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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 2 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 1 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 1 1 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 1 1 Browse Search
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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
ng. Breckinridge made the assault with a force of 4,500, of all arms, and lost 1,700 killed, wounded and missing. Among the dead Tennesseeans were the gallant Col. P. D. Cunningham, Thirty-second regiment; Capt. John Dick and Lieut. Samuel M. Smith, Eighteenth; Capt. Edward Allen, Twenty-sixth; Lieuts. J. L. Proffitt and J. M. Saylors, Twenty-eighth; Capt. J. W. Watkins and Lieut. F. B. Crosthwait, Twentieth. Seven of the ten captains of the Eighteenth; Lieut.-Col. J. L. Bottles and Maj. R. M. Saffell, Twenty-sixth; Adjt. John M. Douglass and Sergt.-Maj. Fletcher R. Burns, Eighteenth, were wounded. Colonel Palmer stated that after five color-bearers of the Eighteenth had been shot down, Logan H. Nelson, a private soldier of Company C, gallantly sprang forward, raised the flag from the side of dying comrades and carried it triumphantly throughout the combat. Maj. F. Claybrooke, Twentieth, reported that four of his color-bearers were shot, and the flagstaff twice shot in two and the
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: (search)
ral Bate reported the fall of Maj. W. H. Wilkinson, and refers to him as the young, gallant and lamented commander of Tyler's brigade. He fell leading his brigade in a memorable and final charge upon the enemy's line. In Palmer's brigade, Col. R. M. Saffell and Lieut.-Col. A. F. Boggess, Twenty-sixth regiment, were killed. Colonel Saffell volunteered with Ashby's cavalry when the enemy attempted to turn our left, on the 21st, and was killed, gallantly leading a successful charge. Lieutenant-Colonel Saffell volunteered with Ashby's cavalry when the enemy attempted to turn our left, on the 21st, and was killed, gallantly leading a successful charge. Lieutenant-Colonel Boggess, said General Palmer, fell in the gallant discharge of his duties, a noble specimen of the man, officer and soldier. Johnston's army changed position on the 24th to a point four miles north of Smithfield, and there halted until the 10th of April. Under orders from army headquarters, the 8th and 9th were spent in the reorganization of an army in which regiments were now reduced to the strength of companies, and many companies were without representatives. A pathetic inciden