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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 9 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 31 (search)
connection, permit me also to state the order, regularity, and precision with which the several regimental commanders moved and handled their commands throughout this charge. The Third Alabama, under the command of Captains Bonham, Chester, and Phelan, was ordered to move along the road and perpendicular to it, and was the battalion of direction; and the other regiments — the Sixth, under Lieutenant-Colonel Lightfoot and Major Gordon; the Twelfth, under Colonel Pickens and Captain Proskauer; tbson was wounded, while gallantly rushing in front of his men, near the enemy's second line of works. Major Bryan, Twenty-sixth Alabama, was also wounded, near the same place and about the same time, while bravely performing his duties. Captain Watkins Phelan, who commanded the left wing of the Third Alabama, was also wounded in this charge. He, with Captain Bonham, who commanded the regiment, and Captain Chester, who commanded the right wing of the Third Alabama, acted most gallantly, and le
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 41 (search)
Liddell's division, and opened fire on a battery of the enemy which was shelling the troops on the left, and silenced it in a few minutes. One section under Lieutenant Phelan, in an attempt to follow my brigade when it moved to General Cheatham's right, passed, by reason of another command being mistaken for mine, beyond the righthe command of the Thirty-fourth regiment devolved on Captain Bowen after Major Pegram was wounded. When Captain Fowler reported that one of the pieces under Lieutenant Phelan had been lost on my right, the line in the meantime having fallen back, and the firing having ceased, the Twenty-fourth Mississippi regiment, under command o Toomer, was sent to the right, under the supervision of Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds, field officer of the day, to a point opposite where the gun was said by Lieutenant Phelan to have been taken by the enemy, and moved forward, driving back the enemy's skirmishers, till it was ascertained that the enemy, who had retired from the po
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
lery colors. （950-953) Several mentions in Colonel O'Neal's report; he says: The Third Alabama, under the command of Capts. M. F. Bonham, John W. Chester and Watkins Phelan (and other regiments), though passing through a dense and tangled forest for a mile, all the regiments moved in a regular, unbroken line, the officers exhibiting the greatest coolness and daring, cheering on their men by both voice and example. Capt. Watkins Phelan was wounded in this charge. He, with Captain Bonham, who commanded the regiment, and Captain Chester, commanding the right wing of the Third Alabama, acted most gallantly. Each regiment did its whole duty. I am also grea （1084) Mentioned in General Battle's report, operations May 8th. No. 88—（1217) Same assignment as above, August 31st. No. 89—（194) Same assignment, Capt. Watkins Phelan in command, October 31st. （1246) Same assignment, Colonel Forsyth in command, November 30th. （1364) Same assignment, Colonel Forsyth commanding
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Battles of the Western army in which Albama troops were engaged. (search)
Dec. 5 to 8. Gen. Forrest; total loss 197.— Federal, Gen. Rousseau; total loss 175. Confederate troops, Forrest's Cav. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15-16. Gen. Hood, 23,053; total loss 15000.— Federal, Gen. Thomas, 70,000; loss 400 k, 1740 w. Alabama troops, 1st, 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th, 45th, 46th, 49th, 50th, 57th, 58th Inf.; 7th Cav.; Dent's, McKenzie's, Kolb's, Selden's, Tarrant's, Lumsden's, Phelan's, Goldthwaite's Battrs. Hollow Tree Gap, Tenn., Dec. 17. Gen. Hood; total loss 413. Alabama troops, 18th, 1gth, 22d, 25th, 32d, 36th, 38th, 39th, 50th, 58th Inf., and McKenzie's Batty. Franklin, Tenn., Dec. 17. Gen. Hood; total loss 1800. Alabama troops, army of Tennessee, as at Nashville. Pine Barren Cr., Fla., Dec. 17 to 19. Gen. Maury.—Federal, loss 7 k, 32 w, 10 m. Alabama troops, 15th Conf. Cav. Anthony's Hill, Tenn., Dec. 25. Gen. Hood; loss 15 k, 40 w.—Federal,