...ng his front, and while looking over the parapet in front of the sap of the enemy, which was only about 60 yards distant, he was shot through the head by a sharpshooter and almost instantly killed. Gen. Tom P. Dockery , who succeeded him in command, said: He joined the army as a private soldier when the tocsin of war first sent its notes throughout the West He served his country long and faithfully. His soldiers ...