Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment

uipment and drill of volunteer companies was, accordingly, the order of the times. The first assembly to perfect the organization of the Guilford Grays was held in the court-hou

g presence. He was the proper man to fill the chair at our first meeting. James W. Albright (who is still in the flesh) acted as secretary. The usual committees were appointed. A constitution and by-laws were drafted and adopted. The co

ampbell, J. H. Tarpley, William Adams, James W. Albright, Maben Lamb, James Thomas, Edward G. Sterling, Jos. H. Fetzer, William P. Moring, Wilbur F. Owen, George H. Gregory, David N. Kirkpatrick, Andrew D. Lind

the 9th of January, 1860, when the company was first organize

ction of the following commissioned

nsign (with rank of Lieutenant); W. C. Bourne, Orderly Sergeant; William P. Wilson, 2d Sergeant; Samuel B. Jordan, 3d Sergeant; Geo. W. How

ans were selected fr

rgrove, kettle-drummer; C?

arl of Chatham heard the defeat announced in the House of Parliament, he exclaimed: "One more such victory would ruin the British." This battle was fought by General Greene on

r drill-room was in the second story of Tate's old cotton factory, where we were ins

have been wrested by order of the Governor from the worms and rust of the Arsenal at Fayettsville. By the first of May we had received our handsome gray uniforms from Philadelphia. These uniforms, which we so gaily

was the coronation of a May queen in the grove at Edgeworth Female Seminary. The Grays were invited by the ladi

no absentees noted. The uniforms were immaculate, our officers wore the beautiful swords presented to them by the fair ladies of Greensboro Female College, the musket barrels and bayonets flashed and gleamed in the glorious May sunshine, and with high heads in jaunty caps, and with the proud mili

h happy spectators. The young ladies, whose guests we were to be, were formed in procession, and were awaiting the arrival of

was the order

een of her m

skets of flowers, which the

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h Lady Hope and the Ar

wo maids

. Ten

he Militar

cted in the centre of the grove, the you

airest, and of

ur Queen

ary Arendell) add

ir, with ligh

roceeded to the crowning ceremony, and Mi

en (Miss Mamie) in the name of the ladies of the seminary, present

peace on earth and good-will to man;" for our womanly natures shrink from the horrors of war and bloodshed. But we have placed upon it the "oak," fit emblem of the firm heroic spirits over whi

banner at the hands of the Queen, and, advancing, placed it in th

ry proudly and triumphantly waved over our own battle-field, and when our fathers, on the soil of old Guilford, 'struck for their altars and their fires.' Here, indeed, was fought the great battle of the South; here was decided the gre

miles from the battle-field of Martinsville; here at Guilford Court-House in the boro of Nathaniel Greene; here in the classic grounds of old Edgeworth, surrounded with beauty and intelligence; in the presence of our wiv

r dames h

er matr

s laud and

eir own gr

s our thanks to their daughters for this beautiful banner, and as a token of our gratitude, we, the Guilford Grays, do here beneath its grac

d lasting thanks for this entertainment; and to the rulers, in your vast domain, for the

rsity, we would have you ever remember the Guilford Grays-f

e is a spread eagle with scroll containing the motto, "E Pluribus Unum," a similar scroll below with words, "Greensboro, North Carolina." The other side, similar in design, except within the wreath the words, "Presented by the Ladies of Edgeworth Female Seminary, May 5th, 1860;" on