First at Bethel, Farthest to the Front at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and Last at Appomattox by Walter ClarkCall Number: E 573.4 C59 1901 Vol. 4
Publication Date: 1901
"First at Bethel, Farthest to the Front at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and Last at Appomattox" is a traditional saying honoring the role of North Carolina's soldiers in the Civil War. Editor Walter Clark, later chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, encouraged its use as early as 1901.