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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 7 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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s made upon it, the enemy being driven back with heavy loss. The most notable event of the day was the action of Lieut. F. M. Kelso, Forty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Tennessee. In an official report to General Johnson he stated that Between Batterieazoned in red the ace of clubs, the badge of the Second corps. It was facetiously said that stout hearts were trumps and Kelso took the trick. Colonel Fulton reported that he was cognizant of the facts, and General Johnson stated that as many prisoners were taken as he had men engaged in his brigade. The names of some of Kelso's seventeen heroes are recalled, and deserve preservation for all time: Sergts. G. W. D. Porter and J. J. Martin; Corp. Turner Goodall (mortally wounded); Privates Gon maintained in this action the line occupied on the 16th, with a skirmish line in the space so bravely defended by Lieutenant Kelso. At night, General Beauregard retired a part of his line of defense, but not until he had first driven Ledlie's div
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations from the 6th to the 11th of May, 1864—Report of General B. R. Johnson. (search)
ery occupied Brander's bridge on the extreme left. McKathen's Fifty-first North Carolina regiment covered the railroad bridge, and Tilman's brigade was posted on the right, covering Level Ford and adjacent grounds. Some eighteen pieces of artillery, consisting of Hankin's, Payne's, Owen's and Martin's batteries, were distributed along our lines mainly at the fords and bridges. From the Forty-fourth Tennessee regiment, Johnson's brigade, twenty-two men and three sergeants, under Lieutenant F. M. Kelso, were detached to man the heavy artillery in Fort Clifton, where Captain S. J. Martin commanded. At 9 o'clock A. M. on the 9th of May, a small boat appeared in the Appomattox below Fort Clifton, which was fired on and driven off. At about 11 A. M. five gun boats advanced and engaged the battery at Fort Clifton. The firing was continued from the first until after 2 o'clock, P. M., when four gun boats retired and the fifth was found to be crippled. A party was organized to board t