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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., [from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, March 30, April 6, 27, and May 12, 1902.] (search)
sippi. Died November 9, 1862. Abner Smead.* 1655. Born Georgia. Appointed Georgia. 25. Colonel, September I, 1862. Assistant Inspector-General, Jackson's Corp's, Army of Northern Virginia. John O. Long. 1661. Born Illinois. Appointed at Large. 31. John T. Mercer. 1670. Born Georgia. Appointed Georgia. 40. Colonel, September 27, 1861. Commanding Twenty-first Georgia Infantry, Doles' Brigade, Rhode's Division, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Killed April 19, 1864, at Plymouth, N. C. John Mullins. 1673. Born Tennessee. Appointed Mississippi, 43. Horace Randal. 1675. Born Tennessee. Appointed Texas. 45. Brigadier-General, April 8, 1864. Commanding brigade of cavalry in McCulloch's Division in 1862; in 1863 and 1864 commanded brigade in Trans-Mississippi Department. Killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkin's Ferry, Ark. 1855. Frederick L. Childs. 1685. Born Missouri. Appointed at Large. 9. Captain of artillery, March 16.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.22 (search)
field. General Ransom distinguished himself by leading his men over the enemy's works, where occurred a hand-to-hand fight. The Federal Commander, General Wessells, made a gallant defense, but Ransom and Hoke forced him to surrender. The enemy's loss was very heavy. His dead lay in heaps, and his wounded were lying on all sides. During the assault the Albemarle played upon the forts also, but the Federal boats were too cautious to return. After the capture of Plymouth, N. C., April 19, 1864—by Generals Hoke and Ransom—in which action the Confederate ram, Albemarle, destroyed one gunboat of the Federal fleet and drove the others into Pamlico Sound; the Confederates were greatly encouraged and the Federals correspondingly discouraged and alarmed. The Yankees spoke of the ram as the Second Merrimac, and they looked upon her as an unknown quantity, with unlimited capacity for destruction. In fact the Federal Government was laboring under much anxiety because of the change