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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 9 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The last charge at Appomattox. (search)
direction of Appomattox Court House. We moved down the road a short distance and halted. Col. Wooldridge, of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry, was in command of Munford's brigade. General Munford ordered Colonel Wooldridge to hold the road leading to Appomattox Court House at all hazards. The writer was in command of the squadron composed of C and F, First Virginia Cavalry. My orders were to chahe Confederacy. If those who struck the last blow are entitled to any special honor, then Colonel Wooldridge and his men have a right to claim the proud distinction of having fired the last shot that pluck a single flower from the chaplet that adorns the brow of any. But in justice to Col. William B. Wooldridge and his brave men, I must say that while the First Maryland was far back in the rear, enjoying their lunch of hardtack and raw bacon until half-past 2 or 3 o'clock, Col. Wooldridge and his gallant men, without food for man or beast, had been grappling with the foe from sunrise until t