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spring opened it became daily more my skirmishers and it(iffabf apparent that human power and en- battle. I reconnoiter durance could do no more, and that AN myself as to their position?»- <• jq APPOMATTOX VETERAN J a forced evacuation of the beleaguered ed the arrivel of General Gorao,. FUTILE MEET city was near at hand. In anticipation instructions, who, a wiiile before day, ."ST FIGHTING of ~that event General Lee caused the accompanied by General Fitz Lee, removal of all his surplus material to TELLS OF CLOSING SCENES came to my position, when we held a Amelia Court House.” “While his ad- council of war. General Gordon was versary was thus active, Lee was not of the opinion that the troops in our QF WAR'S LAST DAYS idle. He had formed a plan to sur- front were cavalry, and that General BY 'TAR HEELS prise the enemy’s centre by a night Major H. A. London Reviews the Claims of North Fitz Lee should attack. Fitz Lee attack, which, if succes.sful, would thought they were infantry and that would have given him possession of Carolina, and Cites the Evidence, Speaking General Gordon should attack. They Capt. S. A. a commanding position in the enemy’s discussed the matter so long that I Captain Jenkins Tells of Ashe Recounts rear, and control of the military rail- became impatient, and said it was road to City Point, a very important as Eye-Witness of Last Act of Drama. somebody’s duty to attack, and that part of Grant’s communication. Lee’s immediately, and I felt satisfied that Plans of Gen. Lee. full purpose in this movement has been BY HENRY A. LONDON. • The first evidence offered is the they could be driven from the cross Despairing Struggie. variously surmised by historians. If North Carolina proudly boasts that statement written by General TJrimes roads occupied by them, which was was favor his retreat, as some it to site was “THE LAST AT APPOMAT- in the year 1879 and published in Vol- the route it was desirable our wagon conclue, it was well devised, since suc- pursue, and I TOX.” ume of Moore’s History of train should that would cess would have forced Grant to with- because: II North undertake it; whereupon Gordon said, TO CRUSH SHERMAN draw his left to protect his base of sup- 1. A North Carolinian. Major- Carolina, from which is copied the “Well, drive them off.” I replied, “I AFTERTHESURRENDER plies and thus would have left Lee General Bryan Grimes. planned following extract: cannot do it with my division alone, an open road of withdrawal.” battle fought there but the last “On Saturday, the Bth, no enemy require assistance.” He then said, The column of attack succeeded In and commanded the infantry en- “You can take the two other divisions Squad, For This It Was That Petersburg Stedman. the movement we His Small Fighting From the Was seizing Fort gaged therein, the greater part of appeared, and marched undisturb- of the corps.” By this time it was be- being eminently successful. which were North Carolina troops. ed all day. Up to this time, since the coming sufficiently light to make the Abandoned. Lee Intending to Join “Now was the time for the support- Carolina com- of Petersburg, we had Corner of a House On Field of Ap- Had it done 2. A North Brigade, evacuationtion surrounding localities visible. I then ing column to advance. by R. Cox, made marched day and night, continually rode down and invited Walk- advantage have manded General W. General pomattox Taken Johnson—The Losses and De- so rapidly, the could charge and fired the last vol- followed and harrassed by the enemy. er, who commanded a division on my at Last By by a the last been sustained and seizure of the any Confed- The were very much jaded and left, of Fort Stedman the ley of organized hotly of men composed principally of Vir- lays hill in the rear the suffering for necessary sustenance, our ginians, to ride with me, Force After the Army of North- Suffered From Overwhelm- have been cut in erates immediately preceding sur- showing him Federal Army would halts not having been sufficiently Jong the position of enemy two at its very centre. For some rea- render. the and explain- prepare their food, ing to him my Virginia ing Force Shattered Plan. which has been made very 3. A detachment of North Carolina to besides all our views and plan of at- ern Ceased to Exist. son never utensils not captured or agreed with was not made.” troops from the Fourth and Four- cooking aban- tack. He me as to its ad- S. clear, this advance where we could I By W. T. .JENKINS. (By A. ASHE.) Lee’s purpose was thus defeated by teenth Regiments did the last fighting doned were not reach visability. did this because I felt after This day Bush rod had years With the opening of the New Year, inaction of some commander on of any infantry the withdrawal them. Johnson’s that I assumed a great responsi- Forty with their vicissitudes, the main of Infantry. division was assigned' to and placed bility I took upon myself 1865, General J. E. Johnston was in whom he relied. Doubtless it was his of the hotly the when the trials, and difficulties have obliterated •1. North troops (Roberts’ under my command, by order of Gen- charge of making attack. I then purpose in making this effort to se- Carolina the from the tablet of memory, many of retirement, residing at Lincolnton, N. cavalry) captured last eral Lee. Upon passing a clear stream made dispositions to dislodge cure a position from which he could Brigade of the the Fed- scenes, C.; General Beauregard was in com- the tragic enacted on the bat- mand of the military division of the tlefield at Appomattox on the 9th day West, including Georgia and Tennes- of April, 1865. Two of the grandest see, Alabama and Mississippi. Gen- armies that were ever on this continent eral Hood, in command of the Army were confronting each other, com- of Tennesse, was returning from his manded, respectively, by the chief operations in Tennessee. On January, commanders of the armies of the Uni- 16th, General Hood, with the concur- ted States, and the Confederate States, rence of General Beauregard had fur- « U. S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. loughed at Tupelo, Miss., his army men, amounting to 18,0000 to 20.000 troops, General Grant and his flushed to go home and return within 10 or with the capture of Richmond, the 15 days, and he himself resigned his of and the ~WT* T*T*I capitol the Confederacy, position as general commanding , ~LASTAT that AM\ APPOMATTOX d l/~X, 1 ' surrender of Petersburg; army. By the end of January General ~ - AeV j«rn*.vMtMwooiwuitiun J NMtTKBt.U*fW Y General Lee. «>»»(.««. Sherman, then at Savannah, began his L/ • hurt, T».nt B»»nj I 'J / V at V\ crushed by the surrender of these movement into South Carolina, and Rrjf 1 \i) 4{TtYS6iIK H places, the loss of his supplies, wagon General Beauregard came East to con- y- . • THt jC AND trains, artillery and many of his men, front him, but without adequate forces C? 'J pondered and wept over the ti'ytoS or- to do so. On February 3rd General deal and surrendered, rather than sac- Bee was appointed Commander-in- U,TAT rifice more of his gallant men. After . \yS \ Chief of all the Armies of the Confed- \ \ ‘Of cT l leaving Petersburg on morning of APPyMTry the Authority of some ditches and fences it at Spottsylvauia. They soon had to THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY V£,IS obstruct the cavalry if they should the enemy in retreat and were follow- attemp to make charge. the OF a In ing them up when we received orders HENRY JEROME STOCKARD. mean time the cavalry of Fitz Lee to withdraw, which we did with very Scarred NORTH CAROLINA were proceeding by a circuitous route great reluctance. General Cox had or- on a hundred fields before. In Grateful and Perpetual Memory of the to get in rear of those cross roads. ders to remain and bring up the rear The enemy observing Naked and starved and travel -sore, V'ulor, Endurance end Patriotism me placing these and when we attempted to retreat the troops in position, fired upon with enemy thought rout Sons me to caoture or us; Each man a tiger, hunted, of Her four pieces of artillery. I remember but General Cox ordered, “About face, With Fidelity They stood at bay as as Huns, Who Followed Fnshaked the (Continued on Page Three.) (Continued on Page Two.) brave Fortunes of the Confederacy to Tills Closing Scene Last of the Old South’s splendid sons, Faithful to the End. Flanked by ten thousand shotted guns, Erected 9, April, 1905. And by ten thousand fronted. NORTH CAROLONA APPOMATTOX COMMISSION: APPOMATTOX. H. A. London, Chairman, E. J. Holt, Scorched by the cannon’s molten breath, W. T. Jenkins, Cyrus B. Watson, A. D. McGill. Tney’d climbed the trembling walls of death (On placing the Monument to mark the spot on which was fired And set their standards tattered, ~ (South Side.) (West End.) the last volley by the North Carolina Troops, Army of North- Had charged at the bugle’s stirring blare NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS PA- ESSE QUAM VIDERI. ern Virginia. April 9th, 1865. ROLED AT APPOMATTOX. FIRST AT BETHEL. Through bolted gloom and godless glare TO Brigades. FARTHEST THE FRONT AT GETTYSBURG Here on this peaceful field the battle flag, From the dead’s reddened gulches, where Cox’s 572 Cooke’s 560 AND CHICKAMAUGA. Os Sou nitron’s hope had made its final stand; Tne searching shrapnel shattered. Grimes’ 530 Lane’s 570 LAST AT APPOMATTOX. From bloody stripes it came—-“a tattered rag"— Johnson's 463 Scales’ 719 (East End.) Yet held aloft by freeman’s loving hand. They formed'-that Carolina band— Lewis’...... 447 Ransom’s 435 NORTH CAROLINA. command, Macßae’s 442 1860. With Grimes, the Spartan, in ensanguined Barringer’s 93 White Population 629,912 Heroes bad borne it on fields. And, at the word of G)rdon, Military Population ...... 115,369 And won its triumph midst the cannon’s roar; Roberts' 93 1861-65. Maj-Gen. carnage denis, Through splintered fire and stifling smoke— Grimes and Staff 8 Troops Furnished 127,000 Whose ruthless Death in fearful They scathing Cummings’, Miller’s, Williams’, Killed in Battle 14,522 And Goodness strikes the blow she must deplore. struck with lightning’s stroke and Ramsay’s Batteries 150 Died From Wounds 5,151 Those desperate Total North Carolinians par01ed..5,012 Died From Disease 20,602 doomed and men--and broke Last to take the sword; first to sheath its i»olnt, Across that iron cordon. NORTH CAROLINA. In mortal combat with their deadly foes; At Tills Place Was Fcruglit the Last Skirmish •It found die loosness of die harness joint, They turned in sullen, slow retreat— By Captain Wilson T. Jenkins, And struck vvifli might a freeman’s heavy blows. Ah, there are laurels of defeat!— of the Fourteenth North Carolina Regiment, Turned for the Chief had spoken; Commanding Twenty-five Men The list’ning world has beard your war-like “yell,” of the Fourth and Foureetuh North Carolina Regiments, And thrilled with heroism of your deeds; With one last shot hurled back the foe, NORTH CAROLINA. No tongue the glory of yonr deeds can tell— And prayed the trump of doom to blow, The Last Federal Battery No pen the mark to which that glory ledas. Now that the Southern stars were low, Taken by the Confederates was Captured by the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade We raise this marble shaft to mark the place, Southern Brig.-Gen. The bars were broken. of W. I*. Roberts And tell the generations yet to come, at This Place. Sometime calm, impartial years Os lofty deeds which gkirfy the race, the And sanctify a man’s defence of home! WillMl what made them dead to tears cannon that were captured by the of water and learning' that the other Os loved ones left to languish; - Army of Northern Virginia at Appo- divisions of the corps had gone into Faithful unto death, “the ragged remnant left,’’ mattox. camp some two ahead, miles I con- Shall share the lustrous glory ye achieved; What nerved them for the lonely guard, In sustaining this proud cairn by in- cluded to halt and give my broken For cleaving and shard,-- disputable proof North Carolina is down men an opportunity to close up And Carolina of her sons bereft, blade mangling fortunate in having the full and clear and rejoin us, and sent a message to Shall weep their loss as mother souiy grieved! What gave them strength in tent and ward statements written by Major General Major General John B. Gordon, com- Bryan Grimes and Brigadier General manding the corps, making known my To drain the dregs of anguish. VV- R- Cox only a few years after the whereabouts, informing him I would And she has put a crown upon your head. war, which are as authentic as official be at ah point he might designate at Which well becomes a true and manly State; reports could be. These statements any But the far ages will propound » hour desired. Her jewels are her blest an noble dead, published twenty-five years ago my were “By dark men were all quiet And living endured a harder fate. What never Sphinx had lore to sound,— and no person has ever denied their and asleep. About nine o’clock I who Why, in such fires of rancor, entire accuracy and truthfulness. Be- heard the roar of artillery in our fore they were published they were front and in consequence of informa- Y'our fame illie treasures as the miser gold, of Love submitted to tion received, I had The God Should find it meet this writer for correction my command And daily guards it as a sacred trust; or (twenty-five years ago aroused in passed For Him, Grant sJedge, revisal when time and through Nor she in her gen’rous bosom hold. with as to beat the incidents of the surrender were the town of Appomattox Court House can On Lee. the anvil, at such heat, fresh in memory) and from personal before daylight, where, upon the op- A single thing more sacred titan your dust! knowledge Iknew them to be true and posite side of the town, I found the W H, MOORE. Cur Nation’s great sheet-anchor. correct. enemy in my front. Throwing out