PLANS FOR A CONFEDERATE REUNION IN

UNION COUNTY, 1879

The Monroe Enquirer, Saturday, August 9, 1879

 

Preliminary Meeting of Soldiers

 

“According to previous notice, a meeting of the old soldiers of Union County, was held in the Court-house in Monroe on Saturday, the 2nd day of August, for the purpose of making arrangements and appointing the time for a general re-union of all the old soldiers in the county. The meeting was organized by calling Capt. C.M.T. McCAULEY to the Chair, and Geo. C. McLARTY was requested to act as Secretary...”

“...The several committees were then appointed:”

 

Committee Co. B, 15th N.C.-- Jas. M. PISTOLE, A.L. OSBORN, C.C. BROOKS, W.W. ALEXANDER, J.M. McLARTY, G.N. GORDON.

 

Committee Co. B, 26th NC-- S.H. WALKUP, J.R. SIMPSON, Leroy SECREST, M.F. BOYT, S.D. RICHARDSON, J.M. RICHARDSON.

 

Committee Co. F, 35th NC--S.G. HOWIE, Thos. DAVIS, Dolphus DAVIS, Sam'l CRAIGE, Dr. T.W. REDWINE, M.M. YANDLE.

 

Committee Co. D of the 37th NC-- V.T. CHEARS, C.L. HELMS, Jas. B. ASHCRAFT, Ananias BROOM, Hampton PRICE, Joe GRIFFIN.

 

Committee Co. B, 43rd NC-- H.S. PRESSON, Asa HELMS, Hiram SECREST, N.W. BROOM, Hiram HARGETT, Simon MULLIS

 

Committee Co. A, 48th NC--J.H. WINCHESTER, Capt. TURNER, H.B. HOWIE, Jas. LOWRIE, E.J. KRIMMINGER, P. PENNINGER.

 

Committee Co. E. 48th  NC-- Laney FUNDERBURK, Capt. T.C. EUBANKS, Wm. SMITH, W.L. YARBOROUGH, Jno. W. WALDEN, Zach. YARBOROUGH.

 

Committee Co. F, 48th NC-- Capt. B.F. RICHARDSON, Allison SIMPSON, Wm. McWHORTER, R.T. SISTAR, A.M. NESBIT, D.P. BELK.

 

Committee Co. I, 48th NC-- Josiah BAUCOM, A.J. AUSTIN, Monroe CROWELL, L.D.H. WILLIAMS, R.L. STEWART, Andrew HARGETT.

 

Committee Co. I, 53rd NC-- E.A. JEROME, T.E. ASHCRAFT, Membra HELMS, Jno. L. HELMS, D. Mc. PRICE.

 

Committee Co. C, 10th NC Batt.-- R.F. HOWARD, Wm. BIVENS, Jno. C. SIKES, Hampton HUNTLEY (or Waddell), Jas. WENTZ, L.R. BELK.

 

Committee Co. D, 10th Batt.-- M.R. GRIFFIN, Wm. UNDERWOOD.

 

Committee Co. Senior Reserves--J.J. HASTY, B.F. HOUSTON, S.T. SECREST, Wm. WALKUP, C.B. CURLEE.

 

Committee Co. F, 2nd Batt. Junior Reserves-- Gilbert PRESLAR, Bartley BENTON, J.C. AUSTIN.

 

Committee Monroe Township-- M.B. SIMPSON, Capt. A. SECREST, J.C. WILLIAMS, R.T. BARRETT, C. AUSTIN, E.A. ARMFIELD, H.M. HOUSTON, Dr. E. HUNTLEY, G.D. WOLFE.

 

Committee Lane's Creek Township-- T.J. ASHCRAFT, J.S. LITTLE, T.N. LEE, Sherwood ROSS, J.E. GREEN, H. LEE, P. LOWRIE, J.J. HASTY.

 

Committee Goose Creek-- T.H. BENTON, S.N. PRESSON, Mark CROWELL, Wm. LOVE, R.J. HOWIE, J.W. BENTON, J.C. HARGETT, Capt. J.H. LONG.

 

Committee Sandy Ridge-- E.S. HARKNESS, J. HOUSTON, A.J. CLARK, L.K. RONE, J.N. PORTER, G.A. WINCHESTER, S.B. HOWARD, A.J. PRICE.

 

Committee New Salem-- W.A. AUSTIN, J. SIMPSON, J.C. HAMILTON, Ben STATEN, E.C. CARRAWAY, E.L. DAVIS, Wm. HINSON, Alvis BAUCOM.

 

Committee Buford -- E.D. RICHARDSON, W.H. GRIBBLE, J.W. BELK, L.B. FINCHER, B. PARKER, J.A. BELK, A.J. GRIFFIN.

 

 

 

 

 

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