The Greensborough Patriot

Jan. 2, 1862

Page 2

What the West has Done.

The Ashville News says: The ten mountain counties West of the Blue Ridge in this State, have raised and sent into the field FORTY-NINE companies of volunteers, averaging over 100 men each. Can any portion of the State make a better exhibit?

Buncombe has furnished eleven companies, and has four Colonels and three Majors in the field, viz.:

Col. Stephen Lee, 16^th Regiment.

Col. T. L. Clingman, 25^th Regiment.

Col. Z. B. Vance, 26^th Regiment.

Col. R. B. Vance, 29^th Regiment.

Major John W. Woodfin, 2d Regiment N. C. Cavalry.

Maj. Marcus Erwin, Wise’s Legion.

Maj. David Coleman, Coleman’s Battalion.