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“The Anson Guards was a company of boys of Anson
County, North Carolina. The company was organized
many years before the war of the sixties, with the follow-
ing officers:
Captain, Robert T. Hall ; First Lieutenant,
William C. Watkins; Second Lieutenant, Walter J. Boggan.
“It was the custom of the captain to give the company
a banquet annually, in his hospitable home which was
enjoyed beyond the common. On one occasion T. J. Wat-
kins well remembers the whole pig, barbecued, was placed
on- the table with a large red apple in its mouth. The
officers and privates of the Anson Guards was composed
of the best of Southern young manhood — the elite of
the county — sons of farmers, merchants, lawyers, doc-
tors, mechanics, teachers. Hardee's tactics were used
(two volume edition), and the company, being fairly well
drilled, understood maneuvering.”
I The Southern Soldier. What he Fought For 1
II Flag Presented. Bon Mots of Dargan, Nelme and Others 5
III Secession. Camp Life 15
IV Forward Movement. Women of Virginia . . 18
V Company C, 14th Reg. N. C. Volunteers . . 22
VI First Hard March. Peach and Honey ... 25
VII Fort Bee. Oyster Fishing. Captain Vance . 29
VIII Chills and Fever. Christmas Day at Fort Bee 34
IX Ladies at Fort Bee. Brigade Formed. Ben's Church 38
X First Hostile Bullet Heard. Hazardous Reconnoissance 42
XI Re-enlisting. Captain Smith 47
XII Colonel of 26th N. C. V. Anecdotes ... 55
XIII Company C. Baptism of Blood at Williamsburg 58
XIV Anson Guards Generals. Hello. Charlie,
XV What you Doing? 63
XVI Reveille. Pay Day. Chaplain Power ... 70
XVII Seven Pines. The Lone Private 74
XVIII The Situation. General Johnston. General
XIX Lee 81
XX Battle of Seven Pines. Incidents .... 85
XXI Comforts of the Yankee Soldiers. Candles.
XXII Chickahominy Fever 89
XXIII The Northern and Southern Armies. Gen. D.
XXIV H. Hill's Division 93
XXV Mechanicsvllle.
Beaver Dam. Powhite . . 96
XXVI Cold Harbor. Gains Mill. Artillery Display at Night 100
XXIII Freyser's Farm. Savage Station. Runaway Train. The
Storm 107
XXIV Malvern Hill. Heroism. Happy Go Lucky, Devil May Care
110
XXV The Aftermath. Roll Call after Malvern Hill 118
XXVI General Lee Outlines his Plans. A Fighter from the Way
Back 120
XXVII Gen. Lee's Strategy. General Consternation 123
XXVIII Failures of Confederate Generals. The Cross of Honor
126
XXIX The Epp's Home. The Confederate Surgeon . 130
XXX Fatalism in the Confederate Army. Spoils of Battle,
Conscripts 135
XXXI Jackson's Foot Cavalry. Headquarters in the Saddle 139
XXXII Sultry Heat. Fiendish Dust. Bivouacking Marse Robert
146
XXXIII Crossing the Potomac. Maryland . . . .150
XXXIV South Mountain. Sharpsburg. Going into Battle with an
Honorable Discharge . . 153
XXXV Recuperating on the Opequan. The Savory Pot of
Backbones 159
XXXVI Religious Services. Artillery Hell. Infantry Inferno
165
XXXVII Foraging. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb. Faithful Darky Cooks 170
XXXVIII The Wilderness 176
XXXIX Chancellorsville. Medal Awarded .... 181
XL The Bravest Man in the Army. Gen. Early and the Irish
Soldier ... .... 187
XLI Re-organization. Copperheads. Prison Life . 191
XLII Brandy Station. Berryville. Winchester. Capturing a
Yankee Camp 197
XLIII Gettysburg. A Shoe Store. The Iron Brigade 203
XLIV Incident of the Battle Field. Masterly Retreat 209
XLV Falling Waters. Jokes. Laughter. Songs . 214
XLVI Mine Run Campaign. Devastation. The Feast we Could not
Enjoy 219
XLVII Winter Quarters. The Love Feats. Rabbits Smoked 225
XLVIII Spring of 1864. Battle of the Wllderness . 228
XLIX Spottsylvania. Giving Water to the Wounded Enemy.
Leading Traveler to the Rear . . 237
L General Gbant
Shunning His Objective. Capt. Freeman Killed at Bethesda Church 243
LI Cold Harbor. A
Leader Without His Reward. CONTBOL OF THE SEA ........ 247
LII Captain Freeman. Geo. L. Stanback . . . 253
LIII Spottsylvania. In the Evening by the Twilight 257
LIV General Stuart. In the Valley. Old Jube's Foot Cavalry
263
LV General Sheridan in the Valley. Women of the South 270
LVI The Young Volunteer's Heroism. The Divided Pie. Tom
Watkins' Narrative .... 275
LVII The Valley Campaign. Siege of Petersburg. Exhaustion
287
LVIII General Lee's Last Council of War. Appomattox 291
LIX List of the Anson Guards Surrendered. Gen. Grant' s
Kindness. Lee on Traveler . .298
LX Nostalgia. Home Again. General Sherman's Devastations 306
LXI Brief History of the Individual Members of the Anson
Guards 314
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS