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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 2 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Prison life at Fort McHenry. (search)
Federal army, and the Confederate surgeons and chaplains transported to Northern prisons. On the very day before the order came to break up our field-hospital, tidings had come to us that the Colonel of the regiment in which I served, Colonel Hugh R. Miller, was lying mortally wounded at a private residence in Gettysburg, and had expressed a desire to see me. I reached his bedside just in time to receive his dying expression of his faith in Christ and his readiness to depart. Through the generosity of the kind family (a Maryland family) at whose home Colonel Miller had been so assiduously and tenderly cared for, the services of an embalmer were secured, and the body skilfully embalmed and inclosed in a metallic case. The Commandant of the Post at Gettysburg, whose name I do not recall, but who was a true gentleman as well as true soldier, on application being made to him to send the remains through the lines by flag of truce, did all he could to further this end. For he not only
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Battle of Gettysburg. (search)
hree regiments of my command (the Eleventh Mississippi being left as a guard for the division wagon train) from camp on the heights near Cashtown, by a turnpike road leading to Gettysburg. When within about two miles from town our artillery was put in position and opened fire. I was ordered to take position on the left of the turnpike, and, with the right resting on it, press forward towards the town. About 10.30 A. M. a line of battle was formed, with the Forty-second Mississippi, Colonel H. R. Miller commanding, on the right; Fifty-fifth North Carolina, Colonel J. R. Connally commanding, on the left, and Second Mississippi, Colonel J. M. Stone commanding, in the centre. Skirmishers were thrown forward and the brigade moved forward to the attack. Between us and the town, and very near it, was a commanding hill in wood — the intervening space being inclosed fields of grass and grain, and was very broken. On our right was the turnpike and a railroad, with deep cuts and heavy emb
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Regiments, &c., in Confederate service. (search)
er-General. 36thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. W. W. WitherspoonMay 11, 1862.  Col. D. J. Brown   37thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. Orlando HollandOct. 4, 1862.  Col. Robert McLain   38thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. F. W. Adams   39thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. W. B. ShelbyMay 13, 1862.  40thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. W. B. ColbertMay 14, 1862.  41stMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. W. F. TuckerMay 8, 1862.Promoted Brigadier-General. 42dMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. Hugh R. MillerMay 14, 1862.  43dMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. Richard HarrisonNov. 9, 1862.Promoted Brigadier-General. Col. W. H. Moore   44thMississippiRegimentInfantry    45thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. A. B. Hardcastle   46thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. C. W. SearsDec. 11, 1862.Promoted Brigadier-General. 47thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. James Jordan   48thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. James M. JayneJan. 17, 1863.  49thMississippiRegimentInfantryCol. Jno. W. B