Calling Gettysburg experts!

[Bruce Vail]

I'm trying to identify contemporaneous official reports or personal letters describing the actions of the 3rd North Carolina State Troops on July 2-3 at Culp's Hill.

I've found Gen. Steuart's report (he was the brigade commander) but am hoping to find something from one of the officers or men of the 3rd itself.

I'd be very grateful for any help...

 

[Bruce Vail]

FYI - My avatar at left is an image of Lt. George W. Ward, of the 3rd N.C. He was a veteran of Gettysburg and many other battles. Lt. Ward was the great great grandfather of my wife, Carol.

 

[rpkennedy]

I don't believe I have anything specifically about the 3rd but when I get home, I'll see if I can't at least point you in the right direction.

Ryan

 

[Bruce Vail]

I don't believe I have anything specifically about the 3rd but when I get home, I'll see if I can't at least point you in the right direction.

Ryan

Thanks, Ryan. Anything from the 1st N.C. would be good too, as they fought nearby on Culp's Hill and there is a close association between the two regiments, which were both raised in the same part of eastern North Carolina at the same time, and brigaded together throughout the war.

 

[Tom Elmore]

Bruce, these are my sources on the 3rd North Carolina that describe or pertain to Gettysburg:

- Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina ... vol. 1, pp. 178-197, prepared by Captains John Cowan [D] and James I. Metts [G].
- Article describing the regiment's organization, The Western Democrat (Charlotte, NC), November 17, 1863.
- Photo and description of flag of "Cape Fear Riflemen," sale by Hendershott Museum, http://www.garyhendershott.com.
- Doctor to the Front, The Recollections of Confederate Surgeon Thomas Fanning Wood, ed. by Donald B. Koonce.
- Florida Confederate Pension Applications, Edward R. Newell [C]
- Letter dated 2 September 1863 from Chaplain George Patterson to Mary Pettigrew, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Special Collections Library (condolences on death of Brig. Gen. Pettigrew).
- Diary of Andrew J. P. Giddings [E], Digital Public Library of America, East Carolina University Digital Collections.
- Letter dated July 25, 1863 from Capt. Edward Hall Armstrong [G] to Mollie, Monnie and Bobbie.
- Biography of James Isaac Metts [G], Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, ed. by Samuel A. Ashe, vol. 5, pp. 267-274.
- Article on James I. Metts, Confederate Veteran Magazine, vol. 30, p. 69.
- Entry on Lt. James I. Metts, Confederate Military History, Extended Addition, vol. 5 (NC), pp. 652-654.
- Description of wound of Pvt. John S. Haley , The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, p. 137 and Pvt. N. P. Holloman [H], part II, vol. II.
- Letter dated July 12, 1863 from Pvt. John Futch [K] to wife, Robert L. Brake Collection, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA.
- Letters of John Futch dated July 19, August 2, and August 6, 1863 to wife and mother, North Carolina Digital Collections, State Library of North Carolina.
- Casualty list, North Carolina Standard, Raleigh, July 29, 1863.
- Casualty list, North Carolina Troops 1861-1865, A Roster, comp. by Louis H. Manarin, vol. III, pp. 484-589.

 

[Bruce Vail]

Bruce, these are my sources on the 3rd North Carolina that describe or pertain to Gettysburg:

- Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina ... vol. 1, pp. 178-197, prepared by Captains John Cowan [D] and James I. Metts [G].
- Article describing the regiment's organization, The Western Democrat (Charlotte, NC), November 17, 1863.
- Photo and description of flag of "Cape Fear Riflemen," sale by Hendershott Museum, http://www.garyhendershott.com.
- Doctor to the Front, The Recollections of Confederate Surgeon Thomas Fanning Wood, ed. by Donald B. Koonce.
- Florida Confederate Pension Applications, Edward R. Newell [C]
- Letter dated 2 September 1863 from Chaplain George Patterson to Mary Pettigrew, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Special Collections Library (condolences on death of Brig. Gen. Pettigrew).
- Diary of Andrew J. P. Giddings [E], Digital Public Library of America, East Carolina University Digital Collections.
- Letter dated July 25, 1863 from Capt. Edward Hall Armstrong [G] to Mollie, Monnie and Bobbie.
- Biography of James Isaac Metts [G], Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, ed. by Samuel A. Ashe, vol. 5, pp. 267-274.
- Article on James I. Metts, Confederate Veteran Magazine, vol. 30, p. 69.
- Entry on Lt. James I. Metts, Confederate Military History, Extended Addition, vol. 5 (NC), pp. 652-654.
- Description of wound of Pvt. John S. Haley , The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, p. 137 and Pvt. N. P. Holloman [H], part II, vol. II.
- Letter dated July 12, 1863 from Pvt. John Futch [K] to wife, Robert L. Brake Collection, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA.
- Letters of John Futch dated July 19, August 2, and August 6, 1863 to wife and mother, North Carolina Digital Collections, State Library of North Carolina.
- Casualty list, North Carolina Standard, Raleigh, July 29, 1863.
- Casualty list, North Carolina Troops 1861-1865, A Roster, comp. by Louis H. Manarin, vol. III, pp. 484-589.

Many thanks, Tom. As usual, you are a fount of good information.

One memoir that I located on my own might be a useful addition to your list. Randolph McKim produced a memoir of Steuart's Brigade at Gettysburg that he furnished to the Southern Historical Society in 1878. It's on line at http://www.gdg.org/Research/SHSP/shmckims.html

 

[Bruce Vail]

Bruce, these are my sources on the 3rd North Carolina that describe or pertain to Gettysburg:

- Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina ... vol. 1, pp. 178-197, prepared by Captains John Cowan [D] and James I. Metts [G].
- Article describing the regiment's organization, The Western Democrat (Charlotte, NC), November 17, 1863.
- Photo and description of flag of "Cape Fear Riflemen," sale by Hendershott Museum, http://www.garyhendershott.com.
- Doctor to the Front, The Recollections of Confederate Surgeon Thomas Fanning Wood, ed. by Donald B. Koonce.
- Florida Confederate Pension Applications, Edward R. Newell [C]
- Letter dated 2 September 1863 from Chaplain George Patterson to Mary Pettigrew, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Special Collections Library (condolences on death of Brig. Gen. Pettigrew).
- Diary of Andrew J. P. Giddings [E], Digital Public Library of America, East Carolina University Digital Collections.
- Letter dated July 25, 1863 from Capt. Edward Hall Armstrong [G] to Mollie, Monnie and Bobbie.
- Biography of James Isaac Metts [G], Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, ed. by Samuel A. Ashe, vol. 5, pp. 267-274.
- Article on James I. Metts, Confederate Veteran Magazine, vol. 30, p. 69.
- Entry on Lt. James I. Metts, Confederate Military History, Extended Addition, vol. 5 (NC), pp. 652-654.
- Description of wound of Pvt. John S. Haley , The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, p. 137 and Pvt. N. P. Holloman [H], part II, vol. II.
- Letter dated July 12, 1863 from Pvt. John Futch [K] to wife, Robert L. Brake Collection, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA.
- Letters of John Futch dated July 19, August 2, and August 6, 1863 to wife and mother, North Carolina Digital Collections, State Library of North Carolina.
- Casualty list, North Carolina Standard, Raleigh, July 29, 1863.
- Casualty list, North Carolina Troops 1861-1865, A Roster, comp. by Louis H. Manarin, vol. III, pp. 484-589.

Edward Hall Armstrong

Obituary from the Wilmington Daily Journal, Saturday, 23 Jul 1864 -


OBITUARY


Departed this life on the 6th of June, of wounds received on the 12th of May, in the engagement near Spottsylvania C. H., Capt. EDWARD HALL ARMSTRONG, of the 3rd Regiment, N. C. Troops, aged 23 years and 26 days.

In the fall of this noble youth is strinkingly exemplified the saying, "Death loves a shining mark." His departure adds another to the lengthened catalogue of the truly generous, highminded, free-will, offerings placed upon the altar of our country's liberty.

In the Summer of 1862 he espoused his country's cause by active service in the field; and from that time until the fatal 12th of May, 1864, he with comrads in arms have been ever in the thickest of the fray.

Both the campaigns in Maryland witnessed his heroic bearing, his exposure admist danger and death, and his fortunate excape unharmed. But after wearing an apparently charmed life admist the missiles of death, for three years, he was destined, in the mysterious providence of God, to receive his "last furlough" admidst the disasters of the 12th of May. Edward Hall Armstrong was a paragon of manly beauty, and of purity and loveliness of character.

It might be truly said, "none saw him but to admire, none knew him but to love."

It is difficult to conceive of the noble from as crumbling again to dust; and indeed it is more graeful, as well as more natural to regard the true Edward Armstrong, not as resting in the silent grave, but as having ascended far above the din and discord, pain and anguish of this "cruel war," and entered into the haven of eternal peace.

Let those who mourn their own temporary loss, reflect upon his eternal gain, and let them anticipate a happy reunion with him in "the beautiful worl


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[Bruce Vail]

Edward Armstrong had a cousin, Thomas E. Armstrong, who was also an officer in the 3rd N.C. He was killed at Chancellorsville.

I have a copy of an interesting letter he wrote after the Seven Days.