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j)ii\..:e in the company, but only remained with the " Blues" about OIK year. Captain Elmore is still living, and his post-office is Ed- monds Store, Brunswick county, Va. While there are only fourteen of the brave " Blues" left, hundreds of Dispatch readers in South- side Virginia will know that what I have here written are facts, and they will recall some pleasant and also some sad memories.

D. E. S.

(From the Richmond, Va., Ditpatch, September 17, 1899. J

THE CHARLOTTE RIFLES.

A List of the Members of This Company.

SMITHVILLE, VA., September 7, 1899. To the Editor of the Dispatch:

Please publish the annexed roll of Company K. This gallant little company was the first from Charlotte county to volunteer its services in the late war. It was a part of the famous i8th Virginia Infantry, commanded by Colonel R. E. Withers until his disability at Gaines' Mill, and then by Colonel H. A. Carrington until the close of the war. It is proposed to record the roll as soon as the same can be as nearly perfected as possible. Any assistance from the survivors of the company in furtherance of this undertaking will be gladly received. Adress either William H. Smith, late captain of company, or J. C. Carrington, Smithville, Va.

THE ROLL.

Roll of Company K, i8th Virginia Infantry, known as "The Charlotte Rifles:"

Ezekiel V. Adams; Adkins.

William Dennis Bouldin, orderly, captured at Gettysburg; Wil- liam H. Bailey; Dr. J. W. Brooks, G. W. Barksdale; W. G. Bald- win, lieutenant, died in service; Brown; Jim Bailey; John

Barksdale.

Wiltshire Cardwell, disabled in first battle of Manassas; George George Chappell; C. C. Chappell; John H. Cook, died in service;