Lt. Harvey McAlister, Co. H, 8th North Carolina Infantry, writes Capt. Rufus Barrier from Camp Macon in Warren County, North Carolina, where the regiment was organized. He requests that Barrier bring a plate, knife, and fork for each man in the company, and informs him that the regiment will leave for Roanoke Island the following week. Barrier was commanding officer of Co. H., having received his commission on 16 May. Co. H and six other companies would be mustered in to state service the following day, and mustered in to Confederate service on 20 September.