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Theji' Charge at the Battle ol Bonfconville, NortH Carolina*Xo The i'ews.Madlejxe Place, December I, t8ST.—•You bare been kind enough to republish a letter trrm Captain VFf E. Friend, late of Tern ** Texas Hangers, C* 6. A.t who aesks to give honor to whom honor ia due at the hattle of Beaionville, North Carolina, in ; Jdaiob, !?uo» As tbe historian of chat regi-jnenfc—tbat xa the aompLier of their action during the war (the? made their own and a brliliart bistory)—my attention was called to the letter of General Hampton in the Centuiy Magazine by several of the regiment, and I intended then to give the Can- • tnryapage from the history c?v3riag a narrative of the hgbt and the charge near BentcnvnZe, and I think I am 30erect, as Captain Matthews approved of ihe page just before Lis death, and said it was correct, TLte history will show that General Hazepfczi aid Captain Friend may both bo in a great raeftsaro correct*At iho battle of BentonvLUa. March 23, lSGi3r GfcEfcral Thoe» Hurri^ou, Oolonel Gustave Cook, Major W. LI. Jrmon ftfcd Major W, B. Bayirra were wounded, .G sn^rai Harrison fctd M~ior Savers in a raid ‘oa the
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sun, Dec 11, 1887
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