Hillsborough Recorder (NC)
May 22, 1861
Page 2
For
the Hillsborough Recorder
MEETING OF THE ALAMANCER REGULATORS
In Camp at Garysburg,
N. C., May 16th, 1861
J.
R. Holt, Chairman, D. M. Roney and Felix Crutchfield,
Secretaries
Whereas,
our worthy brother and fellow soldier, Patterson Boon, has just received a
gunshot wound by the accidental discharge of a ball from a pistol, in the hands
of Emanuel Rike, the same passing in the outer and
upper part of the left arm, three or four inches below the shoulder, and
whereas the assistant Surgeon for this encampment is without the necessary
instruments to extract the same, we have, by the consent of the Colonel
Commandant, determined to send our wounded brother home to his friends in Alamance.
Resolved, That Mr. Boon does not attach
blame to Mr. Rike, and regards the same as being
purely accidental and equally and alike unexpected to all.
Resolved, That Mr. Boon carries with him
our heartfelt sorrow, and we wish for him a speedy recovery.
Resolved, These proceedings be sent to
the Hillsborough Recorder with the request to publish.
J.
R. HOLT, Chairman
D.
M. RONEY, Secretary
F.
CRUTCHFIELD, Secretary
[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]
