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Vol. VII. No. 36
Washington, Beaufort County, N. C, Monday Afternoon, January 3, 1898.
Established lo94
Just now we can only
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that we are pow ship
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ery dollar you invest
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Respectfully.
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LEADING CLOTHIER.
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A. S. KELLY & CO'S,
Concerning that Flag Captured at Sharpsburg.
has
Our patrons and the
public generally will
please accept our sin
cere thanks for their
liberal patronage dur
ing the year 1897, just
closed, for all of which
we are grateful to you
We enter into the
new year, 1898, fully
prepared to serve your
wants in your purchas
es of the thousand and
one tilings in Dry
Goods,. Notions, Novel
ties, etc, so hard to
find
We expect to make
1898 the banner year
of our business at '97
was our preceding year
Yours to please,
J. F. BUCK MAN.
udf Leader in Staple and Fancy
Dress Goods, Clothing, Boots
and Shoes, Furniture, &c".
Coi. J. Bryan Grimes
letters from Gen. A. D. Cowles,
Col. Osborne and Mr. Stikeleath
er from which w e make extracts:
Gen. Cowles says he turned
the correspondence about the
flag over to Col. E. A. Osborne,
the last colonel of the 4th. Col.
Osborne is Chairman of the com
mittee of arrangements in Char
lotte to receive the flag. He
writes as follows: "I was wound
ed in the battle of Sharpsburg
between 12 and4 o'clock, I sup-
pose fcrp to mat time our regi
ment was intact with colors fly
ins. After I was ounbe I the
command of the regiment devol
ed upon another captain, who
was also disabled, and finally
every commissioned officer in
the regiment was killed or dis
abled; but 1 never heard that
the flag was captured, and am
inclined to think that your the
ory in regard to it is correct. I
am writing today to John Stike
leather, the color bearer of the
4th, for the facts in regard to the
matter, and, hope to be able to
obtain some light upon the sub
ject."
John A. Stikeleather writes as
follows: UI was sick at the time
of that battle Sharpsburg. I
never heard before that the flag
of the 4th was lost then, and I
don't believe it was. Some one has
gotten things a little mixed."
John Stikeleather became color
bearer of the regiment at the
battle of Seven Pines, when the
4th immortalized itself in the
deadliest charge known in the
history of modern warfare, los
ing 88 3-4 per cent of its men.
Col. Bryan Grimes led the
charge on foot, his horse having
been killed, and bearing the flag
(all the color guard being killed
or woijnded) handed the colors
to Jno iStikele ither (see extracts
letters of Maj General Bryan
Grimes, pages 14 and 15) who
bore it with c mspicuous valor
in every subsequent battle ex
cept Sharpsburg, at which bat
tle lie was sick.
This flag was planted in sight
o i he Capitol at Washington
was the first to enter Getty-burg-flocied
further iorth than
any otner uofueaeraie nag iu
Carlisle barracks, Penn.,) and
proudly waved in the saioke of
the last charge at Appomattox.
Gen. D. 11 Hill in his re
port of Sharpsburg (official
records of the Union and Con
federate armies, oenes 1, vol.
xix. part 1, flag 1020.) says:
'Col. Grimes was dwi; I by
the kick of a hor1 irnu Lcing
with his regiment v-n N. C.j
at Sharpsburg and unfit for
duty fcr mouths alter ward.
The 4th, thus lost his valuable
services. This gallant regi
ment, which has never been
surpassed by any troop in the
world fcr gallantry, subordi
nation and propriety, was corn-
fall, by equally heroic Capt.
D. P. Latham, who shared the
same fate. All the officers of
this noble reeriment present at
at Sharpsburg were killed or
wounded. Their names de
serve to be preserved: Captains
itfarsh, Latham, and E A.
Osborne, Lieutenants "Jesse F.
Stancill, J. C Cotton, T. M.
Allen, Parker, T. J. Brown,
b .H. Weaver, Crawford, and
B. F. Bonner Sergeants, John
Troutman, and J. W. Shinn.
Corporals, J. A. Cowan, and
H. H. Barnes, and private J. D.
Barton of this regiment were
greatly distinguished for their
courage. It is probable that no
regiment in either army saw
so much service or sustained as
many losses as the 4th. Gent
Anderson said "that, although
small in numbers, Col. Grimes'
regiment is the keystone of my
origaae., nis regiment was
the "Bloody Fourth" and be
longed to the 'Ironsides" bri
gade, so famous in the A. N. V
The 2nd, 4th, 14tb, and 30th5
V-T "N T i , -1 m
2t . Kj. jnegiments, o. i., com
posed this brigade.
Any one able to throw any
light upon this fhg matter will
do a patriotic kindness to the
living aad aead of the 4th N. G. ,
by giving such facts, over their
signatures, as may be known to
them.
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