Granville County NcArchives Military Records.....Perry, Willie, Captain July 19, 1862
Civilwar 15th Regiment, N. C. Volunteers
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Death Of Capt. Willie
The Standard of Raleigh: Aug. 13, 1862
           THE DEATH OF CAPT. WILLIE PERRY
   We have seldom been called upon to perform a more painful duty than to 
announce the death of our much esteemed friend, CAPT. WILLIE PERRY of the 15th 
Regiment of North Carlina Volunteers.
   At the time of Lincoln's declaration of war against the South, CAPTAIN 
PERRY occupied the position of a farmer in Granville County, enjoying the 
fruits of his honest industry, and the confidence of his fellow citizens, by 
whom he had only a few years before  been honored with a seat in the 
Legislature.
   Fired by the wrongs inflicted upon and the indignities offered to a free 
and independent people, he was among the very first in the community, to step 
forward in defence of his Country. When organized, his company, without a 
dissenting voice, as a token of their confidence, elected him as Captain.
After remaining in the service for some 12 months, such has been his kindness 
to his men, with whom he has shared the vicissitudes of camp life, that when 
reorganization of the regiment took place, he was one of the few, if not the 
only one, who by unanimous voice of his men, was a second time promoted to the 
Captaincy.
   We pass by many incidents of his life, worthy to be recorded, to notice 
briefly the memorable charge at Malvern Hill, made July the 1st, upon one of 
the most powerful Yankee batteries, perhaps, ever exhibited on any 
battlefield. 
   At the time the order was given to charge the battery, he had but a handful 
of men able to take their places in the ranks, but with a voice that faltered 
not, he commanded his men to follow him -- to victory or death.
   With a firm step and a steady eye, he advanced upon the enemy, who were 
pouring a most deadly fire upon him and his men. Some of whom were killed, and 
others wounded, but still he pressed onward, nor did he sheath his sword until 
his arm was shattered by a ball from the enemy -- when he was borne  from the 
scene of carnage where thousands of our brave men fell to rise no more.
   He was removed to Richmond, where every attention was paid him, and hopes 
were entertained by his numerous and anxious friends that he would soon 
recover. But alas! our fondest hopes were doomed to disappointment. After 
suffering a most painful amputation, he lingered a few days, when on the 19th 
inst., he breathed his last, in the 39th year of his age. He has left a 
brother, two sisters and a large number of friends to mourn his loss.
                                     R. C. MAYNARD
Franklinton, N.C.
July 26, 1j862 
  
  

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