In June 1869, the flags of the First North Carolina Union Volunteers were placed in the office of Governor William Woods Holden by a guard of honor of United States soldiers. The Raleigh newspaper, in reporting the ceremony, commented that the “day has arrived when the men who fought under these colors are honored among the foremost of the Union heroes. It noted that some of its members had gone on to serve the state as secretary of state (Surgeon Henry Menninger), state senator (Lt. Joseph Etheridge of Co. E, who had resigned because of feelings of incompetence to lead; Col. W. A. Moore, senator from Carteret), and as merchants, and lawyers.
(Raleigh) North Carolina Standard, June 14, 1869, the national and regimental flags of the 1st North Carolina Union Volunteers were presented to Governor William W. Holden.