The Colonel and his staff were mounted, and I was given a position of honor on a dry goods box near the head of the beautiful horse upon which the Colonel was mounted.

Besides Colonel James H.Young, of Raleigh, were near me Lieutenant Colonel Taylor, of Charlotte; Major Walker, of Wilmington; Major Hayward, of Raleigh; Chief Surgeon Dellinger, of Greensboro; Assistant Surgeons Pope, of Charlotte, and Alston, of Asheville; Capt.

Durham, of Winston; Capt.
Hamlin, of Raleigh; Capt.

Hargraves, of Maxton; Capt.

Mebane, of Elizabeth City; Capt.