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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 25 1 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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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 7: (search)
e force at my disposition is as follows: Light Artillery, 533, with 27 pieces; Cavalry, 1425; Foot Artillery, 293; and Infantry, 16,150; in all 18,401 men of all arms. From this must be deducted the command of Colonel Hunton at Leesburg, of some 445 men, who will remain in position there until the enemy shall have advanced to attack my outposts, when the colonel will fall back and unite his force with that of Colonel Cocke, commanding the 5th Brigade at the stone bridge across Bull Run. Colonel Sloan's regiment, 4th South Carolina Volunteers, has already fallen back from Leesburg to Frying-pan Church, preparatory to a junction with Colonel Cocke, at Centreville. I have every reason to believe that the enemy will begin his advance from his present position, at or about Falls Church, to-morrow or on the following day, with a force not short of 35,000 men, supported by a reserve of not less than 15,000 infantry. To these I can oppose but about 16,500, reserving about 1500, merely f
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 9: (search)
ct being to turn his left, determined (8.30 A. M.) to change his position so as to meet the enemy, and he accordingly ordered to his left and rear six companies of Sloan's 4th South Carolina, five of Wheat's Louisiana battalion, and two 6-pounders of Latham's battery—leaving only four of Sloan's companies to guard the stone bridge:Sloan's companies to guard the stone bridge: General Cocke being first informed of these changes and of the reasons necessitating them. Colonel Evans formed his line some four hundred yards in rear of the old Pittsylvania Mansion, but the enemy not approaching by that road, he marched across the fields for three quarters of a mile, and took position mainly on the Brentsviforce, and they became engaged with Wheat's command, and the 6-pounder gun under Lieutenant Leftwich. For upwards of an hour, with less than eight hundred men, Sloan's companies and Wheat's battalion alone intrepidly resisted the mass of three thousand five hundred bayonets and eight pieces of artillery, including the strong ba
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
flank and protected the stone bridge crossing, with Sloan's 4th regiment South Carolina Volunteers, Wheat's sp put in motion to his left and rear six companies of Sloan's 4th South Carolina regiment, Wheat's Louisiana batnders of Latham's battery, leaving four companies of Sloan's regiment under cover, as the sole, immediate defen.30 A. M. took position in line of battle, his left, Sloan's companies, resting on the main Brentsville road, ialion, and the other on a ridge near, and in rear of Sloan's position, commanding a reach of the road just in f its vaunted battery of six 13-pounder rifled guns. Sloan's companies were then brought into action, having beeorgia regiments with the rectangular copse in which Sloan's South Carolina companies were engaged, and into whnel Evans; and well, indeed, was he supported by Colonel Sloan and the officers of the 4th South Carolina regimins. 4th South Carolina regiment Volunteers, Col. J. E. B. Sloan. 6th South Carolina regiment Volunteers, Col