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North Anna (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
dam, where the Great Frederick sleeps, do I remember ever to have seen the colors of any single regiment or battery which bears upon its folds so many pitched fights as this battle-flag is entitled to bear. To those who do not know its history so well as we do, this may sound the mere extravagance of rhetoric. There are but few names left upon this flag, but omitting many minor combats and countless affairs, there belong upon it of right and with honor— First Manassas,Jericho Ford, (North Anna), Mechanicsville,Cold Harbor, Gaines' Mill,First Reams' Station, Frazier's Farm, (Glendale),The Crater, Malvern Hill,Actions on the Weldon Railroad, (August 18th, 19th, and 21st), Cedar Mountain, Warrenton Springs,Second Reams' Station, Second Manassas, (both days),Battle of September 30th, 1864, right of Petersburg, Ox Hill, (Chantilly), Harper's Ferry,Battle of Squirrel Level Road, Sharpsburg, (Antietam),Battle of the Dabney House, Shepherdstown,Burgess' Mill, October 27th, 18
Pee Dee (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
rganized April, 1861; made Captain May 8, 1861; promoted Major of Artillery March 7, 1863, and assigned to another Battalion. Second Captain, Edward A. Marye; Lieutenant Edward A. Marye elected Lieutenant May 13th, 1861; promoted Captain March 2d, 1863; died of fever October 5th, 1864. Third Captain, John G. Pollock. Third Sergeant John G. Pollock, April 23d, 1861; afterwards promoted Lieutenant; promoted Captain October 5th, 1864; in command of battery at the time of surrender. Pee Dee, S. C-First Captain, D. G. McIntosh; Captain D. G. McIntosh—Battery organized August 1st, 1861; promoted Major March 2d, 1863, and assigned to another Battalion. Second Captain, E. B. Brunson; First Lieutenant E. B. Brunson promoted Captain March 2d, 1863. Third Captain, William E. Zimmerman. First Lieutenant William E. Zimmerman, promoted Captain June 30th, 1864. This Battery was transferred South June 4th, 1864. Gregg's, S. C—Captain Gregg. Captain Gregg, with his Battery,
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
Malvern Hill,Actions on the Weldon Railroad, (August 18th, 19th, and 21st), Cedar Mountain, Warrenton Springs,Second Reams' Station, Second Manassas, (both days),Battle of September 30th, 1864, right of Petersburg, Ox Hill, (Chantilly), Harper's Ferry,Battle of Squirrel Level Road, Sharpsburg, (Antietam),Battle of the Dabney House, Shepherdstown,Burgess' Mill, October 27th, 1864, Fredericksburg,Hatcher's Run, February 6th and 7th, 1865, Chancellorsville,(all three days), Gettysburg,(a loss was proportionally very nearly as great as at Mechanicsville. But he was resolute to push on with the rest of the army to Manassas, where, for the second time, his guns did good service on that glorious field. In the investment of Harper's Ferry, where all the artillery was served with marked efficiency, his battery and that of Crenshaw won especial attention owing to their good fortune in occupying a position deemed inaccessible and very near the town. In his official report of the
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
uments, beautiful parks, and public drives, the most attractive city in the South. Now be it known to all the world that this progress and improvement is almost entirely the work of her ragged soldiers who surrendered their bright muskets at Appomattox. But, my friends, the wealth and strength of a nation is not to be found in her material prosperity alone. Courage (I use the word in its broadest and grandest sense) and moral and intellectual culture are elements of strength, without which war have been silenced, and History renders its impartial verdict, the highest place in the Temple of Fame will be given to that half-fed, half-armed, half-clad Confederate infantry, grand in victory, sublime in defeat, which from Big Bethel to Appomattox wrote the record of its deathless deeds in characters of living light on Glory's brightest page. They marched through long and stormy nights, They bore the brunt of an hundred fights And their courage never failed; Hunger and cold and the Summ
Glendale, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
regiment or battery which bears upon its folds so many pitched fights as this battle-flag is entitled to bear. To those who do not know its history so well as we do, this may sound the mere extravagance of rhetoric. There are but few names left upon this flag, but omitting many minor combats and countless affairs, there belong upon it of right and with honor— First Manassas,Jericho Ford, (North Anna), Mechanicsville,Cold Harbor, Gaines' Mill,First Reams' Station, Frazier's Farm, (Glendale),The Crater, Malvern Hill,Actions on the Weldon Railroad, (August 18th, 19th, and 21st), Cedar Mountain, Warrenton Springs,Second Reams' Station, Second Manassas, (both days),Battle of September 30th, 1864, right of Petersburg, Ox Hill, (Chantilly), Harper's Ferry,Battle of Squirrel Level Road, Sharpsburg, (Antietam),Battle of the Dabney House, Shepherdstown,Burgess' Mill, October 27th, 1864, Fredericksburg,Hatcher's Run, February 6th and 7th, 1865, Chancellorsville,(all three day
Cemetery Hill (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
non's angry roar, they stood like a stone wall, while midst whirring shot and bursting shell, Death held high carnival at First Manassas; and the next year, like an eagle from its eyry swooping down on its prey, they burst through the mountain gaps, and crushing three armies in detail made the Valley Campaign at once the study and the wonder of the world. Weary and worn with marching and hunger and fatigue, and opposed by overwhelming numbers, in that desperate charge up the heights of Cemetery Hill they gave that world an example of heroic daring and unflinching courage which finds no parallel in all its annals. But, I forbear, for of particular leaders or special battles I have no time to speak. Shiloh, Chickamauga, Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Petersburg! What bright leaves all in the chaplet which the valor of the Confederate infantry wove into its immortal crown! No puppets were the men who filled its ranks, to be moved like senseless pawn
Gaines Mill (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
remember ever to have seen the colors of any single regiment or battery which bears upon its folds so many pitched fights as this battle-flag is entitled to bear. To those who do not know its history so well as we do, this may sound the mere extravagance of rhetoric. There are but few names left upon this flag, but omitting many minor combats and countless affairs, there belong upon it of right and with honor— First Manassas,Jericho Ford, (North Anna), Mechanicsville,Cold Harbor, Gaines' Mill,First Reams' Station, Frazier's Farm, (Glendale),The Crater, Malvern Hill,Actions on the Weldon Railroad, (August 18th, 19th, and 21st), Cedar Mountain, Warrenton Springs,Second Reams' Station, Second Manassas, (both days),Battle of September 30th, 1864, right of Petersburg, Ox Hill, (Chantilly), Harper's Ferry,Battle of Squirrel Level Road, Sharpsburg, (Antietam),Battle of the Dabney House, Shepherdstown,Burgess' Mill, October 27th, 1864, Fredericksburg,Hatcher's Run, February
Aquia Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ess and much of the charm of an old-fashioned politeness. Well do I remember the eager discussions we boys then held touching the great events which Fate seemed hurrying on. Pegram, naturally shy and silent, said but little, but when the storm burst, like Macduff, his voice was in his sword. He was one of the first to leave college on Lincoln's proclamation calling for 75,000 troops, and reported at once for duty with his old company (the famous Company F), which had been ordered to Acquia Creek. With this company he remained but a short time. Sent as drill-master to exercise the artillerymen of Lindsay Walker in the infantry tactics, he was elected lieutenant of the Purcell battery. It was as commander of this battery that he was destined in great measure to achieve his hard-won fame—a battery which was with him from the first battle of Manassas, through every general action in Virginia, to the trenches of Petersburg—which was always skilfully handled in the presence of the
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
y after the surrender by Captain R. B. Munford, of Pegram's Battalion, who took it from the ambulance that bore Colonel Pegram off the field. Just before the last attack was made at the Five Forks Colonel Pegram was lying on an oil-cloth with two other officers, asleep, when heavy musketry broke out. He immediately arose, buckled on his sabre, mounted his horse, and rode into action, and while directing the fire of a portion of his Battalion and two guns commanded by Lieutenant Early of Lynchburg, Va., in a few moments fell from his horse mortally wounded, and was taken off the field by his gallant adjutant and friend, Captain W. Gordon McCabe. After benediction by Rev. M. D. Hoge, D. D., the Association and invited guests adjourned to Saenger Halle, where they sat down to a banquet. After enjoying the elegant Menu prepared for the occasion, the following toasts were read and responded to: 1. Our dead— Their glory ne'er shall be forgot While Fame her record keeps, And honor po
Neshoba (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ergone immense fatigue — in the saddle day and night with slight intermission during the forty-eight hours; wet, hungry, no blankets; engaging almost continuously the cavalry of the enemy. On the very morning of the fight his breakfast consisted of a handful of corn, taken from the horses' feed, which he parched over his camp-fire, and generously shared with a comrade. In the centre of the line-of-battle were posted one gun from his own Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Hollis of the Crenshaw Battery, and a section from Braxton's Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Early. Further to the right, sweeping the Gilliam field, were the remaining three guns of the Crenshaw, commanded by one of the best officers in the Battalion, Captain Tom Ellett. There had been during the morning some sharp skirmishing with the enemy, but towards noon everything had grown quiet, and old soldiers doubted whether there would be any general engagement. Pegram, utterly worn down with fatigue, was s
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