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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  ADDENDA 
  ET 
  ERRATA. 
  

  

  The 
  Durham 
  Light 
  Infantry 
  — 
  The 
  Durham 
  Female 
  

  

  Seminary. 
  

  

  The 
  adage, 
  '■ 
  Old 
  men 
  for 
  counsel, 
  3'oung 
  men 
  for 
  war," 
  

   finds 
  illustration 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  military 
  organizii- 
  

   lions 
  throughout 
  this 
  Repuhlic 
  of 
  ours. 
  

  

  The 
  Southern 
  youth 
  is 
  a 
  soldier 
  born. 
  His 
  ancestors 
  have 
  

   set 
  the 
  example, 
  their 
  brave 
  deeds 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  

   inflame 
  the 
  mind, 
  and, 
  climatic 
  influences 
  being 
  favor- 
  

   able, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  he 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  what 
  he 
  is. 
  

   North 
  Carolina, 
  tliough 
  proud 
  of 
  her 
  citizen 
  soldiery, 
  has 
  

   not, 
  so 
  far, 
  done 
  what 
  she 
  could 
  to 
  foster 
  this 
  manly, 
  noble 
  

   spirit 
  in 
  her 
  sons. 
  We 
  believe 
  her 
  failure 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  is 
  

   inexcusable 
  and 
  damaging. 
  Give 
  us 
  a 
  laudable 
  State 
  pride 
  

   and 
  our 
  sister 
  States 
  will 
  regard 
  us 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  light 
  

   from 
  what 
  they 
  do 
  now. 
  We 
  are 
  glad 
  to 
  know 
  the 
  military 
  

   officers 
  are 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  this 
  point. 
  Within 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  

   years 
  their 
  labors 
  have 
  brouglit 
  forth 
  good 
  results, 
  and 
  if 
  

   they 
  do 
  not 
  weary 
  in 
  well 
  doing, 
  the 
  many 
  volunteer 
  com- 
  

   panies 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  which 
  have 
  heretofore 
  barely 
  sub- 
  

   sisted 
  by 
  personal 
  sacrifice 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  money, 
  will 
  bask 
  in 
  

   the 
  sunshine 
  of 
  the 
  so 
  much 
  deserved, 
  long 
  looked 
  for 
  pros- 
  

   perity. 
  For 
  one, 
  the 
  Durham 
  Light 
  Infantry 
  would 
  shout, 
  

   " 
  Roll 
  on 
  the 
  glorious 
  epoch." 
  

  

  , 
  This 
  company 
  was 
  organized 
  August 
  6, 
  187S, 
  with 
  a 
  mem- 
  

   bership 
  of 
  forty, 
  rank 
  and 
  file. 
  J. 
  F, 
  Freeland 
  was 
  elected 
  

   Captain, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Southgate, 
  First 
  Lieutenant, 
  and 
  J. 
  C. 
  Angier, 
  

   Second 
  Lieutenant. 
  In 
  October 
  following, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Southgate 
  re- 
  

   signed, 
  and 
  W. 
  L. 
  Wall 
  v/as 
  elected 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  vacancy. 
  It 
  

   was 
  fully 
  uniformed 
  and 
  equipped 
  soon 
  after 
  its 
  organiza- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  uniform 
  was 
  of 
  gray 
  cloth, 
  swallow-tail 
  coats, 
  

   W'ith 
  three 
  rows 
  of 
  N. 
  C. 
  State 
  buttons 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  no 
  trim- 
  

   ming 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  coat 
  ; 
  the 
  stripes 
  on 
  the 
  pants 
  

   were 
  black. 
  Black 
  felt 
  hats, 
  with 
  black 
  plumes, 
  were 
  worn. 
  

  

  Six 
  years 
  have 
  made 
  many 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  organization, 
  

   as 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  expected. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  "forty" 
  

  

  