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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Pulaski Guards. (search)
The Pulaski Guards. On the 23d of April, 1861, in the old City Hall, in Richmond, The Pulaski Guards, commanded by Captain James A. Walker, was mustered into the service of the State of Virginia by Colonel John B. Baldwin, of Staunton, inspector-general of the militia of the State. This company, which had been organized a year or more previously, was composed of sixty strong, stalwart young men, ranging in their ages principally from eighteen to thirty years, though there were several older men who had seen service in the United States army in Mexico, and with General Albert Sidney Johnston on the Western plains. Among the veterans were R. D. Gardner, first lieutenant of the company, later noted for his coolness and courage in leading his regiment as lieutenant-colonel into battle; Theophilus J. Cocke, Robert Lorton, John Owens, and David Scantlon, the company's drummer. This company, designated as Company C, constituted a part of the newly organized 4th Regiment of Vi