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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 2, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Company D, Clarke Cavalry. (search)
er the Valley Campaign, resigned. Cabell E. Flournoy, who had been made major, became lieutenant-colonel, and John Shack Green, major. In 1863 Julian Harrison was made colonel, but being badly wounded the day he took command, at Brandy Station, never came back again to the regiment. Cabell E. Flournoy then became colonel, Green, lieutenant-colonel, and Daniel T. Richards, major. After a while Green resigned, Richards became lieutenant-colonel, and D. A. Grimsley, major. After Colonel Cabell Flournoy was killed (two days before second Cold Harbor), Richards became colonel, Grimsley, lieutenant-colonel, and J. A. Throckmorton, major. These gallant officers were leading their men to battle when the banner of the Confederacy was forever furled. Companys several Captains. On the morning of the 21st of July, 1861, Captain Hardesty resigned the command of Company D, and Hugh M. Nelson was elected captain, but, not being present, Lieutenant William Taylor, than whom no braver ma
The Daily Dispatch: June 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], The war News. (search)
our avenues of communication with the interior. It is believed that the enemy now occupy Tunstall's Station, on the York River Railroad, twenty miles from Richmond. A picket who left the vicinity of the White House on Tuesday evening reports that the fields in the neighborhood of that place were literally alive with Yankee cavalry, placed there to cover the landing of Smith's forces from the transports. A cavalry fight occurred on Tuesday evening near Cold Harbor, in which Major Cabell Flournoy, commanding the 6th Virginia cavalry, lost his life. His remains were brought in yesterday and forwarded to his home in Pittsylvania county. He was a son of the Hon. Thomas Stanhope Flournoy, of Halifax. It is stated that this regiment was on picket at the time, and that the enemy, succeeding in getting in its rear by a flank movement, delivered their fire at a distance of ten yards. Our men maintained their fire until their ammunition was exhausted, and then out their way through