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2 COLONEL A. M. AVERY SKETCH ' F TIIE FIFE OF PHIS BRAVE SOLDIER ANH <«AL LA Hi T OFFICER. TOOK PART IN THE BETHEL BATTLE. Col. Avery was YVoucded at l liancel lorsville and in t lie Charge I pon the fleigbts ol Gettysburg hut he Still Remained With his Regiment--llis Gallant Conduct in the Hatties itt gllristoe, Mine Run andjihe Wilderness —Story of his Death in Virginia. Roaring River, N. 0., March 23 To the Editor of the News and Observer: The distinguished North Carolinian whose name heads this sketch, died at Orange Court House, Va., on the 18th of Jane. 1864, of wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864 Col. Avery was a citizen of Butko county, a graduate of the University of the State, and a member of a family occupying a prominent position in the State since the signing of the Mecklen burg Declaration of Independence, dts tinguishcd alike iu the first as in the aecmd Revolution, pairing out their blood freely up u the altar of their country in both. Three of his brothers also fell iu this war, while a fourth suffers fr m being three wounded, and all occupying marked positions iu the State. Col. Avery began the war as Captain iu the First Carolina Volun teers, known as the ‘ Bethel Regiment,’’ and participated in the “B thel battle. 1 ’ At the disbanding of that regi ment. Gov Clarke appointed him L’eutenant Colon* 1 of the 33 d N C. Troops, of which Brigadier General Hr inch was then Colonel, and Major Gener >1 Hoke was M.sj >r. But upon the coni >1- tion of the organization of the Ttgimmt Col. Branch was promoted to Brigadi r. and Lieirenant Colonel Avery whs placed iu command as Colonel, and began at once to drill and discipline his regiment. How we 1 he did this the brilliant record made by this veteran bani for four years of its bloody history bea s most true and honorable tjsti mo ly. While holding the centre of the line at the battle of Newoern. in March, 18S3, Col. Avery, long after it was car ried by the enemy on the right and left, yii overpowered, and his gall intry, while saving a large portion of General Branch’s small command from capture, ■s >afc him seven months close c mfinement in Northern prisons. H * returned in time to lead h s regiment to victory iu tho battle ol Fredericksburg in Decem ber. 1862. Ba r r,is long coi fiaement in Northern prisons, and the regions of the winter campaign so shattered his health that it caused him to Dave his com mand for a while at the advice of the medical boasd He re' u rued to camp however, in time to prepare his Regi ment for the bloody campaign of 1863. Those who witnessed his thorough police and inspections of arms, the drills and 4ress parades of his eommand at “Moss Neek” will loag remember the neatness •f his camp and the soldierly bearing of his men. On one occasion, the lam* nted General Pender, who witne-sed the ac curacy of drill and discipline of his regi ment remarked: “If all the colonels were A very s our army would indeed be iu vineiole.” At the battle of Chancel lorsvilie Col. Avery was severely wounded, but returned to take part in the Pennsylvania campaign, and was again wounded in tne charge upon the heights of Gettysburg. But still remained with b.s r giment. His comrades, who live, will never forgot h*s gallant conduct in the bloody battles that followed at “Bristoe,” * sl Miae Run,” aud skirmishes with the enemy during the fall of that year. Hav tag pas-ed safely through the memorable of the “ Wilderness, ’’ May he sh, which will ever be remem‘>ered by the gallant ui n of Heth’s aud VVilcox’s com saands, aud as long as the evems of t:;e war are cherished by a grateful people, will illustr *te with reno wn the history of those two divisions, re raising iss they did. General Grant’s two grand army corps About daylight on the morning of ihe 6;h, while leading his men bravely against the renewed attack ot tne enemy. Col. Avery was bidly wounded m his right t iigh. While two of his officers were at tempting to remove him (Lieutenants Reneher, of Chatham, and Fain, of W,.r Ten) from the field. bearing the litter, both w-re shot down. While lyi gin this hefcAess situation he was again wounded in the neck and bo ly and his left arm badly shattered. In this c>u lition he was borne to the field h ispital of the division. His friends aud most skilful surgeons were around him His arm w s amputated, but the shock was toogreit to permit the amputation of "bis leg For awhile he survived these ierriuie wounds an 1 gave faint h >po of his recovery But his work was done the end same aud his death “[.read the deep est gloom and sorrow over the whole array. Educated and accomplished f>o seguing m a high degree every virtu oils % lahty of the true gentleman; as a soldier, eo I aud chivalrous, aud an offi <ser of rare judgment and gallantry. About the same moment that Col. Avery -cell, one of his comrades, Col. Falsom, Georgia, was instantly kil cd, and a few days after another one of his intimate frieuds, B -igudier General P*r rin, of South Carolina, or the same di vision, was mot tally wounded. The CaroUnas and Georgia have in these deaths lost sons whose conduct in this wor iiiustraf-.s th * pages of their history with glory, and filled their archives with rich trophies of their gallantry and pa -riotism, and -ke the Roman Cornelia w Uiey exclaim, ‘These are my jewels ” Col. Avery, as a soldier, was equally Highest of all in Leavening Power. — Latest U. fc>. Oovi report Royai ABSOLUTELY PURE distinguished as a citizen, neighbor, friend, father and husband. Whether in the rude hut in winter quarters, or the bivouac after a hard day’s march, or in the hospital mansion in Burke, he was ever the same warm-hearted, gonial companion. He died far from his mountain home, and was j buried on the red hills ot Orange, in Virginia. Though among strangers the ladies, like ministering angels around his bedside, administered to the suffering patriot as only women can and soothed his dying hours On every fi Id which has rendered historic the soil of \ irginia the sons of North Carolina ha\e poured out their life’s blood in defense of their South land; and their ashes lie moulder ing in Virginia’s dust till resurrection morn. Sleep on, thou faithful soldier, thy work is done on earth—thy comrades will soon meet thee where war is no more and where universal peace forever reigns! James H. Foote. ; Major Foote says in a noto appended j to the al>ove notice of Col. Avery, : that it is taken for the most part from j an article written by a friend soon after his death The friend, to whom he al ludes, was, as we are informed, the late i Major Engelhard.— Ed,) tiie queen city. Something of YY hat the Enterprising People of c harlotte are Doing. Staff Correspondence News and Observer, j Charlotte, N. C., March 27. Nearly everybody who passes this way takes a day off in Charlotte. I have done so often, but not .too often, for Charlotte is a pleasant, sociable and in teresting city. “The best city in the State,” so Charlotte people say, and many other people think, they are * not far wrong. You might stay hear a month and not hear the word “panic” a single time, and if you did happen to hear it it would have a sort of a foreign aceeut and an away over-yonder application, and yet you are not im pressed with any great rasistless rush of booming business. Charlotte folks don’t do it that way, they don’t get out of breath scrambling for front position in the march of progress, but they go steadily on, a united army, taking time to properl> fortify every camp they strike against the encroachments of business depres sion, or inactivity. The result is that Charlotte’s enterprises are firmly es tiblished, and that Charlotte itself is s'eadily and surely evolving into a per manent, prominent and prosperous Southern city. There are many discreet aud powerful individual forces at work here. I/ke ot ler places, there are a few drones, but v *ry few of them, however, and the pro c ssion has gone on ahead of them, aud hts only a slight suspicion of their ex istence. Unless other Southern towns look to their laurels, Charlotte is going to take the lead, at least in the new impetus in the manufacture of cotton, which seems to be surely coming in this direction. Through its Manufacturers’ C'liTb and by indwidual effort, it is riveting the atten tion of investors at home and abroad, and the advantages of the Queen City are being strongly set forth. The Manufacturers Club is a powerful force in this direction. It has among its membership Mr D A. Thompkins. who is known throughout the country, and who is an authority on milling and manufacturing matters Mr H. w ’. Chadwick, manager of the Charlotte Machine Company, a native of Vermont, but for seven years a tar heel who came among us with a thorough mechan ical training Messrs Smith & Wilson, of the Charlotte Supply Co * paoy, also thoroughly trained m ich’.nints and mdl men. Mr. J. L. Chambers and the Messrs. Liddell, of the L'ddeU Com pany, whose boilers, engines and other machinery may be heard humming the song of industry nearly all over the 8* uth. Messrs. Eli Springs, Arch Brady. Geo Wilson, R. M. Mill r and fifty others, many of them non res’dents of Charlotte, form the membership of the club which is doing a great work in Southern indus trial progress and bringing their horn** city to the very’ front as a manufacturing centre. Nor dots this cub strictly confine itself to local development. Charlott*, of course, is its borne and the home of a large majority of its members bur their effective work is not (ircumscribed by city, nor, indeed, by State limits. The go* d work done t>y the club and Its individual members in stimulating in terest in Southern industrial progre-s is far reaching in its effects and crosses our borders into several other S'abs. Another powerful iactor in the contin ued upbuilding of Charlotte is i f s sp'eu did morning daily, the Charlotte Ob server,” which, under the able manage ment of its owner*, Messrs. Thompkins aud Caldwell, and the editor al and re potorial excellence of Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Banks, and la&t but possibly greatest, Miss Addie Williams, has achieved dis tinction in Southern journalism, and made Charlotte bigger and greater b - cause of its existence there Tne News a' bright afternoon daily, recently purchased by Senator I)*»d, is also materially aiding iu pushing aUng the town and community. Chailotte has street cars, parks, p-tved streets, water works, electric ligh s, good hotels, and many other things that have a regular city smack about them. F. B Arendell. Senator Ransom of! lor Mexico. Special to the News and Observer. Weldon, N. 0., March 27. Senator Ransom left for Washington to day. He will start for Mexiio Friday. His son R obert will accompany him. The News and Observer, Thursday, flarch 28, 1895. 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