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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
sas, in one form or another. Publicity was given to it, no doubt, by the newspapers published in Richmond, Va. Having recently heard, incidentally, from Colonel Thomas L. Preston, a gentleman who lives near Charlottesville, Va., that he was with General Bee for a while at this battle, when Bee was rallying some of his troops, the is incident, and called attention to what was said in this article of General Hill's, and asked that he would give, in writing, a statement of what occurred. Colonel Preston was a relative of General Joseph E. Johnston, and was at the time a member of his staff, with the rank of captain. He writes on the 15th of February, 1894, af it a few days after the battle, in my semi-official report to General Johnston, and have since had frequent occasion to repeat it, orally and in writing. Colonel Preston is a gentleman of intelligence and veracity, as is known to very many of the survivors of that brigade, as well as to many gentlemen in Virginia and South Car