. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . e conduct ofthe rank and file of the regiment in the closing days of the warwas in keeping with the fine soldierly qualities uniformlydisplayed by them throughout the long struggle, and reflectson all high credit and honor. On returning to their wastedhomes, with rare exceptions, they proved themselves to bemodel citizens. A small fraction only of those who went forth in the sixtiesin response to the call of their country now (1901) survive—the others have joined the mighty and daily increasing
. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . e conduct ofthe rank and file of the regiment in the closing days of the warwas in keeping with the fine soldierly qualities uniformlydisplayed by them throughout the long struggle, and reflectson all high credit and honor. On returning to their wastedhomes, with rare exceptions, they proved themselves to bemodel citizens. A small fraction only of those who went forth in the sixtiesin response to the call of their country now (1901) survive—the others have joined the mighty and daily increasing hostbeyond the dark river, and there answer to the general rollcall of the just and unjust. Truth will rise in triumph, and impartial history willsurely tell to an admiring world the story of the heroic strug-gle and how ye fell. Rest on embalmed and sainted dead. E^or shall your glory be forgotWhile fame her record keeps,Or honor points the hallowed spotWhere valor proudly sleeps. G. W. F. , N. C, 26 April, 1901. THE NEW YORIC PUBUC LIBRARY. A8T0R, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS. \. FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT. *. E(limin(( Killed CliickainauKa ) 5. 1. S. m. Silver, Lieut. Colonel. 2. L. W. Gilbert, Captain, Co. n. G. 3. E H. Crump, Serireant, Co. H.(Severely wouudeil at ChioUaniauga.) E. L. Moore, Serpreant, Co. ¥.. J. L. Craijj. Private, Co. H. (Captured 18G4, and died in prison.)A. C. Craig, Sergeant, Co. II. ADDITIONAL SKETCH FIFTT-EICiHTHREOIHENT. By ISAAC H. BAILEY, Captain Company B. The Fifty-eighth Regiment, Jno. B. Pahner, Colonel com-manding, was composed of companies from the counties ofMitchell, Yancej, McDowell, Ashe, Caldwell and Watauga. Mitchell County—Company A, Colonel Palmers oldcompany, commanded by Captain M. D. Wiseman; Com-pany B, by Captain Isaac H. Bailey; Company K, by Cap-tain S. M. Silver. Yancey—Company G, by Captain S. B. Briggs; Com-pany G, by Captain J. W. Peck. McDowell—Company F, Captain C. O. Conley.
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