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2 BITS OF WAR HISTORY i(*aß FIFTH NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 8» COLONEL JOHN M. GALLOWAY. Cfcv Regiment»»« Organized at tiarys kors aail was Vrry Strong. Nmnbor ,B( Over 1,000 Mt a—Capture <»t Dec. 13, 1862—Joined Lee'* Army May, 1863— First En ittfement at Brandy Station—lfard Fi(bU and Harder Fare—Five Forks The Fifth North Carolina Cavalry 63rd, Regiment North Carolina Troops was >rgani*ed at Garysburg. North Carolina in the early Fail of 1863. It was corn soaed of companies enlisted uudei the ntrtia&n Ranger Act of the Confederate Congress. The Act promised many special fights and privilege to the Ran gera not the least of which was the ilaose saying that all property captured from the enemy became at once the pri vate property of the captor. Most of <4 • officers of the Fifth and many ot the ■Ben hid previously been in the army; thinking that the Ranger service would afford greater scope for individual ex ploit and consequent glory they had man aged by one means or another to get a transfer. The field and staff officers Oefi. Peter G. Evans, Chatham eoanty; Lieut-Coi. S. B Evans, Golds boro: Major James H. McNeill, Fayette ville, N. C.; Adjutant J. Turner More itefiri, Greensboro, N. C ; Sergeant Major George Haigh. The Captains of Com ataßks in order of seniority: Oapt Shaw Company C.; Capt. Galloway, Company D.; Capt. Erwm, Company E : Capt. et Company F.; Capt. McClenna ban, Company G.; Capt. Booe, Company a.; Captain Rankin, Company I.; Capt. Wharton, Company K.; Capt. Roberts, Company B; Capt McKellar. Com A., Major McNeill had been Captain of Company A. Moore's roster makes several errors in regard to this regiment. Col. Evans’ >ld Company is put down as Company Bof this regiment. It belonged to the 3rd Cavalry, 69th Regiment, N. 0. Troops. Moore puts 8. B. Evans, Colo nel, he was only Lieut-Colonel; Peter G. £ vans was Colonel, Moore puts Capt Harris as Major and Colonel and killed at Five Forks. Capt. Harris was never promoted and never wounded nor killed. The Regiment was very strong mustering over 1,000 men. We remained at Garysburg some months, drilled and instructed by Briga dier General Beverly H. Robertson, of Virginia Gen. Robertson was a West Pointer, very strict, and sometimes iras able on military points. In social in ereoarse fee was a pleasant, polished gen tleman. Late in November we moved lower down the Roanoke, and picketed about Washington and Plymouth. In December an expedition was planned to capture Plymouth. A regiment of in fantry, a battery of artillery, and four jouspaniesof our regiment were assigned to the enterprise, the whole under com mand of;Ool. Lamb, of the infantry. ZJL, Col. Evans commanded the cavalry. The plan was to capture the pickets, and take the place by surprise. We reached the picket station just before day of December 13. 1862, captured all but one, he escaped firing his musket as he ran i This gave notice of our approach, and when we reached Plymouth a body of \ Federals was seen formed across the main street ready to receive us. The cavalry was ordered to eharge these men, which was done in good style, and with a full allowance of the famong rebel yell. The enemy fired one volley and broke in ail directions. Some es caped to the gunboats in skiffs, some hid, some took to the houses, and fired from the windows. Quite a lively canuoo . ade ensued between the gunboats and our battery. We captured more provisions and clothing than we could move. CoL Lamb finally decided to retire, fearing the gnnbo&ts would go up the river and < cat off nis retreat. We captured quite a number of prisoners. Oar casualties were Oapt. Galloway, of the cavalry, severely wounded; three infantry pri vates wounded by the fire from the houses. Capt. Galloway was wounded by that first volley, but did not retire until the affair was over. The remainder of the winter passed without incident. We did picket duty, assisted in stopping the attempted Fed eral advance on Goldsboro, but had no casualties Those were halcyon days for us. We were in a friendly country, •applies for man and horse com para fiiveiy abundant. The ladies delighted la us, and we had a good time. Early la May we received orders to join Lee’s army. We had been b igaded with the 4th Cavalry, Col. Ferrebee, and put auder Gdu. R>bertson. We halted some days near Richmond, Ya , to ha to our horses shod, clothing and arms fur znsbed the men, and then set out for the historic and desolated fields of Virginia. We reached L e’s arm ; in time for Gen Stuart’s grand cavalry review on the tekl of Brandy Station. Our regiments were in full streug h, our men and horses fresh, and on the field of review we made a much bet ter appearance than tfee rusty clad squadrons of Stuart and Hampton. The chaff and wheat were sooa to be separated. The morning after Ibis review the shrill bugle call “boots xnd saddles” resounded early. Mount Lag quickly we were moved down the Kelley's ford road, and soon came in tight of the enemy. One squadron ot Lhe Fifth was dismounted, and thrown forward as skirmishers. The Yanks xa<3 been advancing, but halted when tarns *aw us. We remained looking at .%aefc other for some time, when the dis- BBOBted squadrou was recalled, re mounted and the brigade went At the gallop towards Fleetwood, General Stuart's he idq darters. Tne Yanks had brought up a battery *nd ehelled our rear as we went off d)- no damage however. When wc -as*e on the m unfield of Brandy Statio i, -».»acn was booming, dust and a n )ke efeaeured the vision, and no one could Sett what would happen next. One man was seen to throw up his arms and fail his horse and all supposed him Madly wounded, after development ! proved that his distress was purely ! mental. The brigade drew up in line just in rear of Fleetwood House atul in support of a battery. The smoke and dust having lifted, we had a full view of the entire field. Blue and gray horsemen were moving rapidly in many parts of the field aud frequently coming iu sharp collision. Just on the opposite side of the field, a battery was posted, j which was firing on our battery, we ! could see the discharge of each piece, and a few seconds after could see when i the shell struck. The apparent com mander of the Federal battery ami sup port was riding a magnificent white horse. One of our shells struck this horse and rider and made fragments of them About 2 p. m. we heard very rapid carbine firing on our left, a few minutes after we were moved to that di rection and found that the brigade to which the Second North Oarolona Com pany belonged had been severely engaged and the Second had lost heavily -Col. Sol Williams was killed here. Wo j moved after the retiring 5 anks, but did | not. overtake them. No one of our regi- ; ment or brigade was physically hurt that day. . j Our luck was different in the next col lision. This collision occurred at Middle , burg June 17. The fifth squadron of the Fifth regimentwasin front and about dusk was ordered to charge on some Y anks in i the road. These Yanks were simply a i decoy. A whole regimeut was dismount ied and behind a stone fence. As the j squadron pursuing the decoys came ! abreast of the dismounted regiment it opened fire, killing one man, wounding ! aud disabling about twenty men and horses. Only seventeen men of the j j squadron followed the Captain through j | the fire. Os the remainder some tried ; to turn back, some dismounted and took shelter behind the stone fence. Fortun j ately the rear of the regiment was close ; at hand, dismounted, got over the fence and attacked the Yanks in flank. Still more fortunately a Virginia regiment j passing on a road perpendicular to the I road charged upon This regiment heard the firing, halted aud was ready to re ceive the Yanks as they gave way before the flank attack. Nearly the entire regi ment of Yanks was captured, about 800 men. The Fifth lost two men killed, about twenty wounded, among whom | were three Lieutenants. Our greatest loss was Major McNeill, severely wound !ed in the hip. He was handling his j portion of the flank attack very skilfully. ; He was disabled for many months. During the 18th, 19th and 20th of j June we fought over the ground between M dd eburg and Upperville, alternately advancing and retreating. On the morn ing of the 21st the fightiDg assumed a fiercer form than heretofore and it was soon evident that the Yanks were much stronger than usual. Swinton tells us that “HookeT reinforced his cavalry with a division of infantry, being determined I to find out if any of Lee’s infantry was j east of the mountains.” Stuart gradu | aby retired, stubbornly contesting every ‘ available position. The fiercest fight was j in the streets of Upperville where it be- ; came a hand to hand conflict. A flank j 1 attack by fresh Federal troops decided the conflict and the Confederates retired in more or less disorder. The Captain of the fifth squadron succeeded in getting his men out in fairly good order j and was marching leisureSy toward* Paris while Col. Evans rode ub and sawl that as this was the only organized body of his regiment he could find, be wished us to get on the turnpike and stop a charge the Yanks were about tsvmake. I We were then about two hundred yards off the main turnpike. We move* over on the pike and took position on a guntle acclivity. Very soon General Stuartrode up. He examined the movements cf the enemy with his field glass. There n'as a stone fence about two hundred yard* in front of our position and perpendicular to the battle. The Yanks had started some skirmishers out to get possession of this fence. General Stuart requested t&e captain of the squadron to take aboiit twenty men and get to the fence before the Yanks, which was done. The moun ted Yanks beginning to advance, Col. Evans waited to eharge; General Stuart thought best not to charge but finally yielded to Col. Evans’ wishes and al lowed him to make the eharge. This eharge stopped the Federal advance, but at quite a loss to us, Col. Evans was morally wounded and captured,two men and several horses killed and quite a number wounded. Adjutant Morehead had many boles in his clothing and seve- I ral skin wounds, but nothing serious. j Sergeant Henry Hobson of Co. H, a very gallant soldier, was wounded in many places and bis clothes riddled. He was captured, but as exchanges were rapid in j those days, he soon returned to us but j little the worse for his hurts. The Yanks > made no further advance and the brigade j rested that night at Ashby’s Gap. For j most of the men it was the first expo j • rience of the real hardships of war and ; it was somewhat demoralizing. More ineif went to Co. Q than were wounded aud killed. At Ashby’s Gap Lieut Col. ! Gordon, of the Ist N. C. C., joined us, taking command of the regiment by i direction of General Stuart. Gordoa j ' gained our confidence and respect at ; j once,and the longer he remained with us ! the more the fe ling grew. Gordon was j every inch a soldier aud his previous ex perience in Virgiuia campaigns enabled 1 him to give us many points about taking j care of ourselves and horses which were ] of great value to us. Among the gwounded was Lieut. Grier, of Charlotte, N. C. The wound ; was slight, aud Grier being a good sol | dier would not have left the field, but for ! the fact that his moss had left several J choice watermelons with the negroes that morning. Grier could not resist the ! temptation of leading in the attack on ; the melons, and when bis mess returned to the wagons, both Gr;er and the melons ; were gone, lie soon returned, but never | boasted of his explo t. We advanced next morning over the ground fought over and found no Yan ; kees. Dead horses, head stones to graves aud wo »nded cavalry equipments alone remained to tell of the deadly struggles. I It was a beautiful section of country and ■ during the few days we remained iu it the inhabitants were very kind to us. Major McClellan, of Stuarts’ staff, and [ Col. John S. Mosby, of partisan, fame i both agree that Gen Robertson was or -1 dered by Stuart to cross the Potomac i East of Ixmj’s army and marching between t 1 bun and the enemy keep Lie well ad iscd The News and Observer* Sunday* April 21* 18Q5. of the movements. Wo did not do this, but after lingering a few days around Upperville and Paris, followed tho track of the main army over the same roads. Wo found no enemies, and what is worse found no forage for man or beast. The Infantry had cleaned up things as they went. We reached the vicinity of Gettys burg, a short while before the last and fatal charge by Lee. We halted, dis mounted and were resting when the can nonade began. It was very furious, but very brief. At its close wo were mount ed and moved towards the front. Many of us thought that the victory was ours and the cavalry ordered up to pursue. In a few moments the head of the col nmn turned to the right and rear, and in less than an hour we were skirmishing for a position to protect the lines of retreat. The skirmish was a success, but the question of supper was not so easily solved. No rations had been issued issued since leaving Ashby’s Gap. No foraging was possible in the track of the main army, so we were hungry, such hunger as civilized man in times of peace never knows. Fortunately for the horsos wheat was just ripe and was very fine. They could soon fill themselves, Cherries, rasp berries and wheat was our only depend ence. < >no night a squad was bivouacked at a mountain spring and spring house. In the spring house were jars of butter milk, honey and apple marmalade. We ate more or le.-s abundantly. Let any physician of good standing think of tho j mixture—cherries, raspberries, wheat bread, honey, milk, apple marmalade, • Strange to say very few got on the sick j list. Skirmishing went on more or less j every day while we remained north of the Potomac with few casualties. We were the last of the Confederate Army to cross the Potomac, doing so by a horse-path ford, on a narrow winding ledge of rock. The river was flushed by the Gettysburg rains and very deep. Even on the ledge of rock a very slight variation put you at once in swimming water. Several men aud horses got off the ledge and swam a little, but no one was drowned. For the next several months after our return to Virginia, no fighting took place. Gordon was recalled to the First North Carolina, his ranking officer having been wounded and disabled. This left the regiment in charge of the ranking Cap tains Shaw and Galloway. Soon after onr return we learned of the death of Colonel Peter Evans. The officers met and passed suitable resolutions of re spect to his memory and Capt. Galloway was requested to communicate with his wide* which was done. A truer friend and a nobler hearted gentlemen than Col. Evans never walked the earth In the Bristow Station campaign the regi ment did its full share of the lighting and bore its full share of the losssg, the most severe loss being its Adjutant, J. Turner Morehead. A bullet » ruck him full iu the mouth breaking nearly all his front teeth out aud passing 6ut at the back of bis neck, narrowly missing the spinal column. The wound was first thought to be mortal, but youthful hope and a good constitution saved him. He was lost to us, however. A beautifnl and accom plished woman; eonsoled his sufferings aud effectually cured him of any wish for farther participation in the hardships aad dangers of a soldier’s life Soon after the elese of active operations for 1863, the regiment was sent home for the winter to recruit men and horses. We reassembled at STenderscw, N. C., in April, much straightened, and took up our march for Virginia. We reached the main a-rmy May 7th, 1864, and went into battle that evening. In this easounter W. A Lash, President of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, an KS-year ol* recruit of Company ©; Fifth Regi mant, received his “baptism of fire;” A fragment of shell tore off the right Bho»ilder lapel of his coat, mflictingraoaie bruises. Most men would have laid 1 up, some would have died. Lash eat his full share of what rations he could get that night r and was all right for hard and fatiguing duty in pursuit of Sherkian next day. In the fall of 1868 the First, Second*,. Fourth and Fifth Regiments of North Carolina Cavalry had been put into one brigade and Gordon, as Briga dier, put in command. Gordon wae a favorite with Stuart, but no promotion was ev*r better deserved than this. €>o the Bth Gordon’s Brigade was ordered to presft Sheridan’s rear while Stsart went on to head him off at Richmond. Gordon pressed vigorously and had aev j era! fiesce little encountars; finally, at Ground Squirrel Cnurch a full fledged battle took place. The force ou eaoh ride muabb -red about 2,5©9. Tho Fitth Regiment was under command of Lieut. Uol. 8. R. Evans, he h;wing resigned in tfto spring. The night before this battla ; the Captain of the squadron had re- : quoted of Col. Evans to be held in r» I serve, bis squadron haring already been more engaged and suffered more less than a*.y other. Col. Evaus hud agreed. This squadron was a mounted ne ssrve. Thick wood;, were between us and the battle, and as the firing grew 1 faster and faster, we congratulated ourselves on our secure positions. Soon a mounted orderly from Gen eral Gordon, galloped up, request ing our presence on the field. We moved up at the trot and coming mi the field saw two regiments of mounted Yan kees ou the far side. Tie First cavalry had charged uy.tooneof these regiments and was fighting haud to hand. Dis mounted men of both, sides were actively engaged as sharpshooters The Captain of the Fifth squadron ordered a charge straight for the center of the other mounted Yankee regiment With the famous rebel yell the charge was made. It broke that regiment. The other Yanks seeing it break gave way also, and the fio’d was soon clear. General Gordon coming up told the Captain of the Fifth squadron that he had uot intended him to eharge but only to show his force, but it was all right gallantly done, and had decided the day. In this engagement Postmaster General Kerr Craig had his horse killed under him and a private of Company D, Fifth regiment had the pleasure of furnishing a captured mount for a short time. No other decided stand was made by the Yanks until we reached Richmoud. In reconnoitering their po sition at a bridge retiring from Richmond General Gordon received a wound which proved to be mortal. Stuart and he died m a few days of each other. Par nobile fratrum. Col. Andrews, of the Second, took charge of us for a few days, when Brigadier General P. G M. B. Young, of Georgia, came to us. He was the beau ideal of a cavalry leader and took our hearts by storm. His favorite motto going iuto action was, “Hero goes for hell or promotion.” Ho certainly took big chances for the locality and got, no more of the promotion than he deserved. He remainea with us about two weeks when he, too, was wounded A saying arose among the men that no one could lead us long without being hurt. After ashoit interval Lieutenant Colonel Bar ringer, of the First, was promoted Bigadier and put in charge of ua. He was a very different man from Gordon or Young. Brave enough but of a prudent, methodical, cautious temperament. At Hanover Town, at Todd’s tavern, we fought with many casualties. Not a day passed without some hostile firing, no two nights did we sleep on the same ground. When the two armies finally settled into tho lines around Petersburg, Kantz and Wilson were sent on the raid to destroy the rail roads into Richmond. We were sent in pursuit. At “Blacks and W’hites” a seri ous contest took place. The Fifth Regi ment was that day marching in rear of tho Brigade. An orderly came back to hurry it up. Advancing at the trot we came to a clump of worlds in which rapid firing was going ou. The regiment was ordered to dismount aud go in Lieut. Col. Evans turned over the regiment to Captain Galloway, who took command and went into the woods. We soon came to tho line of the First and Second regi ments. Furious firing was going ou, but as the ruen were behind hills no damage was done. After a few minutes Captain Galloway called for volunteers to go to the front. Only one man offered, James Hand, of Company D. Advane-! mg to the edge of the woods they came to a deep railroad cut, on the opposite side of which, in thick woods, the Yanks were. As the dirt road crossed the rail road at right angles and with a deep cut the Yanks could not te attacked in front or right flank. Tne left flauk, however, could be attacked by goiDg up the rail road. The Captain aDd Hand retired, each receiving a bullet in the hat brim as they retired. Hunting left the Lieut. Col. Cowles, of tho First, the ranking officer in the fight and a gallant soldier at all times aud in ail places, Galloway explained the situation. Cowles at once directed that a squad of men lie sent to cross the railroad and advance on the Yankee left flank. No sooner did these men begin to cross the railroad than the Yanks fired one or two big volleys and retired. Had the expe dient been adopted sooner much valua ble time and some ammunition might have been saved. Our greatest loss in this engagement was Col. Andrews of the Second Regiment. He was wounded and died under the surgeon’s knife. The Yanks made no further stand till Roa noke Bridge. Here they had already been stopped by some boys and old men and furloughed soldiers. They delayed us by a long range cannonade until they could get away which they did leaving only a few broken down horses and unserviceable guns behind them. Our force had been much decreased chiefly by breaking down. It was de cided to pursue vrith a few choice men and horses and let the others a very large company, proceed leisurely to camp. We met no further opposition. Hampton had made his dispositions so weak that finding all avenues of escape in a body effectually blocked, the raid ers decided to break op- and try to as cape singly or in squadtr. In the gen eral break ap which followed Sergamt Ratliff, yf the Fifth Regiment, had tW good luck to capture a Federal Colonel with a magnificent grav horse superbly caparisont-i By the Pars aan Ranger act this horse and trappings; became at once the absolute property Sergeant Ratliff Unfortunately fo3 him the horse attracted the attention of Gen Barringer. Partly by pewßoasion. partly by autiority Ratliff was induepd to exchange with the General Ratliff got a serviceable black churck of a horse. The General got a charger fit for Charles O’Mally in his best days. By a cutious coincidence when General B. was captured in April 1863 this Yankee Colonel was in the crowd which captured him. His first words were “I’ll be damned if yonder ain’t my horse.” Heuce we infer that Yaakee Colonels do nor have the benefit.# ot Sunday Sffiooil training, or soon forget it. After this .xrid the cavalry had a few weekseomparative rest,though there was daily picket firing. Grau’fs efforts to get a foothold on the Weldon Railroad generally began by a mc-re ment on the north bank of the James. The cavalry would be hurried over there and generally brought back more rapidly than we went. movements, how ever, were always attended with mere or less fighting, Oa or about the 2sth of August, we were hurriedly moved across and co*»e on the wreck of Cham bliss Cavalry brigade about 1 p. in. Chambliss had: been killed doing his rery best with bis little force to stem the tor reut. Tbe North Carolina brigado went in, and tho Yanks began to retire,, we followed ttom. over all the ground they had advanced over, meeting but little resistance, with six men killed aud wounded. Grant had accomplished his object, and was retiring any now. The Richmond papers of next morning did not mention the North Carolina Cavalry brigade at all. but gave all the credit of resisting Grant and driving him back to Chambliss brigade. About sundown we stopped pursuit, aud were marched all night back to she south side. In the morning wc were put in, aud after a sharp resistance started the Yanks. We pursued eagerly until met by the deadliest aud heaviest single discharge we had ever known, it came from an infantry breastwork cov ering the Weldon Railroad, now in pos Highest of all in Leavening Power. — Latest U. S. Gov’t Report RffN. & ABSOLUTELY PURE session of the Yanks. Capt. Galloway, and at least a dozen men of Comp my I>, Fifth Regiment, feH under this volley In a short time »>ur line was withdrawn, and the Yanks remained master of the Weldon road. In Hampton's famous cattle raid the Fifth Regiment did its part, but sus tained no loss. Towards the latter part of September, Lieut. Col. S. B Erring having retired, the question of promo tion in the regiment came up. Captain Harris raised the point of seniority with Capt. Galloway. It was based on a technical question of what constituted a “muster iu.” It was referred to the Adjutant General’s office in Richmond, and decided in favor of Capt. Gallo way. In October, 1865 the promotions took place. Major McNeill became Colonel, Capt. Shaw Lieut-Colonel, Capt. Gallo way Major. They were “read out” at dress parade. In tho latter days of the Confederacy this was the only commission given to any one below the grade of Brigadur General. Some very severe fighting took place in October, one fact of which will always remain indelibly impressed on the writ er’s mind. One day the Yankees ad vanced, the Confederates retired contest ing all the ground, tbe next day the Confederates advanced, driving the Yanks over the same ground. There lay the dead of the previous day entirely naked and most of them partially eaten up by hogs. It was calculated to un nerve the stoutest heart. During the winter of 1865 we suffered unspeakably, the rations was not enough to keep a man in vigor, even if regularly issued. It frequently was not so issued, and we of the Cavalry would parch corn and eat if. Five Forks ended the fightiDg for us. It was the most ill ad vised and murderous battle in which we ever engaged. The F fth Reg iment lost Col McNeill, Lieut-Colonel Shaw, Lieut. Lindsay, and a host of gal laut soldiers of tbe line. Litut. Lindsay told his comrades to turn him on his face and go ahead, a speech worthy of Bayard or Lawrence. Col. Shaw was exempt on three points, age, practicing physician, twenty niggers. He was in delicate health also, but with a patriot ism and self-sacrifice worthy an ancient Roman, he stack to us to the last. Os Col. McNeill I have already spoken. One squadron, the fifth, was no* in this fight, in charge of acting Major Erwin, it was on vidette. Major Galloway was in Petersburg I having a wound attended to. He came up with the remnant of the regimeut at Clover depot, took command of it and with the remnant of the brigade headed for Farmville, he was met by a staff offi cer bringing news of Lee’s surrender and directing us to report at Danville, Va. Here we were met by instructions from the Secretary of War to go to our homes and await instructions, the command ing officer of each regiment to report to G neral Johnston at Greensboro. This was done and when Johnston surren dered most of the regiment took paroles— some never did. Caralrr-Infantry. During the first and second years of the war the cavalry did very little hard fighting. The infantry taunted than : more or less. In the third and fourth years the cavalry service was the hardest f while no one battle approximated Get tysburg, the many skirmishes made an aggregate loss fully equal. Company D, of the Fifth cavalry went into action May 7, 1864, with 68 men in the saddle. Augost 21st Captain Galloway was wounded All the other officers had been wounded and 44 of the 68 privates had been hit; six killed on the field. Confederate Cavalry—YanSeeCavalry All military men agree that the fight ing capacity of men depends greatly on physical vigor and efficient equipment. Physical vigor depends greatly en healthy food anti pr otection from weath er. The Confederates had one-fourth pound Nassau bacon and one-half pound corn meal. Tbe Y’ankees had the full United States Army rations-meat, bread, vegetables, coffee, sugar. The Confederates had no tent, no fly cloths, and very little clothes except what they got from home. The Yanks had tents for their camps and on the march every man had the half sf a rubber fly tent, In bivouac two tmm joined flies stretched it over a pole and were protected from the hardest tain or severest frost. MiUtovv Equipment. The Can federate- trooper had issued to him a saddle, a haversack, a canteen, a part of a bridle, aa English carbine, a non-descript sabro. A new recruit was always advised to- throw away or not draw any of these things, but wait till a battle gave him a chance to get “some thing worth totin.The saddle ruined a horse's- back, the canteen leaked, the haversack of cotton cloth was no protec tion, the English carbine was muzzle loading and would not carry a ball fifty yards accurately. The Yankee McClel lan saddle was and is the test army saddle ever inveuted by tho wit *of man. The canteen would hold a quart and was covered with woolen cloth, cork stopper chained to the canteen, complete in every way. The haversack was capacious and water proof. Each trooper had a Spencer iifl“ Which would shoot eight times, wfchoi t reloading aud then c uld be reloaded i t the muzzle for eight or nine shots more quickly than the English carbine for one shot. 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(composed of said Harr-dl and the late 1 B. Neatherv) and for the Surpose of winding up the ousi e<s of said rm we offer for svie the stock ia trade: cooyrights and book plates of Moore’s School History > f North Carolina, Mrs. Soencer a F rst Steps in North * arolina History. Williams’North Carol sa Header, North Carolina Speaker, North Carolina Speller, Buslyee’s -lustice end Form Book, Sort Carolina Song and Hymns for Scnools, business, store, 'ride and office furniture, fix :ue°, appliances, good will and aH tne property and effects conveyed to u® and except ibechoses i: actiou and other demands. The bnsin ss has teen established nearly thirty years and is the largest but k house in the State. We invite offers and would bi-glad to commu nicate wit ! ; intending purchasers A. W. HAY WO: ML THOMAS M PITTMAN, Tru-tres. Notice of Seizure and Libel. Circuit Conn of the I'uitcd States, Est 1 tern District of North Carolina At Raleigh. No. 10* Libel. United States asrainst 132 gallons of co n whiskey claimed by .1. A. Norwood To J A. Norwood, K q., and to all whom it may concern- —Gmeting: Notice ir* hereby gt«eii, Tii t the ah ve mentioned urn erty *ti»s s*-iz. ,i b<? F. M. Simmons Collector <>t Internal H> venue tor the Fourth Collection i*is*rlctof Nortn Cir Hina, on the 26th d*y of January, 1824, as forfeited to the uses of the Tin ted States, for vitiation of the Internal Rev, nue laws, and the same is libelled and pros-cuted iu the t im’rifc Court of the United States for condemnation for the causes in the said libel of information ret forth; a d tl at She -aid esmses will stand for trial at tbe court loom of said court, iu iu the c ty of Raleigh, on cl e four h Mon day of Mat next, if that be a juri diction day, and if not, at the next day . f juris lo tion thereafter, w hen and where >ou and all persons a e waned to aj jiear to show cause w by cotidemnat4*»n houid n >t bede creed, and juri:ment uw, d ugly entered herein, a riioi teiveiie f r t heir interest. Given under my Land, < t » L'e in llal eign. this lift-a <1 1, of An i ' ‘ :v *> o .1 (' it,ROLL, U. S Marshal. Chickens § Eggs > HOV°GETW ' f# : MlLlE* d" VICTORY ”- 0 POULTRY FOOD MAKES HENS LAY. CURES CHOLERA AND GAPES; IMPROVES THE CONDITION OF FOWLS OF EVERY KINO. f< t Drug and — 1 Country Stores 9r~ FOR2S CENTS. P.. Or will he sent by mail on no ip of 35 ct». in stamps. JOHN Y. MACRAE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DKIhhIST aM» 8F El >B.ll AN, Cor Wilmii gton, Martil and M oket ;-ts. RALEIGH, N C. . TOfcRDER
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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