. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . the advanced position which they had gained, andfor a while occupied after the springing of the mine. Earlynext morning, there was a truce for several hours to bury thedead between the lines, and our line was formed then just asit was before, except there w^as a bend around the excavationmade by the explosion of the mine. The position of our reg-iment was some yards to the south of the excavation. TheFifteenth regiment of Cookes Brigade was just in the rear ofit. The springing of the mine was a
. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . the advanced position which they had gained, andfor a while occupied after the springing of the mine. Earlynext morning, there was a truce for several hours to bury thedead between the lines, and our line was formed then just asit was before, except there w^as a bend around the excavationmade by the explosion of the mine. The position of our reg-iment was some yards to the south of the excavation. TheFifteenth regiment of Cookes Brigade was just in the rear ofit. The springing of the mine was a complete surprise tous, and both officers and men were for several weeks thereaf-ter anxiously expecting a repetition of the act, and were ner-vous over it. At one time or another, every member of theregiment was sure that he heard the sound of the sappers andthe miners digging away down in the ground beneath was scarcely a night that some one of the regimentwould not come out of his hole and crawl to the regimental THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. XSTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN F< 1. Geo. W. Ciirrin. Private, Co. K. (Killed at (iettysl)iirfr. July 1, 18t)3.) 2. James K. Wilkerson, Private, Co. K. 3. Charles Stovall, Piivate, Co. K. rKilleil at (iettyshiir^.) 4. Marion 11. Hester, Private, Co. K. 5. Thomas H. Danie, Private, Co. K. FIFTY-FIFTH KECilMENT6, Alexander Adcock, Private, Co. K. Robert H. Private, Co. K.(Wounded seven times at Gettys-burg. July 1, 1S03. Taken prisonerand died at Point Lookout.) John P. , Private, Co. K. Benjamin P. Thorp, Private, Co. K. Fifty-Fifth Regiment. 309 headquarters and whisper the announcement that he couldplainly hear the sound of the digging in the ground way be-low him. The suggestion of the adjutant or commandingofhcer that it was mere imagination would never avail, and soit would often happen that a good part of the night was spentby those officers in going around and testing the accuracy ofthese reports
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