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tenant-colonel, and B. F. Davis major. The Eighth regiment, under command of Col. R. F. Floyd, included the companies commanded by Captains Worth of Hillsboro, Tucker of Madison, B. A. Bobo of Madison; William Baya of St. John's, R. A. Waller of Gadsden, Stewart of Orange, F. Simmons of Nassau, David Lang of Suwannee, Pons of Dhad served as independent volunteer companies in different parts of the State. They were commanded by Captains Chambers, Davis, John W. Pearson, Samuel Hope, James Tucker, J. C. Dupree and S. M. G. Gary. At the battle of Olustee these companies were formed into a battalion and commanded by Maj. Pickens B. Bird. In concentratinof Cold Harbor, the Ninth lost 100 men killed and wounded. Among the killed were Maj. Pickens B. Bird, Captain Reynolds, Lieutenant Lane; and Adjutant Owens, Captain Tucker and Lieut. R. D. Harrison were severely wounded. On this line the enemy encroached with their picketline and sharpshooters and gradually strengthened thems
with which he handled his command reflected the highest credit upon him as an officer, while the desperation with which his troops fought brings new luster to the arms of the State they represented, and paints imperishable fame upon the colors they so proudly bore. Captain Poole reported that Lieut. L. M. Anderson, commanding Company A, was shot in the forehead and instantly killed, and his successor, Lieut. E. C. Stevens, was soon severely wounded. Capt. T. S. Means, Lieuts. J. T. Miller, Tucker, and O. P. Hull were wounded, the last mortally. The battalion was next in battle at Farmington, during the siege of Corinth, and then, consolidated with a battalion under William Miller, the united command was known as the First regiment, Col. William Miller commanding. The regiment was assigned to John C. Brown's brigade, with the Third Louisiana and Forty-first Mississippi, for the Kentucky campaign, in the division of Patton Anderson. In the fierce assault at Perryville General Brow
s on the wharves at Alexandria. Major Henry B. Tyler, of the U. S. Marines, who has been in the service for over forty years, who has grown grey in serving his country, yesterday resigned and returned to his native State, Virginia. Mr. James Tucker, master anchor-smith of the Navy-Yard, at Washington, has been removed, and a shoemaker, by the name of Brown, appointed in his place. Brown is a Republican. The removal of Mr. Tucker, who is universally esteemed for his moral worth, cMr. Tucker, who is universally esteemed for his moral worth, created much excitement in the yard, and a general stampede, it is said, of the workmen was the consequence. The women and children continue to fly the city. Martial law has not as yet been proclaimed. The following is from another source: Washington, May 1.--Contrary to the often repeated rumors it is reliably ascertained that martial law will not be proclaimed here unless there shall be reason for it, which certainly does not now exist. Among the unfounded reports to-day wa
Dead. --Much regret is felt by a large circle of attached friends at the sudden and unexpected death of Henry St. George Tucker, eldest son of Professor Tucker, of the Virginia Medical College, a young man of excellent promise, and greatly beloved. We believe he was a member of one of our military companies. His funeral, as will be seen by the notice, takes place at St. Paul's Church tomorrow morning. Dead. --Much regret is felt by a large circle of attached friends at the sudden and unexpected death of Henry St. George Tucker, eldest son of Professor Tucker, of the Virginia Medical College, a young man of excellent promise, and greatly beloved. We believe he was a member of one of our military companies. His funeral, as will be seen by the notice, takes place at St. Paul's Church tomorrow morning.
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