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C. B. PFEIFFER, MANAGER
ESTATE OF
C. B. PFEIFFER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE, PLANTERS
Manufacturers of Naval Stores
SHIPPING POINT:
Pfeiffer Landing, Ga.
ON SAVANNAH RIVER P>O..Sylvania, Ga, R.F.D
MILAS A.KIRKPATRICK THE PRIVATE SOLDIER.
In May 1861 Miias A.Kirkpatrick, at the age of nineteen, enlisted in Company L 16th North Carolina Regiment. This was the first company of volunteers to be organized in Haywood County to uphold the rights of secession and was under the leadership of R.G.A.Love Captain, Alden Howell, Jule Welch and George Rogers Lieutenants.There was no railroad west of the Blue Ridge so it was necessary for Company L to hike to Morganton where it was picked up by the North Carolina railroad and carried to Raleigh. Here it remained in training camp until the following September. This camp was located in Lovejoy Grove which was then only a vacant field but is now near the center of Raleigh containing Meredith College, the home of the Governor of the state, and other handsome improvements.
This regiment was sent in September to Stanton Virginia by rail and then across country to Valley Mountain West Virginia for the winter of '61 and '62. This was a very hard winter and from epidemics of meases, typhoid and other causes several members of Company L died including two brothers Lawson and Leander Kirkpatrick. Early in the spring of'62 the regiment was sent back into Virginia in the direction of Richmond. At Acquan Bay the regiment was reorganized with Champ Davis being made Colonel, and R..G.A.Love Lt.Col. Alden Howell was promoted to Captain of Company L with Jule Welch, George Rogers and Tom Fergerson Lieutenants.
The first real engagement of "The 16th North Carolina" came in May'62 at the famous Battle of Seven Pines. During this engagement the casualties were very heavy including Champ Davie,c Colonel of the regiment. The fight lasted on into the night, a night of intense darkness, rain, and horror. The Confederates greatly outnumbered, were in retreat, being hotly persued by the victorious Yankees. During th mad rush of the two opposing armiesMilas A Kirkpatrick was shot down bya bullet passing throughhisleft thigh just above the knee joint. After he had fallen to the ground his cries for help mingling with those from a battle-field strewn with wounded and dying men,soon became recognized by an old comrade and friend from boyhood, Lt. Tom Ferguson who rushed to his side and attempted to carry him from the field. Lt. Ferguson knew nothing of the methods used in modern warfare of handling wounded men on the field and so it was necessary to get help. After calling on a number of Confederate soldiers with no avail this young Lieutenant,
becoming almost desperate, drew his sword on a Yankee soldier-boy, threatening to cut his head off if he refused to help him remove this wounded man from the field. The boy obeyed the order and the two men
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| Full Text | C. B. PFEIFFER, MANAGER ESTATE OF C. B. PFEIFFER GENERAL MERCHANDISE, PLANTERS Manufacturers of Naval Stores SHIPPING POINT: Pfeiffer Landing, Ga. ON SAVANNAH RIVER P>O..Sylvania, Ga, R.F.D MILAS A.KIRKPATRICK THE PRIVATE SOLDIER. In May 1861 Miias A.Kirkpatrick, at the age of nineteen, enlisted in Company L 16th North Carolina Regiment. This was the first company of volunteers to be organized in Haywood County to uphold the rights of secession and was under the leadership of R.G.A.Love Captain, Alden Howell, Jule Welch and George Rogers Lieutenants.There was no railroad west of the Blue Ridge so it was necessary for Company L to hike to Morganton where it was picked up by the North Carolina railroad and carried to Raleigh. Here it remained in training camp until the following September. This camp was located in Lovejoy Grove which was then only a vacant field but is now near the center of Raleigh containing Meredith College, the home of the Governor of the state, and other handsome improvements. This regiment was sent in September to Stanton Virginia by rail and then across country to Valley Mountain West Virginia for the winter of '61 and '62. This was a very hard winter and from epidemics of meases, typhoid and other causes several members of Company L died including two brothers Lawson and Leander Kirkpatrick. Early in the spring of'62 the regiment was sent back into Virginia in the direction of Richmond. At Acquan Bay the regiment was reorganized with Champ Davis being made Colonel, and R..G.A.Love Lt.Col. Alden Howell was promoted to Captain of Company L with Jule Welch, George Rogers and Tom Fergerson Lieutenants. The first real engagement of "The 16th North Carolina" came in May'62 at the famous Battle of Seven Pines. During this engagement the casualties were very heavy including Champ Davie,c Colonel of the regiment. The fight lasted on into the night, a night of intense darkness, rain, and horror. The Confederates greatly outnumbered, were in retreat, being hotly persued by the victorious Yankees. During th mad rush of the two opposing armiesMilas A Kirkpatrick was shot down bya bullet passing throughhisleft thigh just above the knee joint. After he had fallen to the ground his cries for help mingling with those from a battle-field strewn with wounded and dying men,soon became recognized by an old comrade and friend from boyhood, Lt. Tom Ferguson who rushed to his side and attempted to carry him from the field. Lt. Ferguson knew nothing of the methods used in modern warfare of handling wounded men on the field and so it was necessary to get help. After calling on a number of Confederate soldiers with no avail this young Lieutenant, becoming almost desperate, drew his sword on a Yankee soldier-boy, threatening to cut his head off if he refused to help him remove this wounded man from the field. The boy obeyed the order and the two men |
