North Carolina Monument

North Carolina Monument. Last At Appomattox. (Front) , Last at Appomattox, At this place the North Carolina Brigade of Brigadier-General W.R.Cox of Grimes Division fired The Last Volley 9 April 1865., Major-General Bryan Grimes of North Carolina planned the last battle fought by the Army of Northern Virginia and commanded the infantry engaged therein, the greater part of whom were North Carolinians., This stone is erected by the authority of The General Assembly of North Carolina in grateful and perpetual memory of the valor, endurance, and patriotism of her sons who followed with unshaken fidelity the fortunes of the Confederacy to this closing scene, faithful to the end., Erected 9 April 1905., North Carolina Appomattox Commission , H. A. London, Chairman, E. J. Holt, W. T. Jenkins, Cyrus S. Watson, A. D. McGill., (Rear) , North Carolina Troops Paroled at Appomattox, Brigades , Cox’s 572 . Grimes’ 530 . Johnston’s 463 . Lewis 447 . Cooke’s 560 . MacRae's 442 . Lane's 570 . Scales’ 719 . Ransom’s 435 . Barringer’s 23 . Roberts’ 90, Major General Grimes and staff 8 , Cummings’, Miller’s, Willliams’ Flanner’s and Ramsay's Batterie 150 , Total North Carolinians Paroled 5,012, (Left side) , Esse Quam Videri , First at Bethel , Farthest to the front at Gettysburg and Chickamauga , Last at Appomattox, (Right side) , North Carolina , 1860 , White population 629,942 , Military population 115,359, 1861-5 , Troops furnished 127,000 , Killed in battle 14,522 , Died from wounds 5,151 , Died from disease 20,502