THE OBSERVER
FAYETTEVILLE. N. C.
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1896.
' . J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor.
E. J. HALE, Jr., Business Manager.
"FAYETTEVILLE ABSENALS
Yesterday's Wilmington Messenger con
tains a very interesting history of Fay
etteville Arsenal by General M. P. Taylor,
of Wilmington, who was during the war
Major of - the Sixth Battalion, (Armory
Guard.) It is addressed to Hon. Walter
Clark, and is one of the series of historical
sketches which are being prepared under
Judge Clark's direction. We shall shortly
reprint it.
General Taylor's sketch chiefly covers,
of course, the history of the famous arse
nal during the war period. There is,
however, cursory mention of its history
before that time. We observe that he
gives the order of service of the ante-bellum
commandants of the post as follows :
"Major 'Laidley, U. S. A.; Capt. Dyer, U.
S. A., and Capt. J. A. J. Bradford, U. S.
A." -That is a mistake. Capt. Bradford
was the first commandant. In fact the
building of the arsenal was begun (about
1835, say) under his command. He was
many years in command, and was suc
ceeded by Capt. A. B. Dyer about 1853,
who remained until about 1857. Capt.
Bradford was then returned, and, after a
brief stay, was succeeded by Capt. Charles
P. Kingsbury, (a near relative, we believe,
of Dr. Kingsbury.) Capt. Kingsbury re
mained perhaps half a year, and was suc
ceeded by Major T. T. S. Laidley, who
remained until a short time beiore the
outbreak of the war, when Capt. Bradford
was again restored ; and, the place being
turned into a military post, a company of
artillery was added under the command
of Brevet Major Samuel Anderson, De
Iagnel being 1st Lieutenant.
There are very likely some inaccuracies,
also, in our account, as just givenfor
example as to the precise dates, and again
as to the number of times Captain Brad
ford and Captain Kingsbury were in
command ; and we should be glad to
have information on the subject. Possi
bly General Taylor would be glad to am
plify his sketch in these particulars.
Bradford, Dyer, Kingsbury and Laidley
were men of a high order of ability and
of high standing as professional soldiers.
They were officers of the Ordance Depart
ment, which ranked next to the Engineer
Department, and were therefore necessa
rily men who had stood near the head, if
not at the head, of their classes at West
Point. Assignment to the Ordnance was
often sought by those who had choice of
the Engineers, because of the more set
tled life in the civilized posts of the older
States which fell to its officers. But Lieu
tenant De Lagnel, who came just before
the war, had a more romantic and, as a
fighting man, a more brilliant career than
any of those who were here.
Dyer, Kingsbury and Laidley remained
on the Northern side, though Dyer and
Laidley were Virginians. Kingsbury, we
believe, was a Northern man by birth,
though appointed as from North Caro
lina. His wife was Miss McMillan of this
city, and she a daughter of Mr. McMillan
of the Scottish firm of Donaldson & Mc
Millan, the senior member of which re
moved to New York, where he lived in
great style, there and at his country place
on the Hudson. A sister married James(?)
trennox, the founder of the Lennox Libra
ry ofNew York. The Donaldson Academy
takes its name from Robert Donaldson,
by whose bequest it was established.
Dyer became Major General and Chief
of Ordnance of the United States army
during the war. Kingsbury, a Brigadier
General and, if we mistake not, chief of Mc
Clellan's staff when McClellan had supreme
commandi Laidley became Colonel -of
Ordnance, and missed becoming the head
of the Department by a turn of favoritism.
His wife was Miss Averill, a niece of
General James Watson Webb, of New
York: and she and the other ladies men
tioned, brilliant women of the society of
the great world, added much to the de
lights of Fayetteville social life in the old
town's golden days.
Anderson became chief of artillery on
Huger's staff, and afterwards chief of R.
H. Anderson's. De Lagnel, who was a
veritable hero, after the exciting and
somewhat romantic career alluded to by
General Taylor, became assistant Chief of
Ordnance of the Confederacy, under Gen
eral Gorgas. De Lagnel was the son of a
San Domingan refugee, a gentleman (per
haps a soldier) of high position, who came
to this country in company with Colonel
De Russy, who settled in Lousiana. Mrs.
De Lagnel was of Petersburg. Virginia.
There is a great deal of interest con
nected with the old arsenal, in the days be
fore General Taylor's acquaintance with
it began. Its location here (as well as
that of a branch of the Bank of the United
States) was evidence of the important rel
ative rank which Fayetteville then held
among the towns and cities of the Union.
Let us hope that the old town may grow
up to the rank of its arsenal days, again.
We have written the above altogether
from memory, and will be glad of correc
tions by those who know where we have
failed to know.
A Pitched Battle in Cuba.
A Washington telegram of Saturday,
says :
Mr. Gonzales de Quesada, secretary of
the Cuban delegation to-day received the
following letter from Maj. Gen. Sanches,
of the insurgent army, in relation to the
great battle fought on the 8th of February
in Villa Clara, in Via Jacas :
Las Varas, Feb. 26.
"Dear Friend : I had a great battle
on the 8th of this month in Villa Clara in
Via Jacas Gordas. It lasted five hours
in the open field. The enemy's forces
were more than 4,000 men. I fought
with 1,000 and the Spanish troops were
unable to advance one yard from their
square. The results of the battle were
on our side seven killed and forty eight
wounded, thirty-five slightly. A few
horses were killed and wounded, as I
gave the battle dismounted. The enemy,
I know positively, had 235 losses, sixty
and odd wounded. We captured horses,
saddles, blankets and other articles. I
lament the death of some officers and of
Maj. Auretio Noy, who died the following
day from a wound received in the charge.
The battle of the 8th has been the greatest
and most considerable in Las Villas. The
war is powerful in the western provinces.
In the rest of the island the enemy is
filled with fear and has done nothing in
this campaign, notwithstanding their ly
ing declarations.
Serafin Sanchez,
Major General."
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