. Sketches of Pitt County, a brief history of the county, 1704-1910; illustrations and maps . horse killed under him. Ln July the Seventy-first Regiment was formed by takingcompanies of other commands. It was also known as theSeventh Cavalry. In Company H, of which L. J. Barrettwas later elected Captain, were several men from Pitt, andalso a few in other companies. Captain Barrett was pro-moted from the ranks. 180 SKETCHES OF PITT COUNTY. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Vance Elected Governor—State Census—YellowlyFOE Congress—Fifty-fifth at Kinston—GeneralClingman^s Complaint—Maryland Campaign—Cap-tain Jo
. Sketches of Pitt County, a brief history of the county, 1704-1910; illustrations and maps . horse killed under him. Ln July the Seventy-first Regiment was formed by takingcompanies of other commands. It was also known as theSeventh Cavalry. In Company H, of which L. J. Barrettwas later elected Captain, were several men from Pitt, andalso a few in other companies. Captain Barrett was pro-moted from the ranks. 180 SKETCHES OF PITT COUNTY. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Vance Elected Governor—State Census—YellowlyFOE Congress—Fifty-fifth at Kinston—GeneralClingman^s Complaint—Maryland Campaign—Cap-tain JoYNER Killed—Heavy Losses—SingeltarysReply—Movement of Troops—Haddocks Cross-roads—Federals Capture Greenville—Other Events. In the August election Z. B. Vance, then Colonel of theTwenty-sixth, defeated William Johnston, of Charlotte, forGovernor. Pitts vote was 649 for Vance and 229 for John-ston. As reported by the Secretary of State, the State cen-sus gave Pitt a population of 16,793, there being 7,480whit( s, 127 free negroes and 8,473 slaves. This year Captain. state CAPITOL, RALEIGH, N. C. E. C. Yellowly was a candidate for representative in the Con-federate Congress against the incumbent R. R. Bridgers. Onthe returns Bridgers was elected but Captain Yellowlysfriends claimed he had been cheated out of his election, andwanted him to contest, which he refused to do. On the 7th, the Fifty-fifth prevented the landing of troopsfrom a gunboat at Kinston. J. T. Whitehead,of the Fifty-fifth, being dead, Capt. M. T. Smith succeededhim. In the summer T. L. Clingman, who had somesupervision of this section, wrote to Gen. D. H. Hill, thattwo companies of cavalry, one on either side of Tar River, SKETCHES OP PITT COUNTY. 131 were not sufficient to prevent intercourse between the Fed-erals below and the people above; that the Federals got Eich-mond papers regularly and also other news; that Satter-thwaite, a member of the State convention,
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