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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 43 1 Browse Search
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 6 2 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 2 2 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Port Hudson, La.: May 23d-July 8th, 1863. (search)
May 31st and June 30th were totals of former months carried forward, whereas the actual strength was as given by him on page 595.--editors. The Confederate army. Major-General Frank Gardner. Line Commanders: Brig.-Gen. W. N. R. Beall, Col. W. R. Miles, and Col. I. G. W. Steedman. Garrison Troops: 1st Ala., Col. I. G. W. Steedman, Lieut.-Col. M. B. Locke, Maj. Samuel L. Knox; 49th Ala., Maj. T. A. Street; Maury (Tenn.) Artillery (attached to 12th La. Heavy Art'y Battalion); 1st Ark. Battalion (infantry), Capt. R. B. Chinn; 9th La. Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Lieut.-Col. J. H. Wingfield, Maj. James De Baun; 12th La. Heavy Art'y Battalion, Lieut.-Col. P. F. De Gournay; 30th La. (detachment), Capt. T. K. Porter; La. Legion, Col. W. R. Miles, Lieut.-Col. Frederick B. Brand; La. Battery Capt. R. M. Boone (w), Capt. S. M. Thomas; La. Battery (Watson), Lieut. E. A. Toledano; 1st Miss., Lieut.-Col. A. S. Hamilton, Maj. Thomas H. Johnston; 39th Miss., Col. W. B. Shelby; Claiborne (Mi
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
, General Banks, strong in the presence of Farragut's fleet, and resting upon Grant's promises, threw his infantry forward within a mile of the breastworks. Col. W. R. Miles, Louisiana legion, commanded in the center; Gen. W. N. R. Beall watched over the right; Col. I. G. W. Steedman defended the left. The main assault by the enfield, Maj. J. DeBaun: Twelfth heavy artillery battalion, Lieut-Col. P. F. DeGournay; Thirteenth regiment (detachment), Capt. T. K. Porter; Louisiana legion, Col. W. R. Miles; Boone's battery, Capt. S. M. Thomas; Watson's battery, Lieut. E. A. Toledano. Colonel DeGournay commanded the heavy batteries of the left wing. Lieut. L. A. Schirmer, of his command, on June 25th, seized the flag of Miles' legion, which had been shot down, fixed it to a light pole, and jumping on the parapet, planted the flagstaff amid a shower of bullets. Again and again the flag was shot down, and each time the gallant lieutenant raised it, waved it defiantly, and planted it firmly
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 15: (search)
h he knew best how to fill at once with honor to himself and to his State's advantage. On the 11th of May General Banks was relieved, at his own request, by Maj.-Gen. R. S. Canby. General Canby did no fighting in Louisiana For that, Mansfield and Pleasant Hill had amply provided. In January, 1865, it appeared that the brigade of Gen. Allen Thomas, consisting of the Seventeenth, Twenty-sixth, Twentysev-enth, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-first Louisiana infantry, Weatherly's battalion (late Miles' legion), Wade's light artillery and acompany of heavy artillery, was at Alexandria, then the headquarters of Gen. S. B. Buckner, lately assigned to the district of Western Louisiana. The Crescent regiment was also in that vicinity, and the Third Louisiana was at Shreveport. At a later date there was a considerable concentration of troops in apprehension of another campaign on the Red river. With other Louisiana troops reported there, was the Seventh cavalry. Vincent's brigade held the C
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fortification and siege of Port Hudson—Compiled by the Association of defenders of Port Hudson; M. J. Smith, President; James Freret, Secretary. (search)
brigade took up its line of march on the 8th. Miles's Legion was the next to follow. The only teneral Gardner sent an order at noon to Colonel W. R. Miles to take four hundred men with a light bGeneral commanding to relieve the battalion of Miles's Legion, commanded by Major Coleman, and to direct him to report at once to Colonel Miles. This left Lieutenant-Colonel Locke's command in the weakened to support Steedman on the left. Colonel Miles was immediately called upon for assistancee morning of the 20th, Lieutenant Bankston, of Miles's Legion, went out with fifty men, and, deployplit and a trunnion shot off. The companies of Miles's Legion, the three of Maxey's brigade, under e dispatched Colonels J. G. W. Steedman and W. R. Miles, and Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall J. Smith aical officers of the garrison. Approved: W. R. Miles, Commanding right wing. J. G. W. Steedmaht wing, right resting on Mississippi river—W. R. Miles, Colonel commanding. Miles's Legion, F. [12 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lee's Lieutenants. (search)
d, Va. A. L. Long, Charlottesville, Va. Robert Lowry, Jackson, Miss. Walter B. Lane, Texas. Joseph H. Lewis, Kentucky. W. G. Lewis, North Carolina. William McComb, Gordonsville, Va. Samuel McGowan, Abbeville, S. C. John T. Morgan, United States Senate. T. T. Munford, Lynchburg, Va. H. B. Mabry, Texas. W. W. Mackall, Warrenton, Va. George Maney, Nashville, Tenn. James G. Martin, North Carolina. John McCausland, West Virginia. Henry E. McCulloch, Texas. W. R. Miles, Mississippi. William Miller, Florida. John C. Moore, Texas. Francis T. Nichols, New Orleans. E. A. O'Neal, Montgomery, Ala. R. L. Page, Norfolk, Va. W. H. Payne, Warrenton, Va. W. F. Perry, Glendale, Ky. Roger A. Pryor, New York. Lucius E. Polk, Tennessee. J. B. Palmer, Tennessee. W. H. Parsons, Texas. N. B. Pearce, Arkansas. E. W. Pettus, Selma, Ala. Albert Pike, Washington, D. C. W. A. Quarles, Clarksville. Tenn. B. H. Robertson, Washington, D. C. F.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.4 (search)
W. Kirkland, New York. James H. Lane, Auburn, Alabama. A. R. Lawton, Savannah, Georgia. T. M. Logan, Richmond, Virginia. Robert Lowry, Jackson, Mississippi. Joseph H. Lewis, Kentucky. W. G. Lewis, Tarboro, North Carolina. William McComb, Gordonsville, Virginia. Samuel McGowan, Abbeville, South Carolina. John T. Morgan, United States Senate. T. T. Munford, Lynchburg, Virginia. George Maney, Nashville. John McCausland, West Virginia. Henry E. McCullock, Texas. W. R. Miles, Mississippi. William Miller, Florida. B. McGlathan, Savannah, Georgia. John C. Moore, Texas. Francis T. Nichols, New Orleans, Louisiana. R. L. Page, Norfolk, Virginia. W. H. Payne, Warrenton, Virginia. W. F. Perry, Glendale, Kentucky. Roger A. Pryor, New York City. Lucius E. Polk, Ashwood, Tennessee. W. H. Parsons, Texas. N. B. Pearce, Arkansas. E. W. Pettus, Selma, Alabama. W. A. Quarles, Clarkesville, Tennessee. B. H. Robertson, Washington, D. C. F. H. Robert