillful superintendauce many of the fortiri nations around Manassas wore completed. Even at this early diy he was strongly recom mended for a Brigadier Generaley by Generals Beauregard and Johnston who were impressed with eminent capacity; but owing to certain invidious representa tions the Government at that time failed to recognize his claims. He remained in command tit Manassas until the t vacua tioiiofthat post iu Marci l.SiJJ. At Clarke's mountain on the Rapid in n route, for the Peninsular, Gen. lYa'.h r ston of Miss., was assigned to t!u com mand of the brigade Gen. Johnston ami Gen. D. H. Hill commanding the dii.-iiu expressed surprise and regret at his super set In re. The command reported for duty lo General Rains, at Yorktown on the lJtL of April and was assigned to the left ol Gen. Magiuder's line of defence. Al though present and slightly engaged at Williamsburg, on the 5th of May the regi ment did not receive its real baptism oi tire, until the great battle of Seven Pines, on the 31st. Here Col. Anderson in the absence of Featherston commanded tie brigade, which consisted of the 47th Va., Col. (ex-Gov. Smith, the 27th and 2S:h Georgia, and 4th North Carolina. Tie latter carried into action 520 cniited m :. and had 8G killed and 'J7G wounded ! Of 27 ollicers for duty, 21 were either killed or wounded ! No comment is ucedelto point the moral of such an exhibition. Not is it our purpose to give any further de tails of this desperate engagement, with its many tragic and thrilling iueitb-uts. When its history is fully written the fact will be lecoguized that few, if any, buttle; of tho war were fought with more co aspic uous valor, with finer exhibition of indi vidual intrepidity or more splendid in stances of aggregated daring. Col. Ander son behaved throughout with such dit:u guished gallantry and skdl as to elicit tie highest encomiums from G-u. D. II. Iliil ami tt) di aw from the goernmeut a, prompt commission as Brigadier General, which was issued to him o:i the 0th day i f Juno. The brigade assigned him was compos- d of 2nd, 4th, 14th, and 30th regiments ot N. C Troops all of which earned and im mortality of renown. On the 2Gth of June, the series of battles around Richmond began in all of which the brigade participated, and iu tint con cluding one of which (Malvern Hill) Gen. Anderson received a wound iu the hand, while leading his brave boys through u terrific storm of shot and shell. The writer of this sketch joined Gen. An derson as Adjutant General of his brigade ou the 25th day of August, 1SG2, while it was in bivouac on the Rupidan the army, after some six weeks reposo from the giant struggles of the "seven days," being in route for the first Maryland invasion. It was nut the fortune of Gen. Hill's division to have an active part in any of the en gagements of this remarkable campaign, until that of the 11th of September, at tu -South Mountain Gap, near Boubao in Abn-vhiiei 'jf which it mav witi. i safety be observed that, in its cou 1 sequeuces, in the accomplish;. s-'nt "f pt ' ! determined object, and in the : ku!;-u i - position of small numbers to ; " j whelming odds, it is without n p-ruii i ' war. The divi.-iou unaided uniil a late i hour of the. afternoon, held in check th ! advance of the greater portion of McClel ! 1 an's vast army, endeavoring with butt-, r- ing-ram impetus, tt) force its way- through ! the narrow gap, and thereby afiord tim;- mg tint In 18G0, tht; strife in Congress between the North and tin? South, growing out of the Compromise agitation of that period, invaded the preciucts of tho Academy, and controversy was as excited and blood as hot there as in the National Legislature. While youug Anderson was earnest and decided, in the vindication of the imperil ed rights of his section, and devoted, with all the enthusiasm of his generous nature, tt the sunny land of his nativity, his dis cussions were always marked by courtesy. In one of these discussions as described by Gen. Stanly, it was remarked by one of the participants : "Well, if war must fol low, I hope that my day may have passed, that I may not live to see it. "No," said Anderson, "deeply as I too would deplora j it, it must come, I would teel it wrcng that I should put off, for a succeeding gen eration, a misery that I am more entitled to bear." Those who were roosj intimate ly acquainted with George B. Anderson know that if there was any one trait next to his scrupulous conscientiousness and exalted sense of personal honor Unit distinguished and made him the nature's nobleman he was, it was his utter abnega tion of self. And what a superb illustra tion of it was here ! In 1852, the class graduated, Anderson's standing entitling him to the "choice of arm he should enter, he selected that of the Dragoons. After spending six months at the cavalry scliool at Carlisle, he was detailed by the lion. Jefferson Davis, theu Secretary of war, as an assistant to Lieut. Parke, of the Engineers, ordered to make a survey for a practical railroad route in California. In this scieutislc duty, he spent most of the summer, fall ami winter of 1853. We next find Lieut. Anderson joining his regimeut, the 2nd Dragoons, at Fort Chadburne, Texas. Auioug the officers more or less connected with this extreme anddesob.te frontier post, during the year of his stay, may be mentioned- W. J. Hardie, R. H. Anderson, Albert Sidney Johnson, Geoige II. Stuart and H. II. Sibley, afterwards Confederate Generals and Pleasanton and Stanly subsequently general ollicers in the Federal army. In the fall of 1855, the regiment marched across the plains from Texas o For t Riley, Kansas, when Anderson, theu 1st Lieut, commanded his company in the absence of Capt. Patrick Calhoun, then in his last illness. The winter of 1855-'5G was spent at Fort Riley, and in the spring of the latter year, the Kansas troubles commenced. F'rom that time until the middle of the summer of 1857, the troops in the country were incessantly engaged either in the arrest of predatory parties headed by such marauders as Jim Lane and Ossawatomie Brown, or iu iutei posing to prevent the destruction of some village by a Missouri mob. Here Lt. Ander son had for a commander (Jen. E. V. Sum ner and served in the same command with the since illustrious Jos. E. Johnston, Jan. 1857, the Utah expedition was undertaken. the 2nd dragoons was one of the rejri- 1 for the concentration of our various eorp- ments detailed for the duty, and Lieut, j dispersed in strategic directions, m seu-on Anderson was appointed it's Adjutant. In 1 for the bloody issue at Sh irp.-hurg. In the autumn of 1859, passing over interme- this engagement (South M u .ta in :' fi. diate events, he left Utah for, Keutucky. Anderson behaved with hi.- 1. :r . i t On the 8th ot Nov., of that year, he was i intrepidity, and additional cvak'j.e v.u married to Miss Mildred Ewin of Louis- j furnished'tliis day that none of hi ; bn-.i ville. The following spring, lie received ! commanders more enjoyed the co..li 1. n I the recruiting detail and a stationed it the division commander than the v .'... Louisville until April, lsGl, when he le- " and recent Bigadier. Tnisis ex.iltt-d y i sicned his commission in the United when it is remembered that he was ao- State Army, aud hastened to North Caro lina, to link his fortunes with those of his owu State, lie was the first ojftver of th: old armg, then in service, who proffered his sword and his life to So rth Cetrolin-t. True to the patriotic and filial in.-tincts of his great heart, he rushed to the defence of the dear land of his nativity and his af fections. In that defence he dii d,nooly dated with such men a.- Garland a-e. Ro b s. We need u t tell who they wr. Garland (ujt'.veeu whom aud Gt-u. Au.ier sou, by the way, there existed an '.riu -" friendship an fadmiiatioui fell early i ; thi.; action. An aeeompiih-d geutleiue o ul.'itnnt.lr aaccvlcd Hie iijii 1 i tht d vision r. o.i tun h; j of i.i-- was oats ot tao wh;ch foreshadowed tho final and approaching catastrophe. We may not .-ay to describe tho une qual field" of Sharpburg. It has lnvn claimed as n victory for the Federal arms. Hi-torv will not m write it, with all tho facts and sequences impartially arrayed. At daylight n Wed net day, Sept. 17th", 1. H. Hill's division occupied tho cutro of the line drawn up to receive tho brunt of battle. Soon dcierute and heavy from the left rolls tin In nun of artillery aud tho rattle of Mjall arms. A retreating mass of men sweeps over the hill in that direction, where the enemy bus attacked with tre mendous force. Gen. - Hill'a division is ordered to chanpo front to the left, uud, marching through a growing field of coin, it takes position in a long lane Ripley on the extreme left, th-n Garland's Bi gado, (o mmanded by Col. D. K, McRaco, neit Rodi s M.d Anderson ou tho right. But a few months eLpsed ere this Miwli divis ion, weakened by its losses it South Mountain, was furioily availed by a force imtiieu-utahW its wnperior. lt iu ed niitdne-H to ftaud, but, truo to its glori ous prestige, it ednily awaited tht? shock, l i is u.e about s o'clock. And the air 'tool; with the din of arms, of muketund of cannon, ..ud high above tho clasdi uud roar rung the ungrv shouting of the Cap taius, the ei ies ol ' tlie wounded Mini tho groan-, of dy ing men. Geti. Audi rso.i oc cupied a prominent position u idiKl-tly lisoig gro;;ud, irnui.'diatt ly in the rear id his I'liiimi an! . While thus txpod und displaying the mo-t splendid courage an imating his nu n by his example, and di lectiiig th ni by hn cool uud collected order-, in- was struck iu the f jot near tho ankle-joint, by a tuiuuio ball mid fell. Ho was it once carried with ddliculty uud hmger, to an improvised hospital in tho r ar, and the woiiuds examined and pro nounced .sevtre but not sciiou. No ouo dn aiu"d that one of tho truest and biavcKt men that ever lived hud tho tt'o,.ndit of d ath upon him. lit; was s'lloe-pi. atly conveyed across the Potomac to S.h p.trdstow n, and re ceived every attention at tho hands of tho e-timable !a lo s of the tanoly of Mr-. Bo tehr, until Friday morning, when th full- lie. i he army necessitated hu fur re.nov::!. Fri. rids counselled his re maining, b.ii he revolted at the hlea of falling I!!'' ih hands of the enemy, and his heart timed for thf ministrations of hi i-Ievote.t and lovely wife, and the ell deainw litis of hi infant bo. Hv slow stu- ges, in company with his brotht r and Aid , oe-c:.mp, L ent. Rot crt Wallace Ander son, vho was wounded in the same battle, aud who was afterwards killed iu tho Wild-rue.--, on the 5th of May, IsCI, (and a nobie typo of the Christian gentleman ho was,) 1 e was carried in a wagou up tho valley to Staunton, and thence by rt il to Raleigh, which place he reached .ib.uit tho -'hli ni tin; ui'iuih. At the residence of his brother, William E. Anderson, he was the recipient of eVtTV kindness that H HVtU paihi7.;ug community could bi slow, and of tne tie -t siilgieai atU ntio'.i. Wo may not iuuuc the j recihct o that home aud : peak of the ti nder love that ungtl-liko li-ivi lot aroun hi- couch. After a fort night of ii.tci.se siiti'" ring, mortification h.iviiig talien place, amputation was d em e i lee ry as thelat hope id saving hi valuable bte. The operation was skillful ly p. rfoira al, but he hvuk und-T it, a,nd died on th,: morning of the ltilh of )oto bel, iv.i I retch l'el his pmo and lioblo SOU I to V i t id. One of the largest public meeting ever h id in R.tl " .h testified the borrow of tho citiz- :i-- at the groat public lo.-, and their sympaJ.y with th aousfced fatudy. Ami :u ti.o iutv.il ir;euco of hi it dfith reachetl tiiu" army, i-ravo men iu"Unn"l und wet, hoath V as, and I. ad been, all around tbeiu, andthyiiul become used, and perhaps .a lou-, r Lt. eoutvinpl-ition, but the lost of thcr I. td' r and their friond moved them i: .m uu I explessive emotion. Lb," wni liuried iu the City Ci'metery. The fui.erai w;u one of the most imjMj.dne; over wiU'-e.-icd in Rdeigh. Th old tlaj which waved abore him utSuveu linej rid dled with bulh-Ls, ai borne ou its idiivt teicsl latTin tho cortege, und attached bj th sudviloon tho Lor.se, which was levl by his body hcrvant, was the sword which hj wort.- wtion hv received tho fatal wourd. This svvonl wui once the property of liin gallant uncle, Capt. J. 11. K. Burgwyn, and was on his ierson when ho fell brave ly lighting at th; battle of Rueb'a de Tars, iu Mexico. What is left to be Hold, may bo compre hended iu few words. Such u life needs nt f'jrmal t uhgy. r.-rhapt the mod marVetl traits of Gen. Anderson, were his sincerity, his conscien t i u n s i aiul his earnest dovt .tion to truth. These might, if qualities so Uoble ev er could be so deemed, have been consid ered by some, jvs almost Quixotic iu the extent to which he carried them. Ho would have died, if possible, a thousand times, before bo would have hwerv-d ou inch lrom the straitest ath.s d rectitude d h : r. Witli a spint as g -ntlo and . ,r , ; .. ei..'t i's h" hal nil the nervo r . i .. ...! U-nt tyi- of man. Mod , . . -1; a... u.t in re unassuming than 1. . . . , that ever k'.i'W him can forget his s.mie , wii -ii ph-.i.-atit and genial emo tions vt i :: I ? lt Vkiislike tot ibeam light.!. g x p his hativLsoruj fae, bii.I win ning the prep e - r.-i,ua of all who ap proached him by an lmaistiblo magic. .Mi -h a smile could only Lave been born of a heart in which the purest thought had their home. Audit wa, if we mar 5 sjM-ak, the index to hi whole inner nature. lb' i he been spared, Li would undoubt ed y . obt a' lied the highest rank. But ;. i : ! ! f a ".' t f home and omie 'r.. ' - '. o i ! f:-t)'meof clorr, Rfd . ." r ii t ar na uukei tin her" n dl of -nof ... he iU't, und will do, wh-u .-..hu- r tir;es s-ai.etv ne full justice wid t hi Tueriiorr. Snrvevinir i:i U' 3 1 raournful und grateful rt trpcct, tV.e lour; eitatogue ol tleatl l.t -roeMUlio have illustra t d her name ami history, the will dwell with p '.diar j ritl upon the life and t er vice.i ot Gloi: ou Bv.i;tivvi Axi.i:i;.hon. the verv soul tf chivalry and olie th first civ I an ofiicers in th-t wjtt'd have won high distinction li"e Evenl tnly says the Fair held at Wt-ldon this we:'; was a c-c.uplet Mi.vis We .ird '-i p; ; 1 t elir Jiiijlc this news.
Our Living and Our Dead (New Bern, N.C.)
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Nov. 12, 1873, edition 1
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