The Greensborough Patriot

Aug. 7, 1862

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Death of Col. C. C. Lee.

Lieut. Col. Barber, now commanding the 37th N. C. Troops, in his report of its casualties of the late Battles near Richmond, thus mentions the circumstances attending the death of the gallant Colonel Lee :--

“Col. Lee was killed by a ball from a cannon on the 30^th of June, late in the evening. His regiment, with the rest of Gen. Branch’s brigade, was charging a battery and had driven the enemy before them for a considerable distance. When about 100 or 120 yards from the battery as he shouted, “On my brave boys.” He fell. Adj. Wm. T. Nicholson was in a few feet of him; he at once raised him up and asked him if he was hurg—“Yes” was his reply. “Colonel, are you hurt much?” was then asked. He was unable to answer this question, and almost instantly died in the arms of his adjutant, who brought his body from the field, with such of his personal effects as were not thrown away.

“A better man or braver officer never fell at the post of duty. When his death was announced of the regiment, his men wept as if they had lost a father.”