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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Southern Historical Society Papers. (search)
nk you give the substance of my orders, except that I charged them (my command) specially to fix bayonets and not to stop to fire a gun until we were at the works. Let me here mention an incident: Lying next on my right was a young friend, Emmet Butts, a member of the bar of our city. His proper position was on my left. Having a superstitious belief that the safest place for a man in battle is generally his proper place, I said to my friend, Emmet, suppose we change places? I am in yoursmy from the inner portion of the exploded mine, Saunders and Wright's brigades finished the work. I have never seen such slaughter on any battlefield. Our regiment lost 27, killed and wounded, the majority of whom were killed, and among them Emmet Butts, of our company. Put Stith, of our company, was wounded. Colonel Weisiger, commanding the brigade, was wounded. From what I have seen, the enemy's loss could not have been less than from 500 to 700 killed, to say nothing of those wounded, a
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
; His Address on The Confederate Soldier, 272; on Gen. Junius Daniel, 340. Bernard, Geo. S., Address of, 3; Account of Battle of Malvern Hill, 56. Blackburn, Surgeon L. P., 430. Blackmore, Courier J. H., 6. Bonham, Gen. M. L., Death of, 93. Bosher, Lt. C. G., 430. Boudinot, Hon., Elias, Death of, 93. Bowley, Lt. F. S., 10. Boyce, Major, Ker, Death of, 93. Brady, Major A. G., 117. Branch House, The, 4. Broadbent, Capt., Wallace, 8, 37. Brown, Major, Thos. L., 388. Butts, Emmet, Death of, 9. Cabell, Major J. R.. 65. Camp Morton, Horrors of, 327. Carpenter. Lt. J. H., on Johnson's Island, 429. Cedar Creek, Battle of, 252. Chancellorsville Campaign, Report of Gen. S. D. Ramseur, 231. Chandler, Lt., Death of, 20. Chew's Battery, Final service of, 281; Survivors of, 285. Chickamauga, Battle of, 263. Christmas, 1864-65, A soldier's, 283 Claiborne, Col., Wm., The rebel, 262. Clay, Henry, Characterization of, 45. Cleborne, Dr. C. J., M