Browsing named entities in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). You can also browse the collection for May 7th or search for May 7th in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Wee Nee volunteers of Williamsburg District, South Carolina, in the First (Hagood's) regiment. (search)
r whether the enemy might not be between us and our point of destination. The light of Butler's camp fires could be seen on our right, but at a considerable distance off. Once or twice we halted and sent our guides in advance to reconnoitre. May 7th, 1864.—Reached Walthall Junction about two hours before day. Here we found General Bushrod R. Johnson with a small brigade of Tennesseeans, and Colonel Graham and his command. The battalion under my command was put into line of battle in a wheaurning our right flank and cutting us off from Petersburg. I here were no troops between us and that city. The credit of saving that place belongs to the brigades of Generals Hagood and Bushrod R. Johnson. At 10 o'clock on the night of the 7th of May these two brigades and the artillery fell back towards Petersburg, and before daylight on the 8th crossed Swift Creek. Captain James F. Izler, of Company G, Twenty-fifth South Carolina volunteers, was left in command of the pickets to protect t