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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
r exceeded. In this advance Battle's brigade charged a battery in its front, capturing, in addition to six guns, many prisoners and a flag. General Battle never sufficiently recovered from his wounds to enable him to return to the field, and Colonel Hobson remained in command of the brigade until the end, and surrendered it at Appomattox. I have known many men of character and renown, but I have never known one who more admirably combined the officer and the gentleman than did Edwin LaFayette Hobson. He was the flower of chivalry and the soul of honor. Cullen A. Battle. Petersburg, Va., November 11, 1910. Drewry's Bluff fight. [from the Richmond, Va., dispatch, November 17, 1901.] A letter from the late Major A. H. Drewry on the subject. The following letter, written by the late Major Drewry, of Westover, was only delivered to us a few days ago, and hence the delay in its publication. It will doubtless be read with interest, not only because it refers to an impor
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.33 (search)
ire was inaccurate. Here Major-General Ramseur had skirmishers thrown to the front and to the right, driving the sharpshooters of the enemy from Middletown. The division remained here perhaps half an hour, until a battery was brought into position on the right of the pike, when General Ramseur again ordered an advance, which was made in good order and with a gallantry never exceeded. In this advance Battle's brigade charged a battery in its front, capturing, in addition to six guns, many prisoners and a flag. General Battle never sufficiently recovered from his wounds to enable him to return to the field, and Colonel Hobson remained in command of the brigade until the end, and surrendered it at Appomattox. I have known many men of character and renown, but I have never known one who more admirably combined the officer and the gentleman than did Edwin LaFayette Hobson. He was the flower of chivalry and the soul of honor. Cullen A. Battle. Petersburg, Va., November 11, 1910.