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The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Howitzers at the Bethel Church fight. (search)
bers of the Howitzer corps: From a multitude of sources I learn of the calm, cool, determined courage of a little group of our Richmond boys. I beg you will allow a place in your columns for an especial and individual mention of them, who so courageously and so honorably acquitted themselves in the heat of the battle at Bethel Church. Col. Hill, of the North Carolina Regiment, can sustain many in his testimony to their gallant stand in the most exposed position, and under the heaviest cannonading during the engagement. Lieut Hudnall, Geo. Hobson, John Werth, John West, Henry Shook, Geo. Hughes, Sergeant B. Hughes, Frank Botts, John Langhorne, L. W. Timberlake, William McCarthy, William Caldwell, Reuben Pleasants, W. R. Hutcheson, S. Pendleton, and last, though not least, must I make mention of the youngest son of the late Dr. Micajah Clark, whose memory lives so freshly greet, in the hearts of thousands of our citizens. May the God of Jacob bless our Howitzer boys. Amicus.
osses in the battle at Monocracy bridge were some five hundred in killed and wounded, including some valuable officers. Our forces were compelled to leave some of the severely wounded at the bridge, and they doubtless afterwards fell into the hands of the enemy. Among the officers reported killed in this engagement were Col. Lamar and Lieut. Col. Van Volkenburg, of the 61st Georgia regiment; Maj. Hambrey, of the 12th Georgia battalion; Capt Lowther, of the 26th Georgia regiment; and Lieut. George Hobson, of the Amherst (Va.) Artillery. From Georgia. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston took leave of the Army of Tennessee on the 18th, and issued to his late command a farewell address which is remarkable for its good taste. Gen. Hood accepted the command, and in his address to the troops tells them that he relies upon their prowess to wrest the country from the grasp of the invader, entitling themselves "to the proud distinction of being called the deliverers of an oppressed people." Thes
Death of a Richmond citizen. --We regret to learn that Lieutenant George Hobson, of the Amherst artillery (Kirkpatrick's battery,) was killed in the battle of Monocracy. He entered the service as a private in the 2d Howitzers, and was believed to have fired the first gun after the capture of Sumter, which was fired in this war. This was in the engagement of the 2d Howitzers with a steamship at Gloucester Point. He was afterwards transferred to the Amherst artillery, was elected 1st Lieutnd was believed to have fired the first gun after the capture of Sumter, which was fired in this war. This was in the engagement of the 2d Howitzers with a steamship at Gloucester Point. He was afterwards transferred to the Amherst artillery, was elected 1st Lieutenant, and was in all the battles in which A. P .Hill's Corps were engaged. He was a brave soldier, a good citizen, and an excellent man. He leaves a widow, and several young children. He was a member of the firm of Deane & Hobson.