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- Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 [v.1]
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- Date
- 1901
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- Creator
- ["Clark, Walter, 1846-1924."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 [v.1]
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NINTH REGIMENT.
(FIRST CAVALRY).
By BRIGADIER-GENERAL RUFUS BARRINGER.
The formal
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of the ten regiments of State Troops was a wise
step in the organization of the North Carolina forces. These
ten thousand men were made up of the very pick and flower of
the State — all enlisted for the war, and so forming a model for
others.
No one of these ten regiments attracted so much attention as
the Ninth, afterwards known as the First Cavalry. In the
selection of company officers and the field and staff, Governor
Ellis took special interest. The colonel and lieutenant-colonel,
Robert Rausom and Lawrence 8. Baker, were fresh from the
cavalry of the United States Army, while the two majors, James
B. Gordon and Victor C. Barringer, represented the best capacity
and courage of civil life. The companies were selected with great
care, from numerous tenders, all over the State. The enlist¬
ments were nearly all in May and June, 1861, aud the first ren¬
dezvous was early in July at Asheville; but about August 1st
the companies at Asheville were removed to Camp Beauregard,
at Ridgeway, Warren county, which was made a regular school
of drill, discipline and cavalry exercise and life. No troops ever
went through a severer ordeal. At times and on occasions there
were loud complaints against Colonel Ransom for the rigid rules
and harsh measures adopted. Exception was specially taken to
the line of promotion as used in the United States Army, instead
of the volunteer system; but the great majority of both men
and officers bore the severity of the service with patriotic forti¬
tude, and enjoyed the ups and downs of the drill and the jests
and jeers of camp-life with infinite humor. So, by the middle
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