Confederate Veteran, Vol. 36

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Excerpt from Confederate Veteran, Vol. 36: April, 1928No one was more energetic and forward looking than Fisher, once it was foreseen that war was inevitable, in preparing for the con¿ict. Beginning in April, 1861, he raised the first North Carolina regiment, although it bore the nameof the Sixth. The expense of the entire equipment for the regiment was defrayed out of his private purse, which had no parallel in North Carolina, and the regiment bore the beautiful ¿ag made and embroidered by Colonel Fisher's sister, Christine. This regiment, composed in large measure of men who had worked with him or under him for years, followed him with a measure of devotion equal to that which Lee inspired. They not only had unbounded confidence in Fisher, they admired him deeply and loved him devotedly. His affection for and pride in them, says the late John S. Henderson, was equal to their's for him. A few days before his death he said of the officers: 'where human ¿esh dare venture they will go.' Of the men, he said: 'there is not a man in the regiment who, after four and twenty hours of fasting and labor, will not go into battle as if just from sleep and refreshment.' The after career of the regiment proved how well he knew it. It covered itself with glory at Gettysburg and was among the last to surrender at Appomattox.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.