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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)
er, and went into camp about half a mile west of it near the Romney road, at a place known as Billy Wood's Thicket, a pleasant camp, well-sheltered by cedars, and at a convenient distance from town. Here the whole battery remained till Wednesday, January 1, 1862, excepting two guns, which were called out along with the infantry to assist in destroying Dam No. 5, or some other dam on the canal near the Potomac. The two detachments thus employed were absent about a week, and the weather being ba, and assigned to ordnance duty; afterwards (June, 1862,) commissioned first lieutenant in Provisional Army, Confederate States of America, and later (December, 1862,) captain of artillery in that department, Bath and Romney Trip. Wednesday, January 1, 1862, was at Winchester, Va., a beautiful and balmy day—so warm that it was oppressive to men marching with their winter clothes on and the inevitable haversacks and canteens. The battery set out that morning accompanied by the rest of Gene