Hillsborough Recorder (NC)

May 29, 1861

Page 3

The Hawfields Company—On Wednesday last we witnessed the departure of the Hawfields company from Mabanesville for the camp at Charlotte, where they will be drilled under the inspection and instruction of the officers of the Military Academy located there. It was as fine a company as we need wish to see. Many of them are professors of religion, and all of them are of exemplary moral and sober habits: giving assurance that they will do their duty in whatever position they may be placed. The company numbered about seventy; the following are their officers:

James W. Wilson, Captain

Robert N. Carter, First Lieutenant

Benjamin F. White, Second Lieutenant

H. C. Dixon, Third Lieutenant

B. T. Mebane, Orderly Sergeant

A large number of relatives and friends and neighbors assembled to witness their departure and to wish them “God speed.” A very handsome flag, provided by the ladies of the neighborhood, was presented to them through the agency of the Rev. A. G. Hughes, with an appropriate address. The flag was received and the thanks of the company returned by Capt. James W. Wilson in a few neat, brief and feeling remarks. The ceremony was concluded with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hughes.

The company is attached to Col. Ch. F. Fisher’s regiment, and expects to be in service for three years, or during the war. They left in good spirits, amid the loud cheers and waving of handkerchiefs of the large crowd of male and female friends assembled.

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]