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The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1861., [Electronic resource] 7 1 Browse Search
Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
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Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
t the battle of Corinth, Miss., he took a prominent part. During the retreat from Holly Springs to Grenada, Tilghman's brigade was assigned the responsible position of rear guard, and repeatedly gave battle to and held in check the enemy. Between four and five o'clock of the evening of May 16, 1863, he was killed on the battle-field of Champion's Hill. He was in command of his brigade, consisting of the Fifteenth and Twenty-second Mississippi regiments, First Louisiana, and Rayburn's and McLendon's batteries, on the extreme right of the line. They received the first fire of that battle, but the fight drifted to the left until after midday, when the enemy advanced in force against Loring's division, and after their first repulse threw forward a line of sharpshooters which, aided by artillery, maintained the action. These sharpshooters occupied a row of plantation cabins near the Confederate line, and were doing destructive work, when General Tilghman directed a gun to be trained up
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Terrible Tragedy. (search)
efore the people, on Saturday, the 16th ult. Having heard of this, and of the parties who were to serve the summons, Messrs. McLendon and Lang, he proceeded to the house of the former, and took dinner with the family. After dinner, they went to the workshop.--Andrews asked McLendon for the loan of his horse, to go to Adamsville, which was granted. He had in his possession, one double-barrel gun, one yauger rifle, two repeaters and two bowie-knives. While the horse was being caught, a conbefore the Regulators. Where upon Mr. Lang said, "Yes, sir, and here is the summons for you." During this conversation, McLendon was mending a pair of shoes. Immediately after Lang's answer, Andrews levelled his gun on McLendon, shot him in the sidMcLendon, shot him in the side, and killed him instantly. Turning round quickly, he levelled his gun to shoot Lang with the other barrel. Lang knocked up the gun and received the whole load in the palm of his right hand. Lang then picked up Andrew's yauger, to shoot him, (And
The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
, do; J Jackson, do; Serg't J A McLeod, slightly; corp'l J B Arrants, do; privates W Marthers, do; Z Shiver, do; and C C Stucky, do. Missing: Privates W Stewart, L Watts, and W L Moye. Company D, Captain J W Walker — Killed Capt Walker, private W P Mays. Wounded: Private John May, mortally; F Powell and S P Cox, slightly. Missing; corp'l Wm Murrah, privates Wm Centley and Ransom Lowe. Company E, Captain Coker--Killed: corp'l Kilgore, privates Dunkins, R Dixon, T Hudson, Kilgore, McLendon and Tyner. Wounded: Corp'l Luckey, mortally; not supposed to be mortally: sergt Fountain, corp'ls Durant and Kelley; privates Bateman, B Ho , Bradley, E Byrd, Clements, W Gainey, J King, G McCutchen, J M Polson and A L Shaw.--Missing: Serg't Coker, private Langston, Crowley, H Ellis, Gandy, Davis and Patrick. Company F, Capt J D Gaston.--Killed: Capt Gaston, Privates F Babcock, W Crawford, and W H Gaston, Wounded: Privates J F B , severely; W H Brawley, do; J D Caldwell, do; W J Cornw