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The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Five Dollars reward. (search)
The next morning they reported to General Cocke at Alexandria. Mr. Walker was chosen Captain, and Mr. Haggerty First Lieutenant, of the company, which, in honor of Mr. John Purcell, was called the Purcell Battery. To the honor of Mr. Purcell, it must not be forgotten that he contributed much the larger part of the money which went to the purchase of their uniforms and their general outfit. The guns were furnished by the Government. They were four in number, and of the description called Parrott guns. They are rifled, and have a range of three or four miles. Captain Walker's battery was shortly after removed to a place about four miles and a half below Aquia Creek. His caissons had been taken from him, and he found it impossible to reclaim them. He endeared it in the best manner he could, and supplied the deficiency by wagons which he selected in Fredericksburg, and had fashioned to suit his purpose. When the first attack was made at Aquia, Captain Walker formed his compan