Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment

A veteran member of a local militia recounts the company's origins, civic rituals, and evolution into Confederate service, describing enlistment, officer elections, camp routine, medical care and aid from local women, and the regiment's movements and engagements along the coast and in Virginia and Maryland campaigns. He narrates actions at Fort Macon, New Bern, Seven Pines and the Seven Days, Malvern Hill, Harper's Ferry, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and records captures, casualties, reorganizations, and the daily hardships, marches, and small incidents that shaped soldiers' morale.