f " BOT—418 6 5 - ‘ Compiled by Hist o ria n 19 24— 19 26 NO RT H CA RO LINA DIVIS IO N Q‘ UNIT ED DA UGHT ERS O F C O NFEDERA C ". ‘ Reprinted for t he vil e Fa yet t e l "N. C. JE 19 27 H . BEGINNING O F T E U. D . C T h e United Daughters of the Confederacy was organ ' Na sh ville i e 1 4 r . d 8 9 M s . z in , with C M Goodlet , of , T . ennessee , the first President General W The Cape Fear Chapter of ilmington , organized by W Mrs . M . Parsley , was the third Chapter joining the 4 De 27 18 9 . c. General organization , applying for Charter , e Div sian D . O i . North Carolina U . C was rganiz d April 1 W . W . 28 8 9 7 . , , by Mrs illiam M Parsley , of ilmington i W O 3rd First Convention held n ilmington , ctober , 18 9 7 . , with Mrs Parsley as the first President of the North D . carolina ivision , six Chapters being represented D D H . Motto of istorical epartment U . C " Loyalty to the truth of Confederate history . " "eyword : Preparedness . Flower : T h e Rose . N D : L w t . Motto of . C . ivision est e forge Flower: Eglantine . FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA 186 1— 186 5 They gave us great glory , What more could they give" u They left s a story , " r o A st o y t live . : ' Stat e Slogan First at Bethel , Farthest at Gettys h ica m a u a . burg and C g , Last at Appomattox North Carolina sent soldiers in the Wa r Bet w o t een the States , from a p pulation of voters , furnishing o nef fift h of the men in the C o nfedf — / era t e Army her loss being one third . Total number of lives lost in Confederate Army was of which were from North Carolina . a i 8 4 i 20 North C rol na furnished reg ments , battalions , some extra companies and a number of men who served in commands in other States . T h e 7 ot h 71st 7 2nd 3 , and regiments and battalions — 1 were Junior Reserves 7 years of age . T h e 7 3r d 7 4t h 7 6 t h 7 7 l¥ a n 7 8 t h w , , , t d ere S enior v w 4 s 5 0 . Reser es , bet een age of and 5 O ’ 2 m 4 w C f Gen . Lee s 1 4 regi ents , 2 ere from N. North Carolina suffered the first loss in t h e Confed' " . t h e H n W o Ed cracy , at Bethel , in death of e ry yatt , f ge ' u l ot h 6 combe County, on J ne , 1 . The following companies "already organized"com , " t h e : E Ho r ' posed Bethel Regiment dgecombe Guards , ’ O Infa m' net s Nest Rifles , Charlotte Grays , range Light La Fa et t e i try , Buncombe Riflemen , y L ght Infantry , Burke fl v ll d n I En Ri es , Fayette i e In epe dent Light nfantry, field H li Blues , Southern Stars , a fax Light Infantry . 1 D H C 0 . H ll These were commanded by . i , a s the . C First N . Regiment . D i In the Seven ays Battle around R chmond , every fl a fl v fifth Confederate g oated o er N . C . troops , every 5 t h il w 4 h a s . v t C . w man k led from N , e ery wounded a s . C from N . C h ica m a u a 6 0t h i ent O f At g , the Reg m North Carolina ” t e O f o d ' advanced far hest into the enemi s lines , any C nfe e ra t e h troops in that famous c arge . " In t h e h h G t t ree days fig t at et ysburg , of the killed "not counting the wounded ‘ 7 7 0 were o t oi a t w n N r h Car l nians , lmost ice as ma y as any other State . T h h r a t e r e 26 t N . C . Regiment suffe ed G ttysbu g the heavies t loss in killed a n d wounded of a ny regiment on i i e t her s de in a ny ba tt le o f the Wa r . h C Among t e N. regiments that suffered heaviest m r 4t h T h e 5 t h . Wfllia sh u e : . C wer N , at g , the , _ at Seven Pi th e 3r d S 2 6 t h t nes , at harpsburg , the at Get ysburg , the h 27 t at Briscoe S tation . S e The following N . C . Brigades were in the urr nder ’ ’ ’ ” : ' at Appomattox Cox s , Grimes , Johnston s , Lewis , Mac ’ ’ ' ’ ' ” e e l Ba rri er s a s . Ra s , Lan s , Sc es , Ran om s , ng , Roberts The l f ' ast shot was ired by Cox s brigade . ’ ’ Gra nt s a rmy at A ppomattox was wh ie Le e s wa s The last battle of the Confederates was the b attl e ' f B v ‘ 1 h e un e O n n i e u h i n . b t e to ll , fo g t N C y J ior R serves ’ ri ll Mw h Lc 6 5 . p ncipa y, , Nort h Carolina furni shed stands of arms and all nec a r e ui en S he s n -O ess y " pm t . pe t ver fo r t h e C o n ra G o er m en w t " de l e re ' fede te v n t , i h un ve op d ‘ T h e ‘wO men o f r a rO lin e sourO es . No th C a s nt in s u l es ifrlo m t i fp wn st o i n a n t s co nv pp i he r res , dditio t o hat a t e ' t fi t ributed thru t h e St O f ces . North C arolina furnished wort h of one ' ' ' year s s uppl ies to the Confederate Government b esides i l it c t h e g ving many valuab e stores w hout harge , at same time supporting and clothing her own troops t hru t h e " en Re o rts s ow a " m tire war . p h th t d uring the la St onths ’ ‘ ’ ' :N t f ' : E f t he wa r C . f in o . Wa s ee d n h f l s s g o e al o i Gen . e a rmy . 35 N . C . provided Naval Forces for the protection of her " " 8 ne / n so unds . The Mos"uito Fleet were little o gu s . boat which rendered valuable service , these capturing w many vessels on the N . C . coast . Later t elve others were bought . A lber m a rle e f C . d The ram , was built in N . , which ' stroyed the Underwri ter . The " Blockade Running enterprise was adopted only " l 18 6 3 ' by North Caro ina . The Advance in , was pur 8 4 v . chased as a Runner , there being in all essels of N C w W engaged bet een foreign ports and ilmington . There were 428 trips made by these— one of the most perilous ' parts of the service . Its value was shown by the thous ands of dollars worth of supplies from Europe that were i W brought nto port at ilmington . T h i n e three day bombardment at Ft . Fisher January , ‘ 5 hi , 6 , w ch marked the beginning of the end of the Con i w federacy , establ shed a record for artillery firing that as unbroken in the history of the world until the Russo ' ’ D o f ' Wa r . E Japanese Admirals ewey and vans , young fi cers in t fl al the a tacking eet , called it the Gibr tar of i Amer ca . The name of Confederate Point was changed to Fort h C ' Fisher when the g a llant Colonel of the 6 t N . Regi l s . ment, Charles F . Fisher, fel at Manassa v O a . A North Carolina Na al fficer, C ptain James I W r i S h enna ndo a h addell , carried a Confede ate sh p , the , t o E miles from the Arctic ocean ngland , and never hi s fl a surrendered g to the enemy, but gave his vessel nito the keeping of the British Government six months after S h enna ndo a h the surrender at Appomat tox . The made more havoc on commerce than any other vessel in the history of the world except the Alabama under Admiral Semmes . O a wa A North Carolina soldier, rren R ndolph Smith , s fl a d the designer of the Stars and Bars g , so de ci ed by t h e four Confederate organizations . 6 IMPORTANT EVENTS O F NORTH CAROLINA IN T H E WA RBETWEEN T H E STATES 18 6 1 — 18 6 5 M 2 1 6 1 a 0 8 .