Stokes County NcArchives Military Records.....Fulton, Saunders. Lt. Col. August 28, 1862
Civilwar Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment, N. C.T.
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Death Of Lt. Col .Fulton Of Stokes
The Standard of Raleigh: Oct. 15, 1862
        LT. COL. FULTON OF STOKES
   Through the politeness of a friend, we are permitted to lay before our 
readers the following interesting letter from BRIG. GEN. TRIMBLE, to the 
father of the lamented LT. COL. [SAUNDERS] FULTON, of this State, who fell 
recently gallantly bearing the flag of his regiment. Such a tribute from the 
pen of his commander will ge gratifying to his friends.

                                         Front Royal, Va., Oct. 1, 1862
SAMUEL FULTON, Stokes County, N. C. 
   Dear Sir: -- The names of those who nobly die for their country have ever 
lived in a people's grateful memory. He who falls in battle, incribes his name 
upon the records of his country's glory in characters which can never perish 
while freedom lives.
   Such a man was LIEUTENANT COLONEL FULTON, of North Carolina.  At an early 
period he entered the army and joined the 21st N. C. Regiment, in which by 
promotion he obtained the rank of Lt. Colonel.
   His regiment was attached to the brigade commanded by me, and brought into 
every action which took place in Northern Virginia, from the battle of 
Winchester on the 28th of May, to that of Manassas on the 28th of August -- 
including the actions near Richmond -- that is to say, in all Jackson's 
battles. I, therefore, who knew him well, can speak from personal knowledge of 
his merits.
   He mingled in a remarkable degree, kindness and civility with discipline 
and military duties. He was the favorite of every solder. His merits were 
exhibited without pretension; and his courage, the chief element of his 
character shown without bravado, and always surpassed the expectations of his 
friends. In many charges against the enemy, the battle flag was seen in his 
hands leading the regiment to victory. His death wounds were received while 
thus bearing the colors in the charge at Manassas on the 28th of August. He 
expired the next day with the same flag waving over him, which he had borne in 
triumph against the foe.
   I have felt constrained, my dear sir, to offer this faint tribute of 
respect to the virtues and gallantry of your son, who I considered one of the 
most valuable officers of my brigade, and whose honorable and gentlemanly 
deportment gained my warmest esteem.
   Accept, sir, my sincere and deep sympathy in the distress you and your 
family must feel for the loss of such a son. May this testimony to his merits 
and manner of his death, assuage, in some degree, the pangs of those who knew 
him and loved him well.
   His State should be proud of his name, and ever cherish his memory, and her 
sons should now and hereafter emulate his virtues and patriotism.
   I write this from a sick bed, where I am suffering from a wound, or I would 
write more at length.
                              J. R. TRIMBLE
                              BRIG. GEN. 7th BRIGADE

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