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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 3: a cavalry officer of the army of the United States. (search)
He died as he had lived — a soldier and a Christian, and repeated the Lord's Prayer with his last breath. There were fifty-nine deaths during the epidemic. Mrs. Armistead, wife of Major Armistead (General Lewis Armistead, killed at Gettysburg), died in six hours after she was taken. Her husband had marched with his company, buMajor Armistead (General Lewis Armistead, killed at Gettysburg), died in six hours after she was taken. Her husband had marched with his company, but only proceeded thirty miles when overtaken by an express. He returned in the night, found his wife dead, and after her funeral in the morning-this same fatal 3d of August-started for his camp, carrying his two little children with him. A soldier has a hard life and but little consideration. The Second Cavalry, under the commaGeneral Lewis Armistead, killed at Gettysburg), died in six hours after she was taken. Her husband had marched with his company, but only proceeded thirty miles when overtaken by an express. He returned in the night, found his wife dead, and after her funeral in the morning-this same fatal 3d of August-started for his camp, carrying his two little children with him. A soldier has a hard life and but little consideration. The Second Cavalry, under the command of Colonel Johnston, on the 27th of October following began its long march from Jefferson Barracks to western Texas. It numbered seven hundred and fifty men and eight hundred horses. It marched under the command of its colonel, Major Hardee being the only other field officer who accompanied it, Lee and Thomas being on court-ma
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 12: Gettysburg. (search)
ormed in two lines, Kemper on the right, Garnett on his left, and Armistead in the rear. Hill's troops-six small brigades-having passed throe somewhat en echelon. Pickett's first formation was in one line, Armistead, Garnett, and Kemper from left to right. Garnett's troops were t Garnett killed within twenty-five yards of the stone wall, while Armistead and Lieutenant-Colonel Martin, of the Fifty-third Virginia, fell tack the second line, which had been hurriedly formed. Brave old Armistead's behavior deserves more than a passing word. When the troops hat within a few yards of the second defensive line it consisted of Armistead, his lieutenant, Colonel Martin, and five men; with the destructiperished, and one half of those who crossed the road and followed Armistead were killed. To the left of Pickett the four brigades under Pettthern Virginia five general officers were killed-Pender, Garnett, Armistead, Barksdale, and Semmesand nine wounded, viz., Hood, Hampton, Heth
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Index. (search)
led, 352; at Five Forks, 376. Anderson, General, Robert, mentioned, 87. Andrew, Governor John A., mentioned, 145. Antietam, battle of, 208. Appomattox Court House, Va., 386, 387. Arab couplet quoted, 114. Archer's brigade at Gettysburg, 296. Aristo, General, Mariano, 32. Arlington Heights, 108. Arlington House, Va., mentioned, 26, 49, 63, 65, 71, 72, 76, 77, 85, 88, 89, 99, 198, 366. Arlington slaves liberated, 236, 238. Armies of the Confederacy, 326. Armistead, General, Lewis, mentioned, 58, 288; killed at Gettysburg, 296. Army of the James, 387. Army of Northern Virginia, 311, 312, 348, 379, 386. Army of the Potomac, 173, 182, 309, 313, 351, 377. Army of the Shenandoah, 352. Army of the Tennessee, 372. Army of Virginia, 175. Assault on Fort Stedman, 371. Austin, Stephen F., mentioned, 31. Averell, General William W., mentioned, 241, 242, 340, 341. Babcock, Colonel, of Grant's staff, mentioned, 392, 393. Ball, Mary, mentioned, x.
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
rand assault known as Pickett's charge, the enemy's column made its most daring and desperate thrust against that point of the line which was held by Webb and his men. It was here that Cushing's Battery made its gallant fight, and here that General Armistead, the leader of the Confederate assault, fell dead at the muzzle of one of Cushing's guns. The Sixty-ninth entered that fight with 258 officers and men, and held the stone wall in front of the brigade; it lost there 40 killed, 80 wounded an it was engaged in one of the bloodiest contests of the war. Its loss in that battle was 26 killed, 95 wounded, and 81 missing--one-third of its number on that field. At Gettysburg, it was stationed at the angle of the stone wall against which Armistead and his Confederate brigade male such a desperate attack during Pickett's charge. In this battle the Seventy-first, under Colonel Smith, lost 21 killed , 58 wounded, and 19 missing, out of 24 officers and 397 men carried into action. The regi
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 15: Confederate losses — strength of the Confederate Armies--casualties in Confederate regiments — list of Confederate Generals killed — losses in the Confederate Navy. (search)
th North Carolina Ransom's Holmes's 18 91 18 127 49th North Carolina Ransom's Holmes's 14 75 16 105 57th Virginia Armistead's Huger's 13 83 17 113 Seven Days, Va.             June 25--July 1, 1862.             7th North Carolina Branc55th North Carolina Davis's Heth's 39 159 -- 198 11th Georgia G. T. Anderson's Hood's 32 162 -- 194 38th Virginia Armistead's Pickett's 23 147 -- 170 6th North Carolina Hoke's Early's 20 131 21 172 13th Mississippi Barksdale's McLaws's 2t Maryland Battalion Stewart's Johnson's 25 119 -- 144 3d Arkansas Robertson's Hood's 26 116 -- 142 57th Virginia Armistead's Pickett's 35 105 4 144 23d North Carolina Iverson's Rodes's 41 93 -- 134 Charleston Harbor, S. C.             General Martin E. Green Killed at Vicksburg Brigadier-General William Barksdale Killed at Gettysburg. Brigadier-General Lewis Armistead Killed at Gettysburg. Brigadier-General Richard B. Garnett Killed at Gettysburg. Brigadier