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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Appomattox campaign. (search)
Lee. Fitzhugh Lee's division, Brig.-Gen. Thos. T. Munford. Munford's Brigade: 1st Va., Col. W. A. Morgan; 2d Va., Lieut.-Col. Cary Breckinridge; 3d Va.,----; 4th Va., Col. W. B. Wooldridge. Payne's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William H. Payne, Col. R. B. Boston; 5th Va., Col. R. B. Boston; 6th Va.,----; 8th Va.,----; 36th Va. Batt'n,----. Gary's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Martin W. Gary: 7th Ga., Capt. W. H. Burroughs; 7th S. C., Col. Alexander C. Haskell; Hampton's S. C. Legion, Lieut.-Col. Robert B. ArCol. R. B. Boston; 6th Va.,----; 8th Va.,----; 36th Va. Batt'n,----. Gary's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Martin W. Gary: 7th Ga., Capt. W. H. Burroughs; 7th S. C., Col. Alexander C. Haskell; Hampton's S. C. Legion, Lieut.-Col. Robert B. Arnold; 24th Va., Col. William T. Robins. W. H. F. Lee's division, Maj.-Gen. W. H. F. Lee. Barringer's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Rufus Barringer: 1st N. C.,----; 2d N. C.,----; 3d N. C.,----; 5th N. C.,----. Beale's Brigade, Capt. S. H. Burt: 9th Va.,----; 10th Va.,----; 13th Va.,----; 14th Va.,----. Roberts's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William P. Roberts: 4th N. C.,----; 16th N. C. Batt'n,----. Rosser's division, Maj.-Gen. Thomas L. Rosser. Dearing's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James Dearing, Col. A. W.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel T. L. Rosser's report of the fight at Aldie. (search)
ood and behind the fences, and it was impossible for me to engage him further with the sabre, consequently I deployed my sharp-shooters to the front, under Captain R. B. Boston, and withdrew the regiment beyond the range of the enemy's rifles. As soon as this was done, he charged my skirmishers, who were doing terrible execution ecame very critical. The enemy greatly outnumbering us appeared in force everywhere, and it became apparent that victory was the only means of escape. I ordered Boston to hold his position at all hazards, and nobly and faithfully did he obey. Onset after onset of the enemy he gallantly repulsed, until after the enemy had presseWhat occurred after this was under the immediate eye of the Colonel commanding, and I deem it unnecessary to relate it. The gallant and heroic manner in which Captain Boston and his men acted in this (one of the most vigorous cavalry fights I was ever engaged in) makes them the pride of their regiment. I regret to say that Lieute
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Campaign of General E. Kirby Smith in Kentucky, in 1862. (search)
the rickety old house we were soon asleep. At 3 A. M. Brig.-General Davis aroused us with the information that General Heth, a few miles ahead, expected an attack at daylight. We mounted and pushed forward, and a little after sunrise reached Heth's Headquarters beyond Pine Mountain. General Smith, with six thousand men, had followed the road leading up Powells' Valley, some thirty miles to the right, while General Heth, with three thousand men, pursued the more direct route, which leads by Boston to Barboursville, at which point the columns were to unite. Informing General Heth of our anxiety to reach General Smith, especially as Colonel Brent bore dispatches from General Bragg, he advised us to remain with him. He expected to join General Smith in a short time, and being now in the enemy's country, and a very ferocious enemy too, it was imprudent for small parties to separate themselves from the main column. Here we half seized, our necessities demanding, and half purchased a pe
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraph (search)
found. Colonel H. Clay Pate reported as Colonel of the Fifth Virginia Cavalry on 31st August, 1864; was killed in battle at the Yellow Tavern the same day our beloved Stuart was shot—to-wit., May 11th, 1864—and in a few days thereafter Colonel R. B. Boston, then Captain, was made Colonel, and so continued until killed in action at High Bridge on April 6th, 1865. I had the honor to belong to that gallant regiment, and know this to be true. I can never think of that soul of honor, Colonel BoColonel Boston, without having my heart strangely stirred. Many of his men soon after, I candidly believe, almost envied his fate. Very truly yours, P. J. White. Auburn, Ala., January 31, 1884. Rev. Dr. J. William Jones, Richmond, Va.: My Dear Sir,—I was severely wounded in the second battle at Cold Harbor, but returned to my command about the last of August, to find a great many of my officers absent, on account of the numerous engagements and hard fighting in that campaign. The compilation o<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of Major-General Fitzhugh Lee of the operations of the cavalry corps A. N. V. (search)
rge number, including amongst the killed their commander, Brigadier-General Read, Chief of Staff to General Ord, commanding Army of the James, whose body fell into our hands. The enemy's force proved to be a picket body of infantry and a squadron of cavalry, which, placed under this staff officer, had for its object the destruction of the High Bridge over the Appomattox, in our rear. The success was indeed dearly bought; for the lives of Brigadier-General Dearing, of Rosser's division; Colonel Boston, Fifth Virginia cavalry, commanding Payne's brigade of my old division, and Major James W. Thomson, Stuart's horse artillery, and Rosser's chief in that arm, were lost in attaining it. The splendid gallantry of these three officers had been tested on many fields, and their conspicuous valor was universally known. The genial and dashing Thomson was killed leading cavalry, his guns not being present. On the night of the 6th the position at Rice's Station was abandoned, and I moved in