At a meeting of Capt. Ennett’s Co. (E,) 3rd regiment N. C. State Troops, Sergt. J. W. Stokley was called to the Chair, and Corpl. J. M. Piner was requested to act as Secretury. After explaining the object of the meeting in a few very appropriate remarks, a Committee of five, namely : Sergt. J. R. Jenkins, Corp’l F. M. Redd, Benjamin Marshall, P. P. Hobbs, B. Thompson, were appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the feelings of the Company relative to the death of our much esteemed and worthy brother in arms, Reuben Curtis. After a short debate, the Committee read the following :
WHEREAS, It hath pleased the Divine disposer of all events to remove from our midst our mach esteemed brother in arms, we can but bow in humble submission to the decrees of an Alwise God
Resolved, That in parting from our dear friend, we part from one whom but to know was to admire, and whose absence shall be a cause of deep regret.
Resolved, That if in mentioning his untimely death to his beloved parents shall overcome them with sorrow, we can but assure them that his death was a loss to us, yet a gain to himself. As a soldier, he done his duty with a credit to himself that gained him the esteem of every one in his company.
Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days; and also that a copy of this be sent to his bereaved parents also, one to the Wilmington Journal, with a request that it publish the same.
On motion, the resolutions were adopted.
Sergt. J. W. STOKLEY, Ch’n.
J. M. Piner, Sec’y.
Wilmington Journal, Wilmington, NC