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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 13: Sharpsburg or Antietam (search)
en. Pendleton reported that the brigades of Gens. Lawton and Armistead, left to guard the ford at Shmen. This is a woful condition of affairs. Lawton's brigade had been the largest in the army, an filled by Lawton's and Trimble's brigades, of Lawton's division (which were in reserve near Jacksonissives. This attack fell principally upon Lawton's and Hays's brigades extending from the Hagerigade had also just been brought up in rear of Lawton's as a support. Across the pike, Doubleday's rate, and the slaughter upon both sides great; Lawton and J. R. Jones were both borne off wounded wint of J. R. Jones's division. He learned that Lawton and Hays had also been driven back with great Hood and Law, and also sent Hays in support of Lawton; but he had exacted from Hood a promise that of flour. Soon afterward, a staff-officer of Lawton's dashed up with the message, Gen. Lawton's co, Starke, and Douglas. Among the wounded were Lawton, R. H. Anderson, Wright, Ripley, J. R. Jones, [7 more...]
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 14: fall of 1862 (search)
Artillery. 4 Batteries, 9 Guns Total5 Divisions, 20 Brigades 24 Batteries, 99 Guns29,916 2D corps, Jackson's Ewell'sLawton's, Early's, Trimble's, Hays's, Latimer's Battalion 6 Batteries, 26 Guns7,716 D. H. Hill'sRodes's, Dole's, Colquitt's, Ivrest of the brigade stood firm, and changed front to meet the Federal advance. The latter were already in confusion when Lawton's brigade came to reenforce Gregg, and the enemy was driven back rapidly. Hoke's brigade was also sent to the assistance a brigade is like the loss of temper from a blade. In illustration, I quote from the report of Col. Evans, commanding Lawton's brigade, as follows: — I cannot forbear to mention in terms of unqualified praise the heroism of Capt. E. P. Lawton,Capt. E. P. Lawton, Asst. Adjt.-Gen. of the brigade, from the beginning of the advance until near the close of the fight, when he received a dangerous wound, and was unavoidably left in the open plain where he fell. Cheering on the men, leading this regiment, or resto
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
d in the last decisive charge, losing 83 killed and 259 wounded, total 342, while the aggregate brigade loss was 492. Captain Lawton had his horse killed and was slightly wounded; Lieut.-Col. L. J. Parr, in command of the Thirty-eighth, lost an arm, heavy, showing the desperate character of their charge. Early in the action, Capt. Edward Cheves, volunteer aide to General Lawton, lost his horse, but he went into battle on foot and fell pierced through the heart by a rifle ball. Though a mere ya late hour made a desperate charge upon the enemy's batteries, but was repulsed. The Tenth lost 38 out of 198 engaged. Lawton's brigade, held in reserve under severe shelling, was ordered into the fight later in the afternoon, and participated in irty-first, Colonel Evans commanding, was deployed to cover the front of the brigade during the night. The casualties of Lawton's brigade in the charge were 75. The Seventh, of Col. G. T. Anderson's brigade, at Malvern hill was commanded by Maj.
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
gade still contained the Nineteenth regiment. Lawton's brigade began here its long and distinguisheruggle called Second Manassas, the brigades of Lawton and Trimble, constituting the left of the Confhe relief of the brigades of Thomas and Gregg, Lawton was vigorously attacked, but he held the railrny regiment was by the Eleventh Georgia, 198. Lawton's brigade lost 456; Toombs', 331; Thomas', 261veral hundred wagons. These commands were: In Lawton's brigade, the Thirteenth, Twenty-sixth, Thirthurch), Ewell's division, under command of General Lawton, fought with great heroism through the mowas on picket duty during the previous night. Lawton's brigade, under Col. Marcellus Douglass, and gade of fresh troops came up to the support of Lawton's and Hays' brigades just at this time, Walkerrty-first Georgia, succeeded to the command of Lawton's brigade, being the senior officer present nohis men. To the relief of this gallant command Lawton's old brigade went forward, now 2,000 strong, [9 more...]
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