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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 15 (search)
y-first instant, and those at Winchester, of which a considerable portion was destroyed by our troops, are not embraced in this statement. The number of sick men in the hospital at Strasburgh, belonging to Gen. Williams's division, was one hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and twenty-five of whom were left in hospital at Winchester, under charge of Surgeon Lincoln R. Stone, Second Massachusetts; sixty-four were left in hospital at Strasburgh, including attendants, under charge of Surgeon Gillispie, Seventh Indiana, and Assistant-Surgeon Porter, United States army. Eight of the surgeons of this division voluntarily surrendered themselves to the enemy in the hospitals and on the field for the care of the sick and wounded placed under their charge. They include, in addition to those above named, Brigade-Surgeon Peale, at Winchester; Surgeon Mitchell, First Maryland, at Front Royal; Surgeon Adolphus, Best's battery, United States army; Surgeon Johnson, Sixteenth Indiana, and Sur
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 205 (search)
rs. Meantime General Merritt's command continued to press the enemy, and by impetuous charges drove them from two lines of temporary works; General Custer guiding his advance on the Widow Gilliam's house and General Devin on the main Five Forks road. The courage displayed by the cavalry officers and men was superb, and about two o'clock the enemy was behind his works on the White Oak road, and his skirmish line drawn in. I then ordered up the Fifth corps on the main road, and sent Brevet Major Gillispie, of the engineers, to turn the head of the column off on the Gravelly Church road, and put the corps in position on this road obliquely to and at a point but a short distance from the White Oak road, and about one mile from the Five Forks. Two divisions of the corps were to form the front line, and one division was to be held in reserve, in column of regiments, opposite the centre. I then directed General Merrttt to demonstrate as though he was attempting to turn the enemy's right
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
eir lives. A. Govan was a little conscript from Darbytown, near Richmond. He was a kind, innocent creature, particularly attached to me. Just before he was killed, he remarked, slapping the roll of blankets he carried, Don't you think this is a good breastwork? Alas, the ball found its way to poor Govan's heart despite his breastwork, and in our hearts We sadly missed him. The bodies of Figner, Wynne, Walthall and Via were sent to Richmond, while Govan, Stoaber, Crigger, Toomy and Gillispie found a resting-place that evening in the corner of the field just to the right of where the Twenty-fourth charged. No sooner had this fatal volley been fired when we returned the compliment, and charging among them, we captured those who did not get away. Then, over the enemy's works came the decimated regiments, the Eleventh and Twenty-fourth, which had made the fight in front of the works, losing nearly one-third of their men in that fearful struggle to take the works in front. T
The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 23 (search)
La. Foot Rifles, in the battle near Richmond, on the 31st of May, 1862: Lieut.-Col. Copper and Capt. Coppen, seriously wounded. Company A., Chasseurs a Pied.--Killed: Capt E Macoin, Lt Bourges. Wounded: Lieut Rene, sergt Petitpair; privates Aug. Bush, F Bourgeris, E Delupayne, P Garnel, J McReady, E Bagneris, W Smyles, P E Wiliz and G Boulet. Company B., Catakoula Guerrillas.--Killed: T Shultz, C Smith, W H Barnum, A Harvey, A M Stone. Wounded: Capt S W Spencer; sergt W H Gillispie and J F Napier; corp'l Barlow; privates S Block, J N Brown, R L Brooks, N Calhoun) N Coleman, J Donley, J Gines, D Hogan, R B Hardesty, F Keysler, W Lucas, R S McCoy, W T McCoy, P Mulverhill, F Mirle, C Numan, J O'Hare, J G Penticost, F M Rollins, S E Roberts, J Shutzer, (T W Rawlings, killed in the battle of Williamsburg.) Company C., Crescent Blues.--Killes: Privates J Baker and N Eager. Wounded: Capt M S Goodwyn, Lieut de Lisle; privates G R Cushing, T Donaho, P E Gunther, C Henry