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Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.1
my attempted to turn our right, Knox was captured; and he was succeeded by the accomplished and gallant Captain William T. Nicholson, of the 37th. On the 12th of May, at Spotsylvania Courthouse, in front of the salient, on the left of the Fredericksburg road, this corps behaved with conspicuous gallantry in the presence of General Lee. That afternoon, after the brigade had attacked Burnside's corps in flank, General Lee sent for Lane, told him he had witnessed their gallant behavior and the cheerfulness with which they had borne the hardships of the day, and he did not have the heart to order them forward again; and yet, he wished them to make an important reconnoisance for him on the Fredericksburg road. When assured that they would cheerfully do whatever he wished, he replied: Tell them it is a request and not an order. When Nicholson reported for instructions, General Lee especially cautioned him to let his men know that he would not send them unless they were willing to go.
Liberty Mills (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.1
Lane's Corps of sharpshooters. The career of this famous body, with a roster of its officers. The corps of sharpshooters of Lane's brigade was organized after the brigade went into winter quarters at Liberty Mills, Orange county, Va., in 1863. Picked officers and men were detailed from the regiments in proportion to their respective strength, and put in charge of Captain John G. Knox, of the 7th, who was a cool, brave and popular officer, and a splendid tactician. They were excused from all camp and picket duties, and thoroughly drilled in their special duties. When the following campaign opened, this corps was as fine a body of soldiers as the world ever saw. In the Wilderness, on the 5th of May, 1864, the brigade was assigned a position on the left of the road near the home of a Mr. Turning, and the corps was pushed far to the front. Soon afterwards, the brigade was ordered to form at right angles to its original position for the purpose of sweeping the woods in fro
Jones Farm (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.1
couldn't get that promised Yankee for General Lee, but I caught seven Dutchmen. They were sent at once to division headquarters with a note from the brigadier, giving the credit of the capture to Wooten, and stating that if General Lee could make anything out of their foreign gibberish. it was more than he could. After our line had been broken by Grant in the spring of 1865, and the brigade driven from the works, this corps very materially helped to retake the same works as far as the Jones Farm road, where it was confronted by two long lines of battle and a strong skirmish line. To escape death or capture, the brigade was ordered back to Battery Gregg and Howard's Dam, near Battery 45. In the retreat to Appomattox Courthouse this corps was kept very busy, and it was often engaged when not a shot was fired by any of the regiments. Field and staff of Lane's Brigade and its regiments from their organization to their surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Brigadier-Generals.—
Robert A. Hauser (search for this): chapter 1.1
on Kennedy, D. S. Henkel. Thirty-Third North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—L. O'B. Branch, Clark M. Avery, Robert V. Cowan. Lieutenat-Colonels.—Clark M. Avery, Robert F. Hoke, Robert V. Cowan, Joseph H. Saunders. Majors.—Robert F. Hoke, W. Gaston Lewis, Robert V. Cowan, Thomas W. Mayhew, Joseph H. Saunders, James A. Weston. Adjutants.—John M. Poteat, Spier Whitaker, Jr. Quartermasters.—Joseph A. Engelhard, John M. Poteat, John R. Sudderth. Commissaries.—J. A. Gibson, Robert A. Hauser. Surgeons.—R. B. Baker, J. H. Shaffner, Ed. G. Higginbotham. Assistant Surgeons.—J. H. Shaftner, John A. Vigal, J. L. McLean. Chaplain.—T. J. Eatmon. Thirty-Seventh North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—Charles C. Lee, William M. Barbour. Lieutenant-Colonels.—William M. Barbour, John B. Ashcraft, William G. Morris. Majors.—John G. Bryan, Charles N. Hickerson, William R. Rankin, John B. Ashcraft, William G. Morris, O. N. Brown, Jackson L. Best. Adjut
Robert V. Cowan (search for this): chapter 1.1
L. Mayo. Chaplains.—Oscar J. Brent, F. Milton Kennedy, D. S. Henkel. Thirty-Third North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—L. O'B. Branch, Clark M. Avery, Robert V. Cowan. Lieutenat-Colonels.—Clark M. Avery, Robert F. Hoke, Robert V. Cowan, Joseph H. Saunders. Majors.—Robert F. Hoke, W. Gaston Lewis, Robert V. Cowan, ThomRobert V. Cowan, Joseph H. Saunders. Majors.—Robert F. Hoke, W. Gaston Lewis, Robert V. Cowan, Thomas W. Mayhew, Joseph H. Saunders, James A. Weston. Adjutants.—John M. Poteat, Spier Whitaker, Jr. Quartermasters.—Joseph A. Engelhard, John M. Poteat, John R. Sudderth. Commissaries.—J. A. Gibson, Robert A. Hauser. Surgeons.—R. B. Baker, J. H. Shaffner, Ed. G. Higginbotham. Assistant Surgeons.—J. H. Shaftner, John A.Robert V. Cowan, Thomas W. Mayhew, Joseph H. Saunders, James A. Weston. Adjutants.—John M. Poteat, Spier Whitaker, Jr. Quartermasters.—Joseph A. Engelhard, John M. Poteat, John R. Sudderth. Commissaries.—J. A. Gibson, Robert A. Hauser. Surgeons.—R. B. Baker, J. H. Shaffner, Ed. G. Higginbotham. Assistant Surgeons.—J. H. Shaftner, John A. Vigal, J. L. McLean. Chaplain.—T. J. Eatmon. Thirty-Seventh North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—Charles C. Lee, William M. Barbour. Lieutenant-Colonels.—William M. Barbour, John B. Ashcraft, William G. Morris. Majors.—John G. Bryan, Charles N. Hickerson, William R. Rankin, John B. Ashcr
Simpson Russ (search for this): chapter 1.1
homas J. Purdie, John D. Barry. Lieutenant-Colonels.—O. P. Mears, Thomas J. Purdie, Forney George, John W. McGill. Majors.—George Tait, Forney George, R. M. DeVane, John D. Barry, Thomas J. Wooten. Adjutants.—Charles D. Myers, Samuel B. Walters, William H. McLaurin. Quartermaster.—A. D. Cazaux. Commissaries.—Duncan McNeill, Robert Tait. Surgeons.—James A. Miller, John Tazwell Tyler, Thomas B. Lane. Assistant Surgeons.—Charles Lecesne, William Brower, Alexander Gordon, Simpson Russ. Chaplain.—Colin Shaw. Twenty-eighth North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—James H. Lane, Sam D. Lowe. Lieutenant-Colonels.—Thomas L. Lowe, Sam D. Lowe, William D. Barringer, William H. A. Speer. Majors.—Richard E. Reeves, Sam D. Lowe, Wm. J. Montgomery, William D. Barringer, William H. A. Speer, Samuel N. Stowe. Adjutants.—Duncan A. McRae, Romulus S. Folger. Quartermasters.—George S. Thompson, Durant A. Parker. Commissary.—Nicholas Gibbon. S
William A. Eliason (search for this): chapter 1.1
tham, Wesley M. Campbell, George E. Trescot. Seventh North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—Reuben P. Campbell, Ed. Graham Haywood, Wm. Lee Davidson. Lieutenant-Colonels.—Ed. Graham Haywood, Junius L. Hill, Wm. Lee Davidson, J. McLeod Turner. Majors.—Edward D. Hall, Junius L. Hill, Robt. S. Young, Robt. B. McRae, Wm. Lee Davidson, J. McLeod Turner, James G. Harris, Adjutants.—J. P. Cunningham, Jno. E. Brown, Frank D. Stockton, Ives Smedes, Jno. M. Pearson. Quartermasters.—William A. Eliason, John Hughes. Commissaries.—William H. Sanford, Thos. Hall McKoy. Surgeons.—Wesley M. Campbell. Assistant Surgeons.—William Ed. White, Alfred W. Wiseman, J. R. Fraley. Chaplain.—M. M. Marshall. Eighteenth North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—James D. Radcliffe, Robert H. Cowan, Thomas J. Purdie, John D. Barry. Lieutenant-Colonels.—O. P. Mears, Thomas J. Purdie, Forney George, John W. McGill. Majors.—George Tait, Forney George, R. M. DeVane, John D
Francis T. Hawks (search for this): chapter 1.1
In the retreat to Appomattox Courthouse this corps was kept very busy, and it was often engaged when not a shot was fired by any of the regiments. Field and staff of Lane's Brigade and its regiments from their organization to their surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Brigadier-Generals.—L. O'B. Branch, James H. Lane. Aids.—W. A. Blount, to Branch, Oscar Lane, to Lane, J. Rooker Lane (acting), to Lane, Everard B. Meade, to Lane. Assistant Adjutant—Generals.-W. E. Cannaday, Francis T. Hawks, Geo. B. Johnson, Edward J. Hale, Jr. Assistant Inspector-General.—Ed. T. Nicholson. Ordnance Officer.—James A. Bryan. Quartermasters.—Joseph A. Engelhard, Geo. S. Thompson, A. D. Cazaux (acting), E. W. Herndon. Commissaries.—Daniel T. Carraway, Thos. Hall McKoy. Surgeons.—James A. Miller, Robert Gibbon, Ed. G. Higginbotham, Wesley M. Campbell, George E. Trescot. Seventh North Carolina Regiment. Colonels.—Reuben P. Campbell, Ed. Graham Haywood, Wm. Lee D
Everard B. Meade (search for this): chapter 1.1
gade was ordered back to Battery Gregg and Howard's Dam, near Battery 45. In the retreat to Appomattox Courthouse this corps was kept very busy, and it was often engaged when not a shot was fired by any of the regiments. Field and staff of Lane's Brigade and its regiments from their organization to their surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Brigadier-Generals.—L. O'B. Branch, James H. Lane. Aids.—W. A. Blount, to Branch, Oscar Lane, to Lane, J. Rooker Lane (acting), to Lane, Everard B. Meade, to Lane. Assistant Adjutant—Generals.-W. E. Cannaday, Francis T. Hawks, Geo. B. Johnson, Edward J. Hale, Jr. Assistant Inspector-General.—Ed. T. Nicholson. Ordnance Officer.—James A. Bryan. Quartermasters.—Joseph A. Engelhard, Geo. S. Thompson, A. D. Cazaux (acting), E. W. Herndon. Commissaries.—Daniel T. Carraway, Thos. Hall McKoy. Surgeons.—James A. Miller, Robert Gibbon, Ed. G. Higginbotham, Wesley M. Campbell, George E. Trescot. Seventh North Carolina
John G. Knox (search for this): chapter 1.1
ls, Orange county, Va., in 1863. Picked officers and men were detailed from the regiments in proportion to their respective strength, and put in charge of Captain John G. Knox, of the 7th, who was a cool, brave and popular officer, and a splendid tactician. They were excused from all camp and picket duties, and thoroughly drilletinued until after dark in the woods, through the dense undergrowth. The contending lines was close to each other, and when the enemy attempted to turn our right, Knox was captured; and he was succeeded by the accomplished and gallant Captain William T. Nicholson, of the 37th. On the 12th of May, at Spotsylvania Courthouse, i of the corps, and he continued in command until the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Young, cool and brave, but modest as a girl, he was a worthy successor of Knox and Nicholson. This corps rendered splendid service from Spotsylvania Courthouse to Petersburg. Its first brilliant exploit near the Cockade City was the surpr
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