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The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 2 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
and four lieutenants were also among the slain. The loss among the men was 140. The Sixteenth regiment, through an error of its guide, became separated from its brigade and was called upon to support another brigade. Always ready for a fight.Colonel McElroy did his part with skill and courage, and the regiment suffered a loss of about 200 men. No better example of the hotness of the fire to which these regiments were exposed can be found than in the losses of one of the companies. Captain Flowers, of the Thirty-eighth regiment, lost 27 men out of 32 taken into action. Lieutenant Cathey, of the Sixteenth regiment, describes the situation of the soldiers the night of the battle. He says: Our surroundings were deserts of solitary horror. The owls, night-hawks and foxes had fled in dismay; not even a snake or a frog could be heard to plunge into the lagoons which, crimsoned with the blood of men, lay motionless in our front. Nothing could be heard in the blackness of that nigh
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fortification and siege of Port Hudson—Compiled by the Association of defenders of Port Hudson; M. J. Smith, President; James Freret, Secretary. (search)
the enemy had been making active demonstrations against Colonel Johnson's position. Sharpshooters had become so annoying as to seriously interfere with the construction of the heavy earth worths necessary for the defence of this most exposed position. On the extreme left, commanded by Colonel Shelby, the enemy had not been idle while making his approaches in the direction of the mill. On Monday, the 25th of May, he advanced in heavy force through the plantations of Captain Chambers, Mr. Flowers, and Mrs. Houston, halting at Sandy creek, where they began the construction of a pontoon bridge. By Tuesday night, the 26th, it was completed, and everything ready for an advance in that direction. We had, at that time, learned that the enemy's extreme right was composed of negro troops. The total casualties on the left wing, up to this time, amounted to about forty killed, wounded and missing. The left slept on their arms on Tuesday night, the 26th of May. During Tuesday the en
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], List of casualties in the recent battles before Richmond. (search)
uch, M Chappell, W C Mitchell. Company F, Capt Yount, commanding — Wounded: Lts D. F. Roseman, J. Yount, A Deal, Corp'l N E Ligman, privates A Arwood, Jno D Hoke, John Hetrick, David Hoffman, Jacob Hoffman, (since dead.) Company. G, Capt. Flowers.--Killed R A. Hines, J. S. McLain. Wounded: Sgt Heartness, J. W. Hartness, J. W. Linney, Corp'l C. J. Deal, T F Murdoch, D E Campbell, M M Clary, W. L W Ellis, J Q Elder, J Gamt, S. N. Hines, J. W. Lackey, J. Wealey Lackey, J C Lackey, R C Lackey, W L Lackey, D M Mathicon, A V Turner, D A Wilson, J R Muldock, Capt Flowers, Lt Harrington. Company H. Capt Thornburgh.--Killed: N. H Crawford, A. M. Dorset, D N. Miller. Wounded: Serg't J L Andrews, Serg't T L Russell, Corp'l E T Kearns, A. C. Steed, T W Bell, A M Bell, P. W Garier, B. H Hopkins, James Howell, E. E Luck, Wm M Newby, A W Sanders, Jesse Scarlett, H. M. Tomliuson. Company I, Capt Megness.--Killed D. D. Hamrick. Wounded J. Childers, (since dead,) R. D. Hughs, E Ma