STANLY COUNTY, NC - HOFFMAN - Civil War Stories - Zeb Vance on the Train
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From the notebook of Lilly Carter Hoffman:
(1968)
 
May 15th was set as the day to organize. The young volunteers met at the 
courthouse which was then in the center of the square at Albemarle. Uniforms 
had been made, using the sewing machine of Mr. McCain, father of the later 
sheriff of the county. It was said that this was the only sewing machine in 
the county at that time.
Dressed in their uniforms and with two fifes and a drum, they marched from the 
courthouse to the Marshall Hotel on the square. Louisa Thomas Hearne appeared 
on the balcony and operated by the Marshalls and sang in a clear tones, "The 
Old North State." She was the foster daughter of Joseph Marshall who at that 
time lived in the hotel. The people cheered and threw their hats into the air 
as the soldiers started their 30 mile walk to Salisbury. Since Bob Carter was 
the first volunteer, he was chosen to carry the flag to Salisbury.
They left on the night train from Salisbury to Raleigh where they went in 
training at Camp Ellis. Zebulon Vance, later Governor and US Senator from NC 
was on the train  that night and he kept the boys in a cheerful mood by 
telling them jokes and stories. He, himself became an officer before he was 
Governor.