Bryan Grimes wrote: "Here [Seven Pines] John Stikeleather, from Iredell, (Company K, 4th N. C. State Troops), came up and requested to be allowed to become the standard-bearer, promising to bear it with credit to himself and the regiment so long as strength and life lasted." [source: http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/grimes/grimes.html]

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