. Sketches of Pitt County, a brief history of the county, 1704-1910; illustrations and maps . from jMajor to Lieutenant-Colonel ofTAventy-seventh. Dr. Wyatt M. Bi-owmi, Surgeon Seventh Volunteers, tochairman State Board of Examining Surgeons. ]. A. Jackson, Adjutant; W. L. Cherry, Assistant Quarter-master; Ahriim Cox, Commissary; L). F. Whitehead, Com-missary ; Dr. J. N. Bynum, Surgeon, and J. H. Johnson,Major, all of the Forty-fourth. J. T. Whitehead, Major of the Fifty-fifth. W. C. Jordan, Assistant Quartermaster of the Sixty-sixth. Tlici-c wcro others who held promotions without commis-sion
. Sketches of Pitt County, a brief history of the county, 1704-1910; illustrations and maps . from jMajor to Lieutenant-Colonel ofTAventy-seventh. Dr. Wyatt M. Bi-owmi, Surgeon Seventh Volunteers, tochairman State Board of Examining Surgeons. ]. A. Jackson, Adjutant; W. L. Cherry, Assistant Quarter-master; Ahriim Cox, Commissary; L). F. Whitehead, Com-missary ; Dr. J. N. Bynum, Surgeon, and J. H. Johnson,Major, all of the Forty-fourth. J. T. Whitehead, Major of the Fifty-fifth. W. C. Jordan, Assistant Quartermaster of the Sixty-sixth. Tlici-c wcro others who held promotions without commis-sions, among them being L. R. Anderson, Captain of Com-I^any D. Iorly-fonrfli. who was in command of the regimentwlicii he \v;i^ killed. SKETCHES OF PITT COUNTY. 161 CHAPTEK THIETY-FOUR. Wheelers — Dupkee Kills Federal — Amnesty—HoLDEN Provisional Governor—Delegates to Con-vention—Acts—Worth Elected Governor—SchoolMatters—War-time School Books—Curious Lessons. FolloAving the surrender of General Lee, the assassinationof President Lincoln spread consternation over the general BRYAN GRIMES. Four years of war and its evils and hardships had demoral-ized the country, and in the wake of the great armies of Gen- 11 102 SKETCHES OF PITT COUNTY. eral Slienuau and General Johnston were following a bandcf marauders. As those two great armies turned from Ben-touville northwestward, some of these, calling themselvesWheelers Cavalry because, perhaps, a few of them may-have at some time claimed the honor of belonsiuff to thatdivision of cavalry, in General Johnstons army, under Wheeler, invaded some eastern counties. The Falklandand Iarmville sections suffered from their raid, many horses,much provisions and some other property being taken bythem. They were followed by a similar class from the Federalarmy. These blue coats were looked upon as having someauthority, but the people could not submit to robbery. Oneof them went to the home of Thomas Dupree, near Falk
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