ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Cagle of Robbins announce the
engagement of their daughter Janice Lee to Bobby Teachey,
son o f Mr. James C. Teachey of Rose Hill and Mrs. Reb
ecca Jones of Jacksonville, Fla.
The bride-elect Is a graduate of Ellse High School In
Robbins and Fayetteville Technical Institute Class of Nursing.
She is now on the staff of Or. David E. Drake In Fayetteville.
Her Fiance Is a graduate of Wallace-Rose Hill High
School and attended East Carolina University. He Is pre
sently employed as a sales representative for Bass Air
ContUtionlng, Fayetteville.
An open cnurch ceremony will take place on Sunday, November
30, at 4 o'clock in the Tabernacle United Methodist Church
In Robbins.
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Letters From A
%. Confederate Soldier 1
TC^Xplin Times this week
begins the first of a series of I
letters from a Confederate Sol
dier from Duplin County that
were written home frbm his
various camps "and battlefield., I
These letters, mostjv W his mo
ther <0* , few
manager tod brother J.'llf
I a may revealing picture of whqy ?
our soldiers felt and faced (tar- ?
I ing their ordeal* and especially ?
revealed the soldiers concern
I for his hibe folk and effort
to keep things jolng whUe he ?
I was absent.
I These letters are from Wll- ?
liam Dickson Carr who lived
between Rose Hill and Kenan
sville in the Maxwell Creek
Area. He was one of three
I sons of a widowed mother. Linda
Dickson Carr and a grandson of
I the Joseph Carf, Who came from
Ireland to settle in NorthCaro
I ? llna, and from whom the num
I erous Carrs with a Duplin Co
I unty background discended. ?
I Of Linda Dickson Carr's sons ?
? none survived the confederate
battlefield, ,
The letters of this seriee ?
were given to Norman Carr by ?
the late Henley Carr. with whose
family the Higher Uvcd hi her
latest day?. She formerly lived
at the home of Norman Carr's
I grandfather. Gibson Carr for
some year# after she could
no longer keep house alone.
It Is said th*t the mother set
a place at the table for her
sons as long as she kept the
home going, in the hopes that
one of the boys would be alive
"ta'wvfcr. to make clear to
our readers the background of
this confederate soldier we
I quote from the book on the
history of the Carr family of
^WllliSarr. Jr.. married
Linda Dlcksoa,ca daughter of
James Dickson, and a niece of
William Dickson, who was one
of the foremost men in fgWr* m
rienarf*'tfrS
? ? the others of eight children hav
ing died while quite young. The
-J^le"ikre'just^??S
for active service at.a* begin
them surviving to return home.
"Dick" was a member of Co.
"A" 43rd Reg., and was killed
in the battle of Petersburg on
April 2nd. 1866; "Joe" was 1st
Corporal in same Company and
fall at Winchester Sept. 10th.
' 1864. *'Johnnie'> as | member ?
J of co. -B" mr<m|f lKs 5'
killed at QianceUorsville, May
"rite original letters arejfadod? Q
but are readable with effort.
They were copiaRby Norman'
Carr's _grandda lighter. Linda
Harris Forwer of Raleigh, who
has preserved them In the ori
ginal and made copies for her
grandfather. Mr.Carr.ofRoute
2, Rose Hill, has graciously
loaned them to Mrs. L. A. Wil
son, Duplin Times Correspon
dent, for the benefit and ap
preciation of our readers.
This is a valuable and unique
service to historians, to des
cendants of the "Boys in Grey",
to the present generation of
Duplin and lest we forget to
the memory of our gallant con
federates.
The first letter we have was
written June 7, 1862 and the
last one on January 29th, 1865,
three months before he was
killed and just before Gen. Lee's
surrender. There are often long
gaps between the dates of the
letters and Dick Carr wrote of
ten but we cannot find the mis
sing letters- ; : |
Many Duplin soldiers are
mentioned some of whom were
pictured in our "Good Old
Days" feature oh the Confe
derates and we are sure that
many readers will know of the
Duplin boys that are mentioned
in these letters. " ? i' jf
They follow in order;
Camp Davis, N.C. < f|!
June 7th, 1862 ? >; J
Dear Brother J
(to Johnnie, His brother)
Dear Brother,
?rptsbftuess:1
drop you a line or so and let
you know how we are getting
along. Joe H.'ls quite sick
with Diarrhea. Has been sick
or day* though I chinfc ;
t|& family wlU be left In a
:rle h*
lott his health U well at, his
have a very bad chance about
getting anything cooked fit to
eat in this wet weather. I
was very sorry to hear of the
trick which Cantwell (?hprse)
played with you and Mother.
1 haw known him to attempt
to start before,-but never th
ought he was afraid of an um
brella. Don't think I would
be affraid to drive him, but
think I would get a klrb
bit for him. Mother warned to
know whether we have any pre
aching. We have in Episcopa
lian preacher for a chaplin and
there is a Baptist minister in the
regement employed by two of
the companies. They both pre
ached last Sunday, but 1 did
not hear either of them. Joe
(brother) and 1 got a permit
to go owr to the 51st rege
ment and heard a pretty good
sermon from their chaplain.
I think our regement is a tol
erable orderly set of fellows.
been here. Jake M. is hers but he
ses open so that no water will
stand on the ground.
Sunday morning.. June 8th.
Joe H. rested little better last I
night then he has yet. The
dol. had the long roll beat
last night. You ought to have
been there to hear the racket
that was kicked up.
Yours ever,
VJ. D. Carr
Turnpike Road Betwefe*
Richmond and Petersburg
July 4th 1882 Eg,
Mrs. L. Carr--Dear .Mother.
1 thought when I left Wilming
ton I would write as soon as
we got stationed at camp, but
for several days I thought I was
tired and posponed it until
Wed. (26 June), bur 1 was on
guard before I cot my letter
finished. We had to leavecamp
that night about 10 o'clock. Have
off. Mon. evening we went
down near the river. Our ar
tilery and caveldry were in
front. They came In contact
with a Yankee battery In the
road. They exchanged a few
rounds with them, and the gun
boats commenced shelling them
and got them confused, so they
ran back like a flock of sheep
with a pack of dogs after them.
Our brigade was posted along
a lane, and when they came
running back we got pretty bad
ly mixed. So we had to go back
to the woods about two hundred
yards and fall in rank again,
and took our position again un
til about 9 o'clock we had'our
orders to fall back about 3 or 4
miles. Tuesday we went back
nearly to the same place and
took our position to the right of
the plantation as skirmishers.
Had to lie on our guns that
night and was not allowed to
sleep any. 1 think from the
firing we were within a mile
or so of the fight. The fight
lasted until about 12 when the
firing ceased. Our forces char- 1
about how many our loss Is
or that of the enemy, hut It
must be great. I saw Jessey
Qulnn. He was wounded in
three of his toes. He told
me Gen. Branch's brigade con
sisted of 6.000 men, but it
had only about 1.500 fit for duty.
When they warn in the fight on
Monday he did not know how
many they loet there. We heard
Isaac Strickland was killed. We
heard that cousin Ned was in
Richmond, but have not seen
him. We got our butter, cause
Ned gave it to Geo* .(George)
Coopper. MaJ. Kenan came to I
(today from Richmond. He
i you were all well. Glad
hear It. I don't know where
will go when we leave here,
are all well, but very much
try. We had to march night
>re last until midnight
xigh the mud about three
les deep. Give my respects
I Mack. Tell him I will try
write to him soon. Give
love to Aunt Dolly. Excuse
Ma I.......w, t,
. 1^^ f <?in An. i|ul||? ||p
r~~:
Your* affectionately,
W.D.Carr
Pvt. lyrf
Oa laaw > p 11
Private Roger Byrd has re
turned from a years tour of
dun in Vietnam and is spending
a thirty day leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bk V, Byrd.
Route 1, Rose Hill. Roger will
report to Fort Bragg at the end
of his leave for his last year
of service.
With Our
Buys
Richari K. Turner
U. S. ARMY, GERMANY
(AHTNC)--Army Private First
Class Richard' K. Turner, 20,
whose parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard S. Turner, and wife,
Jeanne, live on Route 1, Al
berts on, N. C? arrived in Ger
many Aug. 10 and has been
assigned with the 517th Heavy
Equipment Maintenance Com
DRnVx iM a m?rHa?lA
Jo 8-unUyat
the home of Mrs. Gerald Carr
in Rom HU1. Hoeteaafor dtetea
were Mrs. Csrr and Mrs. W.C.
Mrs. Adams greeted guest at
the door and Mrs. Carr Invited
gueSt Into (be Uvlngroom which
was decorated with yellow and
gold mums and lmrodncedfrle
nds to Miss Wells and her
mother, Mrs. Hugh Wells.
Mrs. Helen Waller presided
at the reglstary.
I Receiving and serving in the
dinning room were, Ma dames
Hunter Wells, Don Wells, Al
ford Wells and Miss Daly Carr.
Punch, cheese biscuits, or
ange blossoms, chicken salad
puffs, nuts and mints were ser
ved Oh the refreshment table
I whidh was over laid with a
outwork cloth centered with an
I arrangement of gold and yellow
I flowers.
Good-bys were said to Mrs.
I Jean Wells.'
Miss Wells, daughter ofMrs.
Hugh Wells and the late Mr.
Wells, will marry Joseph
I Roland Flory on Saturday, Nov
ember 9, at the First Presby
I terian Church in Burlington,
Mount Oliro
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