. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . Rufus Sandere ofCompany C, who are now living in Wake county. After2 April the Forty-seventh had very few men but its organ-ization was kept up till General Lee surrendered. On the2d the Forty-seventh was bringing up the rear of Gen-eral Lees shattered heroes and here it was that with thelarger portion of the remaining members of the Forty-seventh I was captured. I had orders Avhen placed in chargeof the skinnishers of the Forty-seventh Regiment on that dayto hold our position at all hazards. T
. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . Rufus Sandere ofCompany C, who are now living in Wake county. After2 April the Forty-seventh had very few men but its organ-ization was kept up till General Lee surrendered. On the2d the Forty-seventh was bringing up the rear of Gen-eral Lees shattered heroes and here it was that with thelarger portion of the remaining members of the Forty-seventh I was captured. I had orders Avhen placed in chargeof the skinnishers of the Forty-seventh Regiment on that dayto hold our position at all hazards. The enemy was neverable to break through my skinnish line, but it was completelysurrounded and we were captured by the enemy comingfrom our rear. Gaston H. Mooneyham, a private of Com-pany E, Forty-seventh Regiment, who is now living in Bar-tons Creek To^^^lship, this county, was with mo when I wascaptured and stood manfully by me in this fight, the lastfight we made for the Confederacy. J. RowAX , N. C , 9 April, 1901. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDSN FORTY-EIGHTH KKUIMENT. 1. Samuel H. Walknp, Colonel. 4. Jolin R. Winchester, Adjutant and 2. William Hogan Jones, Major. 1st Lieut. 3. W. H. H. Lawhon, Captain. Co. D. 5. John A. Thompson, 1st Lieut., Co. G. FORTY-EIGHTH REQinE/NT. By W. H. H. LAWHON, Captain Company D. The great civil war began in 1861. Several companiesmade up in the summer of 1S61, composed of volunteers fortwelve months, in the Spring of 1862 reorganized for threeyears or the war. The battles of Big Bethel, First Manassasand others had been fought; the result of which had given theSouthern troops courage, and some men in North Carolina,who had been opposed to secession, were now changing theirminds, so that in the Winter of 1861 and 1862 preparationswere being made on both sides for the next summers cam-paign. The Federal aniiy was recruiting so rapidly that theauthorities of the Confederacy saw that they would hav
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