Hillsborough (NC) Recorder

June 19, 1861

Page 3

 

                        Head-Quarters of the N. Carolina Regiment of Wise’s Legion

                                                   Warrenton, June 13, 1861

                        GENERAL ORDER:

Having been appointed by Gen. Henry Wise to a Colonelcy in Wise’s Legion, and commissioned to raise a regiment in North Carolina, I hereby earnestly invite those desirous of joining the popular corps, and of seeing prompt and active service under the chivalric Wise, to organize forthwith into companies of sixty-four each, to elect their company officers, and prepare to move without loss of time.  Each company will consist of one Captain, one first and one second Lieutenant, four Sergeants and four corporals, and fifty-three privates.  As soon as formed, each company will be moved into camp at Petersburg, Va., and mustered into service prior to this formation into a regiment under the above destination.

            Being designed for partyzan [sic] service, the regiment will be composed of one Cavalry, and nine Infantry and Light Infantry companies.  Each man will provide himself with a change of clothes of a durable material, (not waiting for uniformity of dress,) a blanket and a haversack.

            Now is the time for brilliant service.  Come forward, gentlemen, to the number of 640, and come quickly.

                                                WHARTON J. GREEN

                                                Col. Commanding

 

            Papers throughout the State please notice.

            June 14, 1861