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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 6 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Company a, Fifteenth Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army. (search)
year, at the expiration of which it enlisted for the war. On the 24th of May, 1861, the company left for the Peninsula, as a part of the Third Virginia, commanded by Colonel Thomas P. August. After the battle of Big Bethel the regiment was known as the Fifteenth. The figures opposite the names stand for the ages of the men: Zzzcompany a, Fifteenth Virginia, C. S. A. John Wilder Atkinson, captain; 31. Served till reorganization in 1862; promoted colonel in heavy artillery. Benjamin F. Cocke, first lieutenant; 32. Resigned in 1861. John E. Bradley, second lieutenant; 32. Served till reorganization in 1862. William O. Acree, second lieutenant; 27. Died in 1861. James C. Atkinson, first sergeant; 24. Promoted lieutenant in 1861; served till reorganization. Samuel Michaels, second sergeant; 20. Discharged in 1861. James Walker Dabney, third sergeant; 21. Promoted first sergeant; promoted lieutenant; and served till reorganization. Gideon W. Morris, fourth
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.27 (search)
They marched as an escort to General Lee, and they were the cynosure of all eyes. The lads from the Institute were clad in full-dress uniform, consisting of blue cap, gray spike coat, and white duck trousers. The four companies were officered in part as follows: Company A—Captain H. A. Wise; Lieutenants, Charles Kilburn and M. S. Dickerson. Company D—Captain H. E. Biscoe; Lieutenants, C. B. Coffeen and H. A. Reynolds. Company B—Captain C. D. Langhorne; Lieutenants, P. St. George Cocke and H. E. Henderson. Company C—Captain Douglas Smith; Lieutenants, H. E. Hyatt and William Bryant. General Lee rode with his accustomed grace and skill, and received an almost continuous ovation as his familiar form was recognized in the column. Captain E. J. Bosher served as Chief of Staff, with a long string of well-mounted aides, many of whom took part in the stirring events of the war. They were as follows: General John B. Gordon, General James A. Walker, General William McCom