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John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 2 2 Browse Search
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reat disorder and confusion through the woods to King's School-House. where they were temporarily rallied for a few minutes; but another deadly volley from the Fourth Georgia, followed by a dashing charge, and the enemy fled from their position, leaving us masters of the field, and in possession of a great number of prisoners, besides most of their killed and a few of their wounded. While this last movement was progressing, I had ordered the First Louisiana regiment, now commanded by Captain Nolan, Lieutenant-Colonel Shivers having been disabled by a wound in the right arm, received in the morning while charging across the field before alluded to, and the Twenty-second Georgia, supported by Colonels Clark and Ransom's North Carolina troops, to advance and regain the centre of our picket line, from which we had been forced to retire by an overwhelming force concentrated against us there about the middle of the day. These regiments, now sadly thinned by their severe losses of the mo
meet the foe by promptly taking the field, though they were not again called upon to fire a gun. I beg leave to speak in the highest terms of the gallantry and fearlessness displayed by Colonel L. A. Stafford, of the Ninth Louisiana regiment, who commanded the brigade in the morning. Colonel J. M. Williams, commanding the Second Louisiana regiment, was severely wounded by a minie ball, which passed through his chest, whilst gallantly leading his regiment in the first charge. Lieutenant-Colonel M. Nolan, of the First Louisiana, painfully wounded in the leg, remained at his post during the fight, commanding his regiment with coolness and bravery. The Tenth Louisiana was commanded in the engagement by Captain Henry D. Morrill, who faithfully discharged the duty devolved upon him. It is a noteworthy fact that not a single field officer in the brigade, who was on duty on that day, escaped untouched. I was so fortunate as to escape with only a slight contusion of the ankle from a sp