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360 Southern Historical Society Papers.

appearance. Captain John A. Hutcheson commanded the Howit- zers, and his Lieutenants were W. A. Barratt, T. H. Starke and C. W. McFarlane.

The Grimes Battery, of Portsmouth (Battery C), a recently organ- ized company, vied with the Howitzers in neatness of appearance and soldierly demeanor. They were commanded by Captain George W. McDonald and Lieutenants H. R. Warren and W. K. Gale, and paraded fourteen non-commissioned officers and nineteen privates.

The Lynchburg Blues (Battery D), a well-drilled organization, were commanded by Captain John A. Davis and Lieutenant J. F. Graves, and paraded twelve non-commissioned officers and fourteen privates, making a total of thirty men.

SIX TROOPS OF CAVALRY.

The cavalry regiment was the largest body of military horsemen that has been seen in this city since the war, and it was an inspiring sight to behold the troopers as they proudly marched in the proces- sion. Colonel G. Percy Hawes commanded the regiment, and the following were the members of his staff: Lieutenant-Colonel, W. F. Wickham; Major, W. Kirk Mathews; Major Lewis Wheat, M. D., surgeon; Captain H. M. Boykin, adjutant; Captain A. B. Guigon, commissary; Captain E. D. Hotchkiss, ordnance officer; Captain E. D. McGuire. M. D., assistant surgeon. Non-commissioned staff: Captain E. P. Turner, surgeon of Troop B, Surry county; Sergeant- Major W. B. Marks; Commissary-Sergeant, John C. Small; Quar- termaster-Sergeant J. F. Bradley; Ordnance Sergeant, E. S. Hazen.

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REGIMENT.

Troop A (Stuart Horse Guard), Captain Charles Euker, Lieuten- ants E. J. Euker and J. R. Branch, eleven non-commissioned officers and twenty -five privates, making a total of thirty-nine.

Troop C (Fitz Lee Troop, Lynchburg), Captain T. J. Ingram, First Lieutenant W. M. Seay, Jr., Second Lieutenant H. W. Baker; nine non-commissioned officers, and twenty-five privates total thirty-seven.

Troop D (Hanover Troop), Captain W. D. Cardwell, First Lieu- tenant M". P. Howard, Second Lieutenant Fenton Noland; eleven non-commissioned officers and twenty six privates total forty.