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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
d skill in the command of his regiment. The Mississippi battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Taylor, could not have had a more gallant and skilful officer to direct its movements. I am also much indebted to my volunteer Aids, Captain Parker and Lieutenants Sykes and Redding, for their valuable services on that occasion. They were always ready to execute, with coolness and despatch, any orders delivered to them. I regret very much that my Assistant Adjutant-General, Captain George P. Foote, who had been by my side all the time on the field, was killed in this engagement. He fell while gallantly leading one of the regiments in the charge far in advance of the main line. In his fall the army has lost a gallant and skilful officer, society has lost one of its most perfect members, and the Southern Confederacy one of its most promising young men. For a list of those who particularly distinguished themselves in the fight, as well as the casualties, I refer you to the