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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
the absent sick and exclude entirely the deserters — and leaves a margin for 218 additional to fill to 100 men, or 368 to fill to the maximum standard. The remainder was my own work. I added to this corps to fill it out to a regiment in fact the following companies: Company G (from Russell County, Captain Smith), 107 rank and file. Company H (from Tazewell County, Captain Bruster), 105 rank and file. Company I (from Russell County, Captain Dickenson), 80 rank and file. And Lieutenant March, formerly of the corps, will have Company K, with 100 men from Carroll, Wythe, and Grayson, being now en route for camp, and probably up to the minimum standard. Therefore I may say to you in general terms that the Twenty-ninth Virginia can take on 450 to 500 more men to fill it to the maximum standard, and it is my purpose to do this, unless you control me otherwise. Now as to the Pound Gap battalion. I brought this corps to the old court-house in Russell, and after a time I we
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 59 (search)
and none of them were trained at all. Under my order, they elected a lieutenant-colonel, for the time, only to lead them on this expedition. I also took the responsibility of placing in their hands the old muskets turned in to General Dimmock by Colonel Trigg, which I found at Abingdon. I left Abingdon with a force composed of the 54th Virginia, six hundred men; the 29th Virginia, four hundred and twenty men (four companies, wholly recruits, three raised by me this spring, and one by Lieutenant March); the 5th Kentucky, five hundred men; Dunn's battalion of recruits, four hundred men; Bradley's Mounted Kentucky Rifles, about two hundred and seventy-five men — making an aggregate of two thousand one hundred and ninety-five men, to which, add Jeffree's battery of six pieces, manned by recruits almost entirely. General Heth desired a delay of a day or two to reorganize the companies in Floyd's brigade, which were under his command. Having despatched couriers to Colonel Wharton, dir
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
shed a battery at Point Pleasant, of small rifled guns. The river would be closed if New Madrid was abandoned. A large force would be required to hold Island No.10 if New Madrid was in the hands of the enemy. It is necessary to hold the place until forces are thrown here to defeat the enemy — the quicker the better. I see no other course to pursue. If I had twenty thousand more men, such would be my course. McCown. P. S. Shall I look for reinforcements? I want commanders Trudeau, March, Walker, and Gantt. It is important. Headquarters army of the Mississippi, Jackson, Tenn., March 9th, 1862. General,—I send you herewith enclosed a slip from the N. Y. Herald, to show. you that the enemy's gunboats are not invulnerable to our heavy guns, so that I have strong hopes now you will be able to keep them out of Madrid Bend. I think they themselves have lost all confidence in them. They will hardly attack you on the water before their mortar-boats are ready. This is a ver
The Daily Dispatch: July 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], $40 reward. (search)
led the attack, drove the Confederates back, killed four, and wounded several, besides capturing five prisoners and seven horses. Harris retreated to Monroe, where another skirmish occurred, in which the Confederates were again repulsed. Smith then took up a position and sent messengers for reinforcements from Quincy. He was afterwards surrounded by a large force, but it was thought he could hold out until reinforcements reached him. Most of the Confederate troops were mounted. Col. March left the St. Louis arsenal yesterday for some point down the river supposed to be Cape Girardeau. There are now about 1,000 Federal troops encamped in the vicinity of Pilot Knob. St. Louis, July 12 --A gentleman from Hannibal last night says that Col. Smith's command at Monroe was reinforced by three hundred mounted Illinoisans yesterday afternoon, when the Confederates, who had been surrounding Col. Smith's force, were attacked and dispersed. Gen. Harris, their commander,