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The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Fifth Virginia Regiment in the battle of Manassas. (search)
rder to advance was given, and under a perfect shower of shell and shot we arose and started up the hill. A portion of our regiment misunderstanding the order, we were thrown into temporary confusion; but soon called, and our gallant Major, Wm S. H. Baylor, taking the lead, we rushed forward and gained the position on the hill behind some old houses. Before we gained position, however, the Fourth Alabama Regiment had been compelled to retreat, and we found ourselves face to face with a powerfgiment claim the credit of first reaching the battery. I would not do injustice to any. But a proper regard to truth and honor, to whom honor is due in this particular act, compels me to say that the left of the regiment, under the command of Major Baylor, was the first to reach the immediate vicinity of the battery, and Corporal R. T. Bucher, of the West Augusta Guards, Captain Waters, and John Suts, of the Augusta Rifles, Captain Antrim, were the first men to reach the captured guns, Corporal