Lanterna Rally

Author: North Carolina Adjutant General'S Dept

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-25

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780666383099

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of North Carolina for the Year, 1895 Twice during the past year upon the call of the civil authorities, the troops have been called upon to preserve law and order and to prevent seriously threatened riot and bloodshed. For full particulars of the occasions referred to, I would respectfully invite your attention to the report of Colonel Rodman, commanding the First Regiment, and the special report of Captain Bessent, commanding Com pany A, Third Regiment. In both instances it will be seen that officers and men alike acted with the utmost coolness and-discretion, and by their prompt and energetic action quelled all disturbance and restored order. In the affair at Winston the spirit and steadiness of the troops was admirably tested, for, surrounded by an infuriated mob of negroes, many hundreds in number, many of whom were armed - fired on from various directions, by which several of the troops were wounded - the little company of Guard s men, with less than forty men in line, by their steadiness and well directed fire, held at bay and finally dispersed the rioters. A careful examination of the ground and the dis position made by Captain Bessent of his small force, justi fies me in commending that ofiicer for the results obtained under new and very trying circumstances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.