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- Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 [v.5]
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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.5]
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THE FIRST NORTH CAROLINA
SOLDIER WHO DIED.
l’.v It. II. BR ABBEY, I'p.iyate Company
Л. Вётпкь Июпмкхт.
The first soldier killed in battle oil tlie ( ’on federate side
was, as is well known. Henry L Wyatt, of Company A,
Bethel Regiment. Three times as many men died in hospi¬
tal as were killed on the battlefield, lmt it is not so well known
that the first soldier from .North Carolina who lost his life
for the Confederacy was James Hudson, of Company
В
(.Hornet's Xest Rides), of the same regiment.
The "Pettigrew Hospital’’ (as it was afterwards called),
was the first military hospital that was organized in the State
of North Carolina during the war between the States. It
was located on the old Fair Grounds, east of Raleigh, near
the present "Soldiers" Home.” and in the house formerly oc¬
cupied by the keeper of the Fair Grounds, which house is
still standing and is
осей
pied by a colored family.
It was organized by the late Dr. K. Burke Haywood indi¬
vidually, and not bv the State, as many may think. Dr.
Haywood’s nieinorv is revered by inanv an old soldier, who
was relieved and saved from an untimely death by bis «■rear
medical skill, love and sympathy. Dr. Haywood was greatly
assisted by \Y. II. Dodd. Esq.. as dnnrgist, whose pleasant
smiles and persuasive words would make the pills disappear
easier, let them lie ever so hitter. IIow many (except, the
oldest citizens) remember Hill Dodd as a pill roller
The first Regimental Hospital was organized by Dr. Peter
E. Hines, then of Few Bern, now of this city.
The company of which I was a member, "Edgecombe
Guards.” arrived in Raleigh on 80 April, ISt'il, from Fort
Macon, where we were first ordered by the Governor.
I was just recovering from the measles when I took severe
cold from exposure, incident to camp life* (my camp was
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