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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
ll the intervening artillery by impressing a guide and taking a back road]; engaged in battle the 13th, losing one lieutenant [John Baxter McCorkle] killed, five privates [Joseph S. Agner, John R. Beard, Randolph Fairfax, John Fuller, William G. Montgomery] killed, and ten privates wounded [names not given in that sketch, and only three of their names can be gathered from subsequent rolls, to-wit: James A. Ford, Robert Frazer, Jos. McCalpine]. Nine horses were killed and five wounded. On the 20th, the battery was sent to the vicinity of Port Royal, where that roll was made out. Marched since leaving Berryville, two hundred and thirty miles. That was one of the saddest experiences of the soldiers of that battery—burying their comrades at night, and so worn down by fatigue and loss of sleep that they could scarcely keep awake. The following memorandum notes changes which occurred about this time: John C. Patterson, who joined the company August 11, 1862, was discharged Septembe
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.25 (search)
in various directions to tighten the tension and prevent reinforcements from being drawn off to oppose Lee's advance. No wonder, then, that affairs looked dark and gloomy, and that the pulse of the Northern cities beat uneasily. Meantime, the Tacony played havoc along the coast. On the 15th of June, in latitude 37 degrees, 40 minutes, north, longitude 70 degrees, 51 minutes, west, she captured and burned the brig Umpire, from Cardenas to Boston, loaded with sugar and molasses. On the 20th, in latitude 40 degrees, 50 minutes, west, and longitude 69 degrees, 20 minutes, west, she captured the fine packet-ship Isaac Webb, from Liverpool to New York, with 750 passengers, and the fishing-schooner Micawber. The latter was burned, but Read being unable to dispose of the large number of passengers of the Webb, she was bonded for $40,000, and sent in as a cartel to New York. On the 21st, in latitude 41 degrees, north, longitude 69 degrees, 10 minutes, west, the Tacony captured and bu